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...So the thing that gives me hope is that we can choose better decisions going forward. But that also means that the onus is on us. We're the ones that have to make the good decisions....
...“People tell me that this was rather stupid,” said Tomiie, who was paid a monthly salary of S$15,000 ($11,000) as a nominee director....
...But in some instances, competitiveness can go too far and CEOs in an effort to outdo their peers start to make poor decisions....
...Macri’s decision to pay by taking out new debt remains controversial....
...Ratcliffe acknowledged that it had been a steep learning curve, and that Ineos, which has investments in cycling, sailing, and motorsport, had made “a lot of cock ups” and “some really stupid decisions”....
...They are the cleverest elements in a stupid system. Some people dismissed the expertise on Covid, but most accepted it....
...Politicians do dumb things all the time, but you know, we really are talking “so dense that light cannot escape you” levels of stupid here. And I just don’t think that the Sunak operation is dumb....
...I guess I was just playing with age expectations and that stupid platform’s algorithms. I’ll go back and look. You are also in a big campaign for Saint Laurent....
...Asked about the incident, deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden told reporters in Hartlepool: “I think what most people would say is ‘can you stop the stupid stunts’.”...
...And even then, companies may go to the competition regulator and appeal the decision. So it could be a fairly drawn-out process. Lucy Fisher And just reassure us....
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...The relatively good 2023 performance shows what European and US decision makers are about to sabotage if they can’t deliver on the promises they have made....
...It really is terribly bad for discipline, as you say, because people think they’re sent out to take these impossible positions and then they’re the ones left looking stupid....
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