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George Soros Returns to Politics and Makes a Statement

The 2016 election campaign is going to one day be looked at in history classes as a great turning point in our country. The election campaign of Donald Trump was one for the history books and his fierce battle with Hillary Clinton and the rest of the establishment politicians in Washington will be studied in perpetuity. Perhaps lost in the entire ruckus was something even more important, at least to politics over the next four to eight years: the return of George Soros. Soros is a self made billionaire whose story would make for an incredible Hollywood movie. He is viciously against everything that President Trump stands for and was so inspired by his disdain for the man that he returned to politics to oppose him. Learn more about his profile at businessinsider.com

During the election campaign Donald Trump used hateful rhetoric that was anti-immigrant, anti-democracy, and anti-progress and George Soros couldn’t idly sit by. Soros had last been a major player in mainstream politics back in 2004 when he worked alongside Al Gore to try and get him elected in a fierce battle against George W Bush. While Soros and Gore notably failed, despite the controversy surrounding the election, Soros had cemented himself as a major player in progressive politics. Democrats finally had their own billionaire mega philanthropist to help combat the perpetual money machine that Republicans have utilized for generations.

Michael Vachon, a political adviser to George Soros, told reporters that Soros returned to the political fray due to how high the stakes were growing. Vachon pointed to Trump’s dangerous policies as one of the driving forces but noted that hostilities between the right wing and left wing were already at an all time high, even without Trump stirring things up in the middle. Still, it is hard to ignore the fact that Trump’s rhetoric was a big reason that Soros returned to the campaign trail. Know more about George Soros on CNBC.

When Soros jumped back into the election process he immediately put his money where his beliefs were. Soros would donate close to $25 million to progressive politicians up and down the ticket, including $7 million to a PAC that was Pro-Clinton. Soros donated to notable PACs that supported voting rights for immigrants, he donated to opposition research PACs, and he donated in support of Clinton just as much. Soros was notably impressed with Hillary Clinton because he felt that she had an open door to progressives and would answer the phone if they called with a question or suggestion. Soros also reached out to End Citizens United in order to donate as well.

With George Soros back in the fray progressives have a silver lining to the election of Donald Trump. Soros is going to do everything in his sizable power to keep progress on the table in the United States.

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Glen Wakeman Creates Business For Young Entrepreneurs

Glen Wakeman has more than twenty years of experience in the finance and business industries. After working his way up in the business, he decided to set out on his own and he founded LaunchPad Holdings LLC in 2015. He began his introduction to this field with a strong background in education. He attended the University Scranton in and got his bachelors of science degree in Economics and Finance. He then went on to attend the University of Chicago and got him MBA in Finance. After he graduated, Glen Wakeman started working at the GE Capital and this was how he was first introduced to the P&L and developmental business roles. After working at GE Capital, he moved over to the Doral Financial Corporation as their CEO and President (Doral Financial Corporation Names Glen Wakeman President). He also served as one of their Board Chairmans. Mr. Wakeman then founded the company Nova Four and was recognized as on of the Growth Leadership roles on the Board of Directors at GE Capital.

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Mr. Glen Wakeman has made a name for himself in his business by bringing innovative ideas to the companies he works at. He is known to his help with other beginning entrepreneurs and he enjoys mentoring them and giving them tips. He has been able to improve all the businesses he has worked with and led them to further development. He has guidance a variety of new companies and start ups, as well promoting exponential growth and divestitures. He came up with a promising system that allows for innovative and creativity within the workplace. This system follows to the format of risk management, human capital, leadership, governance, and finally the execration of all these practices.

Mr. Wakeman also has his own blog where he writes about his experiences in finance and other fiscal matters. He has been able to help many different executives and given them to advice and guidance that they need. He is also knowledgeable about international affairs and writes about what is going on globally, their markets, new leadership, and advice about capital raising and financing. Mr. Wakeman is in charge of businesses in 30 different regions all over the world.

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The Path that Dick Devos took to the top of the Corporate World

Many people think that to be successful in business, having some training in a business related course at the University is all you need. While it is true that basic college training is essential to equip the person with basic business management skills, there is more that goes into the making of an entrepreneur and business leader. When Dick Devos graduated from Northwood University with a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, he knew that was his first step towards his successful career in business leadership.

The first significant leadership role he played was when he was appointed the CEO at Orlando Magic. This is a position that he got in 1991. Three decades after this first appointment, he has created quite a name and a legacy in business administration. He has worked in so many leadership positions that he is termed as one of the most experienced business management experts in the country.

