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Based upon the currently rising prices of the Brent Crude, it is clear that oil prices worldwide are on the rise and could potentially spike to a level not seen since 2004. Banyan Hill’s Chief Resource Investment Expert Matt Badiali foresees a potential crude oil price jump to over $ 100 a barrel, but, with the right investment strategy, an opportunity for gains. Brent Crude refers to a grade of crude oil that is light with a low sulfur content. The price of Brent Crude is used as a benchmark for the petroleum markets and prices almost two-thirds of the world’s oil.

The third quarter trading brought prices over $ 80 per barrel, and with continued disruption in Venezuela, and the looming sanctions Iran faces, Matt Badiali believes the oil supply may fall short of demand, driving prices even higher. In addition to potential source disruptions, Matt Badiali points out other factors within the U.S., such as pipeline issues and worker shortages, that may also contribute to the petroleum supply shortfall. While consumers can expect to pay more at the pump, other industries, such as utility companies and the manufacturing sector will also be affected by the rising prices of crude oil.

Matt Badiali believes there may be a rise in heating costs this Winter and the potential for higher prices in durable goods, in addition to the rise in transporation costs, all of which could potentially slow the current rate of economic growth. Although if the price of crude oil becomes to high, the U.S. government may release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reduce the impact of a limited oil supply on consumers. Watching the Brent Crude pricing carefully and using his natural resource knowledge, Matt Badiali is cautiously optimistic about the gains petroleum investors may earn during this highly volatile period. Tailoring a strategy carefully will provide an opportunity for profit.

Infinity Group Australia is a debt reduction firm that recently placed on the Australian Financial Review’s Top 100 Most Innovative Businesses list. This placement is a prestigious accomplishment, as the top 100 are selected from over a thousand candidates from across Australia and New Zealand. The list bases its criteria on the mission and operation of a business, selecting from across all industries to find the best of the best.

Infinity Group Australia placed #58 because its mission and the way it fulfills it are unique. They bring the business model of the personal trainer and apply it to financial counselling: Their clients meet with an individual financial counselor who gets to know them and their goals first-hand, and uses this more personal relationship to be of better assistance to the client.

These financial counselors are not just there to give advice and collect their fee: They help the client with every aspect they can, from monthly budgeting to retirement planning. Co-founder Graeme Holm estimates that Infinity Group Australia reviews and assists with a 100% success rate, saving clients an average of $41,000. Each client ends up paying more off of their debts in the first three months of beginning Infinity Group Australia’s counselling services than they did in the 12 months prior.

More than simply debt counselors, Infinity Group Australia also helps their clients with wealth creation and retirement planning as well.

Infinity Group Australia was founded in 2013 by Holm and Rebecca Walker to meet a need Holm saw when he spent ten years working for one of Australia’s Big 4 banks: That most, perhaps all, Australian borrowers had bad deals that they weren’t stuck with. But the banks offered no advice or counselling to help their borrowers pay off their balances, leaving most borrowers at a disadvantage and paying more than they need to on their balance.

Holm and Walker did their research to see what method would be most effective to reach the most Australians, and settled on the one-on-one idea. They launched Infinity Group Australia in 2013 from their home office, growing in just five years to win the AFR Top 100 List spot. they now have a proper office and employ a large staff of counselors, office staff and other support positions.

Infinity Group Australia and Holm have won other awards, including Holm being named one of Australia’s Top 100 Brokers by the MPA. Learn more: https://heycompanies.com.au/0767701/Infinity_Group_Australia

OSI Industries is a company that operates in the food processing sector of the economy. The company has its headquarters in Aurora, Illinois, in the Greater Chicago Area. The global food processing giant was founded in 1909 and has been actively delivering food products to its clients ever since. OSI Industries is known for the delivery of leading food solutions for various food products and processing needs.

One of the main members of this company is David McDonald who serves as the company’s president and Chief Operating Officer. Sheldon Lavin is the chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the company. When he started working with OSI, David McDonald was just straight from college and served as a project manager. With hard work, consistency, and determination, he rose to occupy higher ranks in the company for more than three decades that he has been working with the company.

