Robert Miller

Robert Miller
Billionaire businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury travel retailer Duty Free Shops.
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth23 May 1933
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I think we need to clean house and change the powers that be to get a better education system overall, ... I think we had a great superintendent, but he ran into too much opposition.
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It appears to me we're having slot machines forced on our county, and we voted against casino gambling.
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To fund it, he sold stock. He sold shares to get things started, and then he just kept selling them.
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We took this action because we are determined to achieve competitiveness for Delphi's core United States operations. We simply cannot afford to continue to be encumbered by high legacy issues and burdensome restrictions under current labor agreements that impair our ability to compete.
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If those roads are built, they're really going to change things. We aren't going to be the same place.
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He heard our pastor who was telling people where they could bring supplies, ... He called the number given and got through on the first call. Down here, communications are awful, but he got through.
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Somebody had to do this, ... If I have ended up where I am, the one who has to be a leader for change, I'll keep talking.
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We want to offer dual-diagnosis programs. Everyone who comes in here has more than one diagnosis. We might combine drug and alcohol treatment with depression treatment.
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Tony got himself properly scruffy and joined their ranks (as a homeless person).
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This will soon become an unmanageable situation with all its negative effects on patients and health-care providers.
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A main component of Paul Hastings' growth strategy is to continue to expand our international corporate practice in the U.S., Asia and Europe. The expertise of this new group of attorneys complements our existing corporate capabilities while adding breadth and depth to the practice in the strategic outsourcing area, allowing us to offer a broader range of legal services to our clients.
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I told him it was premature to talk.
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As part of Paul Hastings global corporate strategy, we are expanding our transactional capabilities in all regions in which we operate, especially throughout our offices in London, Milan and Paris. Keith Wilson's years of experience and expertise in asset lending complements our international finance practice and will allow us to further meet our clients' needs.
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Delphi's transformation message must be unambiguous and marked indelibly by the commitment of Delphi's leadership.