 

After working for several companies, Dick decided to set up his company, the Windquest Group. He has been the CEO of the company for the 14 years that it has been in operation. The primary mandate of the group is to help people to manage their investment choices. The Headquarters of the company are in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company focuses on fields such as technology, clean tech solutions, hospitality, non-profit organizations, and manufacturing.

 

One of the things that you will notice different about Dick is the fact that he is an expert in multi-tasking. For instance, he was still the president and CEO at Windquest when he started the West Michigan Aviation Academy, where he heads the board of management. He has chaired the Willow Creek Committee and the Grand Action Committee. The former is an organization that allows young men to learn what they need to about ministry in the church. The group has been in operation since 2007 and has helped many young people with their religious issues.

 

The skills that he says have helped him become the leader he is today include being a strategic planner, team building, oratory skills, customer service and his ability to relate well to non-profit bodies.

 

Besides the work and the tremendous growth that his career has gone through, Dick is also a family man. He loves to spend time with his wife and children when he is not busy working. Besides this, he is also very deeply engrossed with several community uplifting organizations. He comes from a family of men who are good in business, and he is thought to have inherited his strong business acumen from his father. Dick Devos has worked hard to rise to the top, and there is no doubt that Dick Devos is one of the most inspirational business leaders today.

 

 

 

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Karl Heideck On Wells Fargo Redlining

The article “Karl Heideck Explains the Lawsuit by Philadelphia Against Wells Fargo” is about how Wells Fargo offered risky loans to minorities and was then sued for its risky practices that affected people from 2004-2014.

Karl Heideck is a contract attorney that has practiced for more than a decade in law. He graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree at Swarthmore College and in 2009 got his Juris Doctor from Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law.

At one point, Karl Heideck worked for Pepper Hamilton LLP and also held an associate position at Conrad O’Brien. He offers multiple services including risk management, product liability, and employment proceedings.

Karl Heideck discusses in the article about what Wells Fargo said in regards to the allegations. According to the document, Wells Fargo disagrees that they ever used unfair practices in their loans to minorities.

Some of the evidence that was presented as proof of the allegations was that minorities with a FICO score of 660 or higher were given riskier loans than that of a white borrower with the same score. This caused the foreclosure rate in minority neighborhoods to increase, as well as decrease the living quality in those areas. It was made practically impossible for those minority borrowers to refinance their homes later on and would eventually just end up foreclosing. The issues presented because of Wells Fargo have hurt Philadelphia badly and has caused a higher rate of crime and lower neighborhood values.

As Karl Heideck gets into Wells Fargo more he brings up that not only is Wells Fargo being sued by the city of Philadelphia for redlining, the process of a bank not allowing a certain city to get loans because of race or ethnicity, but only two weeks prior the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Miami could sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo under the Fair Housing Act. This came as a huge blow to Wells Fargo as they are still trying to recover from making fake customer accounts to meet a quota.

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The Success of Nick Vertucci in Real Estate and His NV Academy

You may be interested in earning money by investing in real estate because of the high returns. However, you need to be eblighted on the ropes and tricks of this venture. Nick Vertucci runs a seminar where he trains individuals to make it in this industry. The workshop is known as Flip with Nick. Nick claimed that he almost lost everything in 2000. This was when the dot-com crash happened. During this time, his friend invited him to a seminar on real estate training. He did not want to go at first. His friend, however, told him that it was worth attending as he had also learned a lot. After attending the seminar on Twitter, he realized that he had found the solution to getting out of the financial hole he was in. It took him several years to find all the knowledge that he needed. He then finally developed a system that allowed him to make money through real estate. The system was simple and also straightforward.

Nick Vertucci is a retired police officer. He has now turned into a real estate entrepreneur. He is also a coach and a mentor. Also, he also hosts the radio program The Real Estate Flipping Hour. Nick has also created the Flip with Nick live seminar. Here, he claims to show individuals how he has done to make money in the field of real estate. He also claims that he will provide a blueprint for success and be a mentor to those who go for these seminars. In the workshops, Nick Vertucci claims that he will show people how to get paid in a short time. He has been teaching the people how to locate the best properties. They also get to know how to get no-money-down funding.

Nick Vertucci is the CEO and founder of the NV Companies. The company is located in Orange County, California. He has extensive knowledge in developing the single family homes. Before he was a real estate investor, he worked as the president and CEO of the Coastline Micro on highya.com. He was in charge of more than 100 employees. The Coastline Micro was an industry that provided businesses with computer systems throughout the nation. He still holds the ownership interest in the firm. He, however, is not involved in the day-to-day operations. He is an expert trainer in the Real Estate investment. He has also celebrated 16 years as a police officer in the Huntington Beach Police Department.

