Posted in BusinessWeek, CEO, tagged CEO Pay, Matthew Fordahl, Rachel Beck on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading the Beck and Fordahl article, “CEO pay climbs despite companies struggles” when three sentences leapt off the page at me.
Rick Wagoner, CEO of General Motors, (GM) announced this month the company had to close four plants that make trucks and SUVs because of lagging demand as fuel prices soar. That followed the [...]
Posted in BusinessWeek, Human Resources, Leadership, Stress on July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Jenna Goudreau wrote an interesting article in the August 6th issue of BusinessWeek on stress in the workplace. I was particularly impressed with the way in which one organization handled an overworked and stressed out manager. Based on the amount of time that he was working, the organization proactively stepped in to offer [...]
Posted in 3G, AT&T, Apple, BusinessWeek, Peter Burrow, Product Launch, Strategy, Technology, iPhone on June 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Peter Burrows’s BusinessWeek article, How big will the iPhone be? discusses the potential impact that the iPhone may have on Apple. Burrows projects that the iPhone could translate into a $10 billion business for Apple – even in a crowded and competitive market. No one questions Apple’s brand strength and the fact that there [...]
Posted in BusinessWeek, Chicago Downtown Parking System, Chicago Skyway, Emily Thornton, Government, Indiana Toll Road, Pocahontas Parkway, Privatizing on May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Emily Thornton’s cover story, Roads to Riches, in the May 7th issue of BusinessWeek details the recent trend of State governments selling public assets – toll roads, parking garages, bridges and airports – to financial institutions and other private investors. The governmental bodies that have done this so far, or who are considering, often point [...]
Posted in BusinessWeek, Ethics, Oracle, SAP, Technology on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When I read the article on the suit filed by Oracle against SAP, I found myself wondering about Oracles license management system. Time and the courts will tell if SAP is guilty of the charges filed against them by Oracle, but I was surprised that Oracle customers (or SAP employees as the suit claims) would [...]
Posted in Axiom Capital Management, BusinessWeek, Financial Services, Marketing, Matthew Goldstein, Michael Guttenberg, Sales, Scandal, UBS, Wall Street on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading the Matthew Goldstein article on UBS in the March 26th issue of BusinessWeek, and I found myself fixated on one small aspect of the story. The story briefly outlines portions of Michael Guttenberg’s work history. I found myself wondering how he went from being a “sales assistant” with Axiom Capital Management to [...]
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