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Hubris v. Excess: Eliot Spitzer and the NYSE Square off Against Richard Grasso

In one of the more interesting earnings reports you'll see, the New York Stock Exchange yesterday said that its net income fell 54% in the second quarter -- with the primary culprit being costs stemming from ongoing litigation with ...READ»

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CEO See-Ya! Anniversary Special!

How are five bosses faring a year after we said they should get the boot?READ»

The Stock Exchange of Stock Exchanges

Members of the New York Stock Exchange are pressuring the Big Board to go public. Meanwhile, BusinessWeek calls on the NYSE to lower barriers to trading -- suggesting that the NYSE stifles competition from electronic markets like ...READ»

Don't Touch That Dial!

Alyssa makes a good point in her blog about TV-Turnoff Week - if you don't want to turn it off, why not support better programming? Me, I'd like to support the cause for better commercials. Like Alyssa, the only cable I have is the ...READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: Dow Jones Newswires - 11/14/2008

TIP SHEET: SmartGrowth Funds Bet On ETFs, Short S&P 500 "A U.S. recession isn't pretty for most companies, but portfolio managers at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management are betting on a universe of roughly 240 exchange traded funds to beat the worst bear market since the Great Depression."READ»

CEOs Who Should Lose Their Jobs

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»

Stock Futures

Jerry Putnam is working to build an alternative to the Wall Street trading establishment. He's a maverick, but he's not a wild-eyed revolutionary. And his backers include some of the biggest names in finance.READ»

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Hardball Softball

When the closing bell sounds at the New York Stock Exchange, hard-charging brokers and clerks trade their wing tips for spikes and head for the playing fields of Jersey City. Welcome to Wall Street softball, where only the ball is soft.READ»

Hurricane Governance

Hurricane Isabel hasn't made it up the East Coast yet, but the storm that has engulfed the New York Stock Exchange is over, and Richard Grasso is gone, tossed aside like just another piece of plywood in the wreckage of a trailer ...READ»

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CEO See-ya!

This month: Wilfred J. Corrigan, CEO of LSI Logic.READ»

The Google Stock Exchange

A few years ago, back when shares were a modest $200 a pop, I was debating whether or not to buy stock in Google. A friend encouraged me to do it, challenging my hesitation by asking, "Who can stop them?" The answer, as it turned ...READ»

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Short Circuit

This month: W. Alan McCollough, CEO of Circuit City Stores.READ»

Sunrise, Sunset

This month's CEO See-Ya!: Scott G. McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems.READ»

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CEO See Ya!

This month: Peter Kann, CEO of Dow Jones.READ»

The Reinvention(s) of Sophia Collier, Part 2

Sophia Collier wrote her autobiography at age 21, founded her first company a few years later, and then took on the mutual-fund industry. Now she's set her sights on the cable-TV power structure. Why can't this woman sit still? And what can you learn from her entrepreneurial journey? A two-part feature.READ»

CEO See-ya!

This month: Jure Sola, CEO of Sanmina-SCI.READ»

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CEO See-Ya!

This month: Ralph Hake, CEO of Maytag Corp.READ»

CEO See-ya!

This month: Peter Cartwright, CEO of Calpine.READ»

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CEO See-Ya!

This month: David Mott, CEO of Medimmune Inc.READ»

Change Agent - Issue 36

"Looking for a poster child for old-economy industries that are stuck in the headlights?"READ»

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CEO See-Ya!

Robert D. Fagan, CEO of TECO Energy.READ»

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CEO See-Ya!

