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by leon on June 16, 2008
Seeking to shore up the female vote, and win over supporters of Hillary Clinton's failed bid for the US presidency, john mccain has turned to forrmer Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina. Once the...
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by leon on June 12, 2008
It was amazing enough to read the report that President Bush has not sent a single email message during his eight years in power. Apparently, it's all that concern about the...
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by leon on June 05, 2008
Businesses might be concerned about higher taxes and a tougher line on trade but Wall Street is putting its money on Barack Obama for president, according to Reuters.According to this report, Obama...
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by leon on June 03, 2008
So you reckon it takes an executive only a few months to get up to scratch with a new job? Think again.According to new research, published here, almost one in three top executive hired from another...
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by leon on June 02, 2008
Interesting thoughts from Thomas Stewart at the Harvard Business Review blog on the way airlines continually wage war on their customers. He says it usually happens when companies get in a panic when...
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by leon on May 30, 2008
Michael Dell sure has his work cut out turning his company around.Earlier this week, Dell was found guilty of false advertising and fraud. It came amidst enormous complaints about the way Dell went...
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by leon on May 15, 2008
With the credit squeeze and soaring energy prices, it's worth asking whether investors can see that far ahead. How do investors read trends and make the right calls?Emory University academics ask...
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by leon on May 13, 2008
Can the biggest get bigger? Can companies get too big to grow? That's the interesting question raised in this Harvard Business Review piece that looks at research showing how companies get to a...
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by leon on April 28, 2008
Questions are rising about the ethics of companies pouring money into sponsoring the Beijing Olympics.By abetting the genocide in Darfur, the Chinese Government has turned the event into the...
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by leon on April 24, 2008
After writing off nearly $38 billion of bone-headed investments since the subprime crisis began last year, more than any other lender, and destroying all the profit it had generated since 2004,...
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by leon on April 11, 2008
In times of recession, people's thoughts turn to survival. And there are a series of tried and true strategies for individuals and companies.For individuals, it's about networking furiously,...
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by leon on April 07, 2008
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" - Benjamin Disraelisatan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture - HG Wells."Statistics can be...
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by leon on March 18, 2008
That was the question asked last week at the World Health Care Congress Europe.And according to Maggie Mahar at the healthbeat blog , it presented a lot of surprising answers. The conventional wisdom...
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by leon on March 17, 2008
What is the true cost of the Iraq war? Interesting analysis from former State department official and Kennedy Administration Middle East expert William Polk. And it's a chillingly business-like...
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by leon on March 04, 2008
Dell's woes continue. Last week, it announced a fall in net income, wiping out completely any increase in sales. The share price, which was up around $30 in November, hit lows at the end of the...
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by leon on February 24, 2008
General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has come out swinging after his put down of global warming in a closed-door session with journalists.At that session in January, Lutz described global...
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by leon on February 09, 2008
One of the great myths about management is that there are universal rules. There is a dogma, championed by American business schools, that there is only certain sure-fire ways to manage...
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by leon on January 29, 2008
Fascinating study from Harvard Business School's Boris Groysberg showing that women star stock analysts are more likely than men to maintain their star power when they switch companies.The study...
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by leon on January 29, 2008
Much has been said about the war for talent and skills shortages. But it seems some industries and regions will have trouble attracting talent.Russia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and South Asia, and...
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by leon on January 25, 2008
Governments and businesses are now looking at various incentives and penalties for employees to lose weight. but all of these are problematic and simplistic. There is no quick fix to this complex...
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by leon on January 17, 2008
Around the world, the statistics for start-ups are scary. About two out of three first-time start-ups will fail, usually because of cash flow problems and often because stuff happens that hasn't...
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