Nick Vertucci claims that when he finally made millions, he vowed to teach his system to other people. He says that he wants to get people out of debt and help them make a lot of money. He wants to help individuals so that they transform the financial legacy of their family. He says that most people have the drive but what they lack is the knowledge. This is why he began his NV academy at http://nvrealestateacademy.com/education/.

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Brand Advertising on Podcasts is Highly Effective, According to New Study

Recently PodcastOne and Edison Research announced the results of a study Edison Research completed at the request of the leading network of podcasts.

They found that advertising on podcasts significantly increased product awareness, improved perceptions of the products and raised the likelihood of buying.

PodcastOne is a network of over 200 popular podcasts, all supported by revenue from advertising. Therefore, the results of the survey is a good one for PodcastOne.

But it’s also good for the companies choosing to support podcasts by advertising on them. It validates that they are getting a positive Return On Investment for their advertising dollars.

The study selected five major consumer brands across five different product categories. They studied where these brand names stood prior to the advertising campaign heard on podcast. Then they measured the same metrics for each brand after the podcast advertising campaign.

For one specific brand of grocery food, listeners who knew about it increased from 7 percent to 60 percent during the six month study period. Learn more about Norman Pattiz: http://fortune.com/2014/12/18/serial-is-small-podcastone-is-building-a-podcasting-empire/

Awareness of a financial services product incrreased by 47 percent. Awareness for a lawn and garden product increased by 24 percent. For an automotive product, it went up 37 percent.

However, opinions of the branded products went up, not just awareness. For the automobile product, listeners with a favorable opinion went up from 18 percent to 33 percent. For the lawn and garden product, those more likely to use it went up from 16 percent to 22 percent.

Edison Research conducted three separate studies in 2016. The conclusion of the study is that listeners to the podcasts where these five brand names advertised did increase their awareness and their favorable opinions of the products. And they expressed an increased willingness to purchase those products.

Tom Webster, Edison Research’s Vice-President of Strategy, said they found the opportunity to independently measure the impact of podcast advertising exciting. They are a leading research firm for podcasts. They also provide consumer exit polling and many kinds of face-to-face interviewing.

The Executive Chairman of PodcastOne is Norman Pattiz. That’s an technological evolution for him, because he’s also the founder of Westwood One, the largest radio network.

In 2000, President Clinton appointed Pattiz to serve Broadcasting Board of Governors of the United States of America. The BBG is responsible for the government’s nonmilitary radio programming, including: The Voice of America, Middle East Broadcasting and Radio Free Europe. He launched the United States programming in Arabic and Farsi.

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Eva Moskowitz: Improving the Public Education System, One School at a Time

Eva Moskowitz became a New York City council member with the intent of repairing and reforming the crumbling New York City public education system. After substantial effort at reforming schools as a council member, she determined the best way to improve the educational system was to create schools that provided a high quality education by encouraging parental involvement, focusing on academics, and hiring high quality teachers. Eva Moskowitz founded the first Success Academy Charter School in Harlem in 2006 and has dedicated her career to improving educational opportunities for students in New York City.

As founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, she has worked tirelessly to improve the educational quality and choices for students in the New York City area. It is clear that Eva Moskowitz is succeeding as students attending Success Academy have markedly higher test scores than any schools in the surrounding area. Success Academy has grown to forty one schools in the New York area. The schools are primarily located in neighborhoods that are considered disadvantaged, where many of the children live in poverty. Her goals are to provide a substantial academic focus, while also incorporating chess, debate, sports, and other extracurricular activities to encourage development of well-rounded and highly educated students. Teacher quality is a very important part of Eva Moskowitz’s plan. Teachers at Success Academy receive constant, detailed feedback, and professional development opportunities, including thirteen weeks each year of teacher and principal training. Parental involvement is also strongly encouraged and parent calls to the school are returned within a twenty four hour period.

Eva Moskowitz’s interest in educational reform began at a young age. She first experienced the deficiency in public education as an elementary school student in Harlem, when her parents had to teach her to read because her school did not provide a quality education. She now holds a PhD in American History from Johns Hopkins University. She authored the book “In Therapy We Trust: America’s Obsession with Self-Fulfillment” and coauthored “Mission Possible: How the Secrets of Success Academies Can Work in Any School.” In recognition of her achievements with the development of Success Academies, Eva Moskowitz received the Savas Award for Public Private Partnerships from the Reason Foundation in 2016.