In 1909 when the company was started, it was just another typical neighborhood butcher shop. It was known as Otto & Sons and was operated by a family from Germany. Otto Kolschowsky was the one who opened the shop. In the mid-20th century, the small butcher shop developed to become the primary meat supplier in the region for the McDonald’s restaurant. A quarter-century later, the company became the leading global supplier for all the restaurants owned by McDonald’s. In the United States and internationally, the company has aggressively ventured into various projects and business adventures. Otto & Sons changed its name to OSI Industries in 1975 when it went global under the leadership of Sheldon Lavin.

It is an obvious observation that the past of OSI is rooted in the symbolic forms of the American Midwest. It has however grown to extend and adopt strategies that have made it one of the most famous commercial enterprise to ever been produced by the region. Currently, the company is proud to be among the best-known logos in the world.

In 1994 the company diversified into other markets other than its traditional meat products. This diversification was made possible when OSI Industries partnered with Nation Pizza and Foods. Two years later, the company expanded its line of meat products with the purchase of a facility in Oakland, Iowa, to start the production of hot dogs, sausages, and bacon.

Lately, OSI Industries has taken the initiative to move out of its traditional meat-protein market and extend its operations to other product lines in the market.

Fortress Investment Group is a multinational organization that is based in New York City, United States. It is one of the most recognized asset managers in the industry that has been in operation for almost three decades. The longstanding organization formed by experienced asset managers such as Wes Edens, Peter Briger, and Randal Nardone has proved to be consistent over time. The three executive leaders have vast experience given that they have been working in the financial industry for a more extended period.

One of the main strategies that have helped Fortress Investment Group to overcome competition from other organizations is its ability to focus on customers, which is something that other asset managers were not doing before the start of this company. The company decided that its primary goal has been to help the customers to manage their assets professionally. According to the leaders at Fortress Investment Group, customers help the organization run, and as such, they have to be treated with the dignity they deserve.

To meet the customers’ needs, the organization decided to implement a technological system that would ensure that the company helps serve a large number of customers within a short period. The company would ensure that no member of the public would visit the company premises and leave before their particular needs have been addressed. Many of the customers who visited the organization highlighted how they were treated professionally and got whatever they needed.

After developing a plan that involved addressing the needs of the customers, Fortress Group started attracting a vast number of customers who felt that they were receiving quality services from the company than they were receiving from other organizations. Randal Nardone, one of the company executives, was highly involved in addressing the needs of customers to help the firm attain its intended goal. The customer-oriented strategy has enabled Fortress Investment Group to be an asset manager with the most significant number of customers in the industry.

One of the magic moves that Fortress Investment Group has taken is the acquisition by SoftBank, a Japanese multinational. This transaction will enable Fortress to leverage the broad customer base of SoftBank as well as its goodwill. At the beginning of this year, Wes Edens came out to shed clarity about the acquisition to eliminate the doubts and panic that had filled most of the investors of the organization. Everything was confirmed to be in the correct position since the leadership of Fortress Group remained intact.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fortress-investment-group

OSI Group is the global food processing company under the leadership of great individuals who are committed towards its sole success across the globe. David McDonald is the company’s chief operating officer as well as the president and has been in the leadership position for over 30 years now. David is one of the masterminds of great academic achievements in the industry and has always worked with a great passion and motivation towards his career success. While serving in the capacity of a chief executive officer, the humble Iowa State University graduate has overseen numerous development achievements over the last few years.

OSI Group under the direct leadership of president David McDonald has been able to satisfy its customer’s demands in over 80 countries now. They also have more than 70 processing facilities across Europe, United States, India, China and many parts across the Asian continent. Mc Donalds has helped OSI Group to build over ten processing facilities in China and has expanded to become the largest poultry processor across the world.

David McDonald had a degree in animal science and graduated from the University in 1987. He was hired as a project manager by the company, and within a short period, they had managed to witness his leadership skills and the ability to enhance and promote teamwork among the employees. The company’s existence and establishment in China was a dream come true for the chief operations officer. He has also played significant roles during the acquisition of Baho Foods, a Dutch Food company as well as Flagship Europe. He has been able to work closely with the logistics team that has always helped the company remain at the top of the food service industry in the whole world. David McDonald has been able to work very closely with the local suppliers, government agencies as well as marketers who help things keep flowing as they are expected to do.

