Narrator in the fall of 2011, as autumn leaves begin to warm the landscape of the picturesque town of dixon, illinois, a cold reality is taking hold. The city was drowning in debt. There were streets that went unpaved, there were sidewalks that went, you know, unfixed because the city, as they believed, had no money to take care of those sorts of things. Narrator dixon mayor jim burke hears the message of distress year after year from the city official pulling dixons Purse Strings comptroller Rita Crundwell. She would present the figures for the annual budget workshop and would show that it was gonna be nip and tuck because of the financial situation. Narrator but this fall, crundwell is taking Vacation Time to prepare for a quarter horse exhibition. Shes hoping to add to her already extensive collection of trophies as a World Champion showhorse breeder and exhibitor. Back in dixon, however, the woman filling in for crundwell goes through the citys financials and uncovers a mysterious
Narrator in the fall of 2011, as autumn leaves begin to warm the landscape of the picturesque town of dixon, illinois, a cold reality is taking hold. The city was drowning in debt. There were streets that went unpaved, there were sidewalks that went, you know, unfixed because the city, as they believed, had no money to take care of those sorts of things. Narrator dixon mayor jim burke hears the message of distress year after year from the city official pulling dixons Purse Strings comptroller Rita Crundwell. She would present the figures for the annual budget workshop and would show that it was gonna be nip and tuck because of the financial situation. Narrator but this fall, crundwell is taking Vacation Time to prepare for a quarter horse exhibition. Shes hoping to add to her already extensive collection of trophies as a World Champion showhorse breeder and exhibitor. Back in dixon, however, the woman filling in for crundwell goes through the citys financials and uncovers a mysterious
How do you say game changer . How do you say disruption . How do you say brandnew world house of pleasure ill tell you how to say it, amazon buying whole foods for 18 billion. S p inched up. 02 and the nasdaq declined. 22 . This is a day that will live in infamy for everyone in many country. I dont care if youre kroger or walmart or costco or supervalue, this purchase, it changes everything thats because amazon which struggled with food, mightily, has found the trojan horse in the supermarket industry and its achilles heel all at once its averitable homer or home run, judging by the way amazon stock rallied today. I do not think people realize how big this is. Amazons like a modern mechanized army, rolling over the opposition, just like tanks rolled over the trenches in world war 12 in one fell swoop, it will do to the supermarket industry what has already done to the mall how do you compete against a nonunionized company that knows exactly what its customers want. A company that can a
This great family Success Story may not continue. My name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everythings gonna change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This. Lets go to work. Is the profit. In 1994, michael and ramona woods launched ashtae a line of multicultural haircare products based in greensboro, north carolina. Ramona we have a total of 29 items. Lemonis the woods focused on salons and beauty schools within the region, and the response was unbelievable. Over time, sales broke through the 1 million mark. And as the business grew, their daughter taylore started pitching in. Taylore the numbers change every day. If were gonna do inventory, we just need to knock it out. Lemonis but theres one big problem. The companys profits go out almost as soon as they c
Now becky quick. Today we begin with tragedy in belgium. Terror attacks that shook europe to the core and raises broad questions about open borders, safety abroad, and safety here at home as well. Joining us right now ian brimmer is the president of the eurasia group. Also michael ohanlan, senior policy fellow at the brookings institution. Thank you for being here. Ian, this weekend is huge for travel. The state department put out these warnings for americans planning to travel abroad. Should we feel safe traveling in europe . Sure. I dont think we should allow this to affect our lives. But theres no question that the concerns about terror in europe are a lot larger than they were before. I would say if i was talking to students, friends, family, id be more concerned about turkey, istanbul, with tourist areas, than i would other places. As far as western europe, no, i still would say no. Why turkey . We have heard recent attacks there as well. Its going to be really hard for president