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With Savings Like These, Who Wouldn’t Want To File For Bankruptcy?

Tue, Jul 7, 2012
Bankruptcy Hard Sell
On 6/28/2012 the Philadelphia Orchestra Association (POA) issued a press statement announcing confirmation of its plan to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. What might catch your attention is the second paragraph, which conveys how much the POA will save as a result of filing bankruptcy.

With Savings Like These, Who Wouldn't Want To File For Bankruptcy?

Tue, Jul 7, 2012
Bankruptcy Hard Sell
On 6/28/2012 the Philadelphia Orchestra Association (POA) issued a press statement announcing confirmation of its plan to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. What might catch your attention is the second paragraph, which conveys how much the POA will save as a result of filing bankruptcy.

Five Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire

Tue, Jun 6, 2012
Darth Vader demonstrating no tolerance for failure
It’s tough to pass up an article with a headline like today’s post but credit for the hook goes to forbes.com and the 2/13/2012 article written by Alex Knapp under the same title. Just in case you haven’t paid attention to pop culture in the last 30 or so odd years, the Galactic Empire is

Delaware Symphony Goes Dark for 2012-2013

Wed, Jun 6, 2012
Dark
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra (DSO) posted a message at its website yesterday announcing the organization’s plans to go dark for the entire 2012-2013 season. Moreover, the 6/5/2012 edition of the Delaware News Journal published an article co-authored by Maureen Milford and Betsy Price that sheds more light on events.

Are We There Met?

Tue, May 5, 2012
Grinding The Gears
In case you missed it (although I don’t know how that’s even possible), there’s been a substantial fuss over the past several weeks surrounding Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera (Met), and his public brush war against criticism. Gelb lost; and just in case he didn’t realize just how big of a
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