Where Tengo had a relaxed and generous look, his father appeared nervous and tightfisted.
Now, flanked by his lieutenant, Barry Weiss, Calder has made Jive into an infamously tightfisted, fearsome negotiator.
As executives at a growing list of companies slash staffs, some are becoming tightfisted about severance payments.
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Admired for his shrewd negotiating and his grand vision, Chuck Dolan built Cablevision into a tightfisted, scrappy competitor.
These days Lending Club is one of a handful of peer-to-peer lenders filling a gap created by tightfisted bankers.
Darden Restaurants, owner Red Lobster among other chains, has fallen 5.4 percent in April as it fights rivals for tightfisted diners.
"We took the view that as long as I have an equity ride, I'm not going to be tightfisted, " he says.
And products are flying off shelves even though consumers are notoriously tightfisted in the midst of Japan's worst recession in decades.
Fans, partners and even employees bristled at how tightfisted the organization was.
In the tightfisted world of publishing, where chain stores and online discounters make it tough to operate in the black, that's no small feat.
The owner's tightfisted control lasted for decades, until Marvin Miller, a veteran of the steelworker labor fights, took control of the Players Association in the mid-1960s.
In old age he had become tightfisted, although the household hemorrhaged money, and he spent two or three hundred thousand rupees a month without knowing where it went.
So, we know there's more than a few of you always on the lookout for a BOGO or better offer to come along whether buying for yourself or as gifts, any tips for our tightfisted friend here?
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U.S. business leaders are more tightfisted than earlier this year, worrying some folks that a major growth driver of the shaky U.S. economy will screech to a halt if companies hoard cash instead of spending it on new plants, equipment and technology.
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