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A Morning in the Life of Kim Dao

Kim Dao is a beauty and lifestyle YouTuber from Australia; however, she is currently living in Japan. Kim Dao originally started her blog as a way to journal her first trip to Japan in 2011. As she gained a large following on her blog she decided she would venture into the YouTube world and created her channel. She currently has over 300 thousand subscribers to her YouTube channel (http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/kimdao).

 

Kim Dao posted a video on he channel about her winter morning routine in Japan. She begins her video by explaining that it takes her forever to makeup (http://www.kimdaoblog.com/search/label/makeup). After she is finally awake, she spends sometime on her phone playing games and checking her social media. After spending about 30 minutes on her phone, she gets up and has come coffee and breakfast. Kim Dao then brushes her teeth, washes her face, and then begins her skin care routine. Since it is winter in Japan, her skin tends to be drier so she uses products that keep her face feeling moisturized. She uses the Etude House Moistfull skincare line. Kim Dao then begins her makeup routine. First she applies a face primer and then concealer to cover up some spots and her dark circles. After that she sets her makeup with some loose powder. Kim Dao then fills in her eyebrows, applies eye makeup, blush, contour and highlight, and lip-gloss. The last couple of things she does is get dress and applies hair oil to her hair to help keep it moisturized. She is then ready to go about her day.

 

 

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Securus Technologies Moving Forward With Rick Smith

Rick Smith is the CEO of Securus Technologies. Rick Smith has a lot of experience with technology and engineering. He has several college majors that led to his successful career in the prison communications industry. One of Rick Smith’s major accomplishments was achieving a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Electrical engineers are in short supply. Securus Technologies greatly benefits from having leaders who are highly trained in the technical fields. Currently, Rick Smith is the Chairman of Securus Technologies, acting as its chief executive officer.

Securus recently bought JPay Inc. JPay Inc. lets Rick Smith popularize the prison entertainment business to a wider audience of inmates. Many inmates are angry because they do not have access to the luxuries that they enjoyed in the outside world. Rick Smith became the CEO of Securus Technologies back in June of 2008. Securus Technologies has been trying to reach out to more prisons in North America that do not have enough communication equipment to enable families to safely talk with their loved ones.

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Rick Smith is managing a billion dollar company. Currently, Securus Technologies provides services to over 1 million prisoners. The fact that there are so many individuals in prison requires that innovative businesses like Securus Technologies take action to provide what customers need. Securus Technologies is currently being managed by Rick Smith as a private company. Investment firm Castle Harlan helps to provide the financial backing for Securus Technologies.

Rick Smith is encouraging the company to have a more customer focused outlook. Securus Technologies added John Bell to help the sales side of Securus. Starting in 2015, Rick Smith had the company invest $600 million in improving the technology level of their various products.

Securus Technologies benefits from having qualified engineering majors on the board of directors for the organization. Rick Smith is glad that his training can assist a huge quantity of inmates throughout North America. The ability to reach loved ones has become easier with the dawn of the internet. Securus Technologies makes sure that security is not compromised. Under the clever leadership of Rick Smith, there will be further improvements at Securus Technologies. Read more on Wikipedia.Org

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Hussain Sajwani Creates Properties with DAMAC

The DAMAC owner, Hussain Sajwani has done a lot of different things in his career and the majority of these things have all revolved around the property development opportunities that he has created for himself.

He has worked to make sure that he is doing everything possible with the properties that he has and this has given him the chance to make sure that the company is as successful as possible. It has also given him the chance to do more with what he has to offer and to even branch out into other areas of the world aside from Dubai where he originally started working at. Learn more about Hussain Sajwani: http://gulfnews.com/culture/people/high-riser-1.25193

Thanks to the Hussain Sajwani family, there are many properties around Dubai that have everything that they need. DAMAC has worked hard to create the best properties possible and to develop everything that people need to make sure that they are getting with the options that they have.

This has given Hussain Sajwani a great chance at being able to make sure that things are going to work well for him and for the family that he has. He does what he can to show people that there is so much more to the properties that they have and the things that they want to be able to do.

Hussain Sajwani also creates perfect commercial properties. From skyscrapers to simple office buildings and everything in between, DAMAC is able to create it in a short amount of time since that is something that they have always done.

For Hussain Sajwani, this is just a part of the job. He even does things like helping people who are in different countries. While the majority of the properties that he works on are in Dubai, there are also other properties around the world that he has created.

For example, one of the most popular ones in the United States is Mar-a-Lago. DAMAC teamed up with Donald Trump to create the resort that is nearly perfect for everyone who wants to be able to get more out of the options that they have for golf and luxury.

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