Is 83-year-old media-mogul Sumner Redstone the crypt keeper of a dying behemoth being dragged into the 21st century kicking and screaming (and suing), or a shrewd old man making would-be Web partners dance his hokey-pokey?
The ...READ»
1. Old Yeller
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been known to let out a full-throated growl. If you match a screamer decibel for decibel, you're toast. Zen calm trumps noise and will stop the shouting.
2. The Blowhard
On the TV ...READ»
Forbes released its list of the wealthiest Americans last night. Technology's usual suspects are all present: Gates, Ellison, Allen, Bezos, the Google duo, and so on. But there, at number 158 and tied with Donald Trump and Sumner ...READ»
CEO DAD’S TUESDAY TIRADE
While waiting for Tom Stern to come up with a new storyline for the me, the cartoon character CEO DAD, I have plenty of time to overhear what’s going on out there, and sneak my opinions into this blog ...READ»
Wall Street is a gigantic promotion machine, always exhorting the greater fool to buy some paper at a slightly higher price. Now, after a grim two years during which the reputations of virtually all of the major investment houses and ...READ»
What's worth reading:
Bush Tours New Orleans,
Pushes for Rebuilding Plan
"President Bush bowed his head in prayer Tuesday to remember the hundreds who perished in Hurricane Katrina, a disaster that forever changed the Gulf Coast -- ...READ»
Anne Here's my take on business and the natural order. Synergy was all a big mistake. Nature is hardwired for antisynergy. Do coyotes collaborate with sheep? Do fish empower dragonflies in the pond?
Naturally, that brings AOL Time ...READ»
Has Presidential hopeful John Kerry used Botox? That's the hottest question on the campaign trail this week. And while his wife admits to having had a few touch-ups, Kerry's staff scoffs at the recent theory about the Massachusetts ...READ»
A panel at Davos on user-generated content--or "stuff by us"--brought together some interesting folks, including Michael Wolf, the recently ousted president and chief operating officer of MTV, Thomas Glocer, the CEO of Reuters, and ...READ»
It seems we spend a lot of time talking about lawsuits filed against Google these days, what with Sumner Redstone's $1 billion swing at the Web giant and all.
But it's a smaller suit just dismissed by Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. ...READ»
It's the new era of accountability: Most of the nation's worst-performing bosses have been shown the door. But what about the guys who just won't go? Meet the Teflon CEOs. Poor results, declining stock prices, and strategic blunders just seem to slide right off them.READ»
