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Study says golf-obsessed CEOs bad for business (Obama is an obvious example)
The Globe and Mail ^ | Friday, Nov. 21 2014 | Jeff Gray

Posted on 11/22/2014 9:49:56 AM PST by jerod

Despite the notion that big business deals are done on the golf course, a new statistical study suggests the more time a chief executive officer spends playing golf, the less profitable his or her company is.

The statistical analysis, based on a sample of 363 golfing chief executives in the United States, concludes that companies with CEOs who played more than 22 rounds of golf a year “have lower operating performance and firm values.”

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A little less golf Barry, and a lot more attention to your actual job... Leader of the free world.
1 posted on 11/22/2014 9:49:56 AM PST by jerod
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2 posted on 11/22/2014 9:55:25 AM PST by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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I would prefer Hussein Obama be on the golf course 24/7.


3 posted on 11/22/2014 9:56:29 AM PST by boycott
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As bleeder of the free world, bath house Barry needs to spend more time on the golf course.


4 posted on 11/22/2014 9:58:11 AM PST by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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No.....seriously.......he’s a communist.
Remember what Marx said?
“From each according to his abilities. To each according to what hole he is on.”


5 posted on 11/22/2014 10:08:29 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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I would suspect there is a correlation that is not meaningful when related to profitability.


6 posted on 11/22/2014 10:14:16 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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Another Gruber study.

Pray America is waking


7 posted on 11/22/2014 10:15:13 AM PST by bray (Palin/Perry 16 two Ps in a pod)
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Harry Reid kisses Obama’s balls before every golf game. For good luck.


8 posted on 11/22/2014 10:28:27 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Oh, I mean golf balls.


9 posted on 11/22/2014 10:29:02 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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At about 4 hrs per round, that’s 88 hours per year. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that and I can’t believe that it makes a measureable difference.


10 posted on 11/22/2014 9:00:48 PM PST by terycarl (common sense prevails over all)
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