David McDonald’s ability to handle various technical issues has helped OSI Group to develop a dynamic partnership and has helped the company establish sensitive products to meet the unique customers demand in the industry. They have worked with professionalism towards exceeding customers expectations. McDonald has an in-depth understanding of the company’s vision something that has enabled him to move to greatness in his career and also towards the realization of the organization’s dreams. His drive and passion have made the company a leading global supplier of all types of foods.

In the world of internet marketing, it is necessary for the companies that are looking to achieve success to be active in the world of social media. The social media marketing is a highly potent marketing tool that would help the companies reaches out to its target audience. The RealReal is a luxury consignment sale company that allows the people to buy branded products at a reasonable price. If you are looking to buy branded products that you always dreamt of buying at a fraction of the cost, rest assured that the RealReal is the place you can trust with your money. The company has a stringent process of checking the products it gets from the customers to ensure the end users only get the best quality products.

The RealReal has a solid presence online, and it is highly active in the social media platform named Instagram. In Instagram, the company puts up pictures that are fashion related and of its latest collection. It helps the customers to stay in the know of what new products are available. There are millions of people out there who want to buy branded products of high street brands but can’t afford them. However, with RealReal, you can be sure that you would be able to purchase the products you want and make a style statement without having to burn your pocket.

The RealReal is a company that is relatively new but has made a revolutionary impact in the fashion retail segment. The company believes that it is necessary to help people get the products they are looking for at an affordable price. The people who are continually looking for a change in the world of fashion can now rely on the RealReal to deliver them the original products in good condition at a high price. Rest assured that you would always get the best products from the company as it has a high standard quality check process.

The direction of the U.S. education system has been argued over for decades with the charter schools network being seen as revolutionary as recently as the 1990s. The appointment of charter schools campaigner Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education was seen as a watershed moment in 2017, but the previous Secretary had previously worked as the Director of the Uncommon Schools network. Despite the move to legitimize the work of charter schools across the U.S., some sections of the media remain rooted in their antipathy towards the growth of the charter schools movement.

Rocketship Education CEO, Preston Smith took exception to the image portrayed by NPR of his charter schools network in a 2016 blog. Smith has been building the charter schools network since 2006 when he established Rocketship Education with fellow public schools teacher, John Danner. The focus for Rocketship Education is on creating a powerful sense of community on each campus which is transferred to everyday life for both parents and students. Teachers at Rocketship Education are given a difficult task and not all are suited to the role as a close partnership with parents is required throughout the school year.

The backlash against the NPR article has not been limited to the reaction of Preston Smith but also includes a number of articles discussing the problems of the article from seasoned journalists. Preston Smith argues a more important use of resources by NPR would have been to address the issues raised regarding charter schools and frame them against charter schools and the public school system. Despite some support coming from social media users for the NPR article, journalists and media commentators suggested the use of anecdotal evidence as the basis of the article was an incorrect way of sourcing information. Failing to express the failings and successes of both charter schools and public schools left the feeling the article was built to create anger about the growing sector of charter schools networks.

Dr. Eric Forsthoefel thinks we need to stop advertising wait times in emergency rooms. You may have seen a billboard on the side of the road that displays the wait time in minutes with an LED clock. You might even catch the billboard changing times as you drive by.

Dr. Eric Forsthoefel believes these advertisements encourage people to use the ER as they would their primary physician. He has seen a precipitous rise in the number of people receiving primary care at his ER in Florida. He doesn’t shy away from these patients. Instead, he treats them with dignity and respect. He also instructs his staff to treat them completely before they leave the ER.

Therein lies the rub. Dr. Eric Forsthoefel is determined to treat every person that walks into his ER but he knows the dangers that these patients are creating. An overcrowded ER becomes more and more difficult to manage. He and his staff become stretched thin as they try to administer primary care to non-urgent patients while simultaneously administering emergency care to critical patients. This juggling act can only go on so long before someone gets hurt, says Dr. Eric Forsthoefel.

The doctor has thought long and hard about the problem. And, like any good doctor, he has focused on the facts to come up with this surprisingly easy solution. Unfortunately, it is up to other members of the medical community to execute the solution. It’s out of Dr. Eric Forsthoefel’s hands to clean up his own ER.

His solution — Make primary care physicians more accessible with expanded evening hours and updated office locations. He also wants hospitals to stop advertising ER wait times which trick people into thinking that the ER is open for business.

It comes down to convenience, says Dr. Eric Forsthoefel. More than 80% of non-urgent patients in the emergency room are insured. Insurance and money are not the problems. In fact, uninsured patients dare not step into an emergency room for fear of insurmountable medical bills. This actually kills uninsured people, but that’s another topic for another time.

The problem is convenience. It’s convenience for Medicaid patients as well as the traditionally insured. Medicaid patients find it difficult to find a primary care physician. Many doctors will not take on Medicaid patients which forces them into the ER to receive treatment. And the traditionally insured find the ER to be more convenient than care through a primary physician.

Insured patients like the fact that they can see a specialist during one ER visit. It can take multiple visits to see a similar specialist through a primary doctor. And the insured like the fact that they receive same-day service at the ER.

https://patch.com/florida/miami/impact-non-urgent-care-florida-emergency-rooms

OSI Group started its operation in providing processed value-added protein in 1990 in Toledo, Spain. The company began as a local firm serving only Illinois. Today, the group runs above 60 facilities in various countries across the world. The firm concentrates on the processing of pork, beef, and chicken products. At the start of this year, the company finished the extension of the production capacity of quality chicken products. The broadening market demand for chicken products in Portugal and Spain spearheaded the development. The production of chicken products increased by 50 percent giving 24,000 tons annually. The development led to an increase in the overall production capacity to 45,000 tons periodically. The primary concern of OSI Group is to offer customer-oriented, affordable and consistent products.

Thus, the group added its work forces by 20 workers to the initial 140. The product development manager is the most crucial post in the 20 positions. The office is to manage the trend of the current products and introduces new ones to the firm’s portfolio. The improvement helps the group to get ready for the anticipated continuously increasing demand for meat products. Therefore, the firm sets strategies for future competition and to satisfy the broadening market and remain the leading company in providing processed food. OSI Group runs under the leadership of Sheldon Lavin. The leader helps the firm in the transformation in the economic development phase as a financial consultant.

Also, the group added to its working space a total of 22,600 square feet. The firm introduced indoor and outdoor cameras to boost the security surveillance system. Other additional amenities are new receiving and shipping area, waste container storage, nitrogen and hot water tanks, and social area for the workers. OSI Group intends to create a strong branding in the entire world. In 2016, the company opened the Tyson Food Plant to improve services to North America. In 2017, the firm went ahead to purchase the Flagship Europe to offer quality services to the UK and renaming it as the Creative Food Europe. The recent achievement is buying of the leading portion in Baho Food.

Nick Vertucci is the founder of Nick Vertucci’s Real Estate Academy — NVREA. If you wanted a couple of lines from a song to describe Nick Vertucci’s life, you’d be hard pressed to do better than these two lines from Frank Sinatra’s rendition of That’s Life.

Each time I find myself flat on my face I pick myself up and get back in the race.

Nick’s childhood was anything but wealthy, but that wasn’t a problem — kids are tough. Then he lost his father at only ten years old. That was a problem. But soon after turning 18, Nick seized the bit and took control of his destiny. He founded a thriving business selling computer accessories. But then came the dot-com economic crash of the early 2000’s. Nick nearly lost everything. But like the lyric above, Nick Vertucci did indeed pick himself back up, and he did get back in the race.

By 2004 Nick had taken a real estate training course and was divesting himself of his struggling, debt-laden retail technology business, and embracing life as a real estate investor. In the beginning, he literally knocked on doors as he sought out suitable residential properties to flip. He soon began offering others the chance to invest in the properties he was buying, rehabbing, and ultimately flipping. Many of these investors found Nick through his radio show “The Real Estate Investing Hour.”

Things were booming, and Nick wanted to share his knowledge and investment opportunities with others. That was the impetus that drove him to create the Nick Vertucci Real Estate School (NVREA).

Nick Vertucci teaches four simple steps to successful real estate investing.

1. See the opportunity.
2. Believe it. Many people never acknowledge that they don’t sincerely believe in their proposed course of action.
3. Map it. You’ve got to have a plan
4. Execute it. Yeah, this is the hard one. You can stand on the diving board and dream about the beautiful swan dive you see in your mind’s eye, but ultimately… you going to have to jump.

You can learn even more about Nick from his latest book, Seven Figure Decisions: Having the Balls to Succeed.