George Scalise
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George Scalise
George Scalise was the former president of the Building Service Employees International Unionwho was convicted of racketeering due to the exposure of labor racketeering by newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1941 for his reporting...
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We are hopeful that a systematic collection of the penalties meted out for IP violations will pressure those regions within China where the penalties are insufficient to deter counterfeiting.
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Our forecast released in November calls fourth-quarter sales to be 4.7 percent higher than the third quarter, and with two months of data now in, we are on target to meet that projection.
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The issues we're dealing with here are what it will take to maintain this leadership in the industry . . . what will be required to establish the next generation of technology.
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The industry is currently experiencing lower sales due to an inventory overhang and deceleration in the end-equipment markets. Current forecasts suggest the inventory adjustment will be completed by the end of the third quarter, and end-market product demand will improve later in the year.
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We feel as though they not only heard us, but understand the situation and will respond in a way to bring about new programs. What's changed this time is a recognition of what we have to do to compete.
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U.S. semiconductor companies have over 70 percent of their manufacturing capacity in the United States, while less than a third of our markets are here.