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Past colleagues discussed working with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sara Blakely. Here, people who've worked alongside Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Sara Blakely talk about what it was like. After buying their company, Gates interrogated Williams and his colleagues about why their product was better than its Microsoft rival's. Reuters 'Girl next door' Sara Blakely was a 'creative genius'Lisa Magazine and Kenya Graham were personal and executive assistants, respectively, to Blakely, the Spanx founder. Read more: Elon Musk was a 'fun' boss but fired people on the spot if they disagreed with him, former Tesla manager says
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Telenor Q3 gets surprise boost from one-off gain in Pakistan
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Dented by soaring inflation and intense competition, the company's shares have lost 35% year-to-date, closing at a 10-year low on Tuesday. "However, the negative effects are, this quarter, countered by a reversal of SIM tax provision in Pakistan." The one-off gain could help Telenor meet its annual goal of unchanged profit versus last year, it said. The group maintained its investment forecast for the year, predicting capital expenditure would amount to 16-17% of sales, and reiterated that service revenue would see "low single-digit growth". "We see positive trends for mobile service revenue in the Nordic region, with a growth of 4% in the third quarter," Brekke said.
Telenor warns on 2022 profit amid massive restructuring plans
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterTelenor logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022. Hit by soaring inflation and intense competition in many markets, the telecom operator's share price lost 27% year-to-date, while the stock closed at a 10-year low on Monday. read moreBoth units are run by Telenor Asia, which also operates the company's business in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Telenor completed a withdrawal from Myanmar in March following last year's military coup, arguing the situation in the country had become untenable. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Terje Solsvik; Editing by Stine Jacobsen and Sherry Jacob-PhillipsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
They worked together to support Sara Blakely, the Spanx founder and CEO, in all areas of her life. Sara Blakely began researching and developing what would become the popular intimates company Spanx in 1998, with just $5,000 in savings. Behind the scenes, Magazine and Kenya Graham, Blakely's executive assistant for six years in total across two stints, called themselves Blakely's "hype crew." "It's sharing of information, setting up a cadence of meetings, making sure that no one's hoarding information." Kenya and Jamie, the editorial strategist, are in the venue making sure this is the side she likes to sit on.
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