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CEO of Texas-Based Associates First Capital Eyes Overseas Opportunities.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 1999 by Bass, Nan; D&apos, Carla
Dec. 27--There's no growth without growing pains. Just ask Keith Hughes, chairman and chief executive officer of Associates First Capital Corp.
The Irving-based financial services company nearly doubled its workforce in the past two years, a jump from 17,000 to 33,000 employees thanks to a number of acquisitions.
That expansion has meant integrating Associates' new holdings, toting a heavier bill for inoculating its computers against the year 2000 glitch, and continuing a push into overseas markets.
Mr. Hughes covered those topics and others in a recent interview with Dallas Morning News business editors and reporters.
He was upbeat on Associates' prospects overseas, confident about its Y2K preparedness and bullish on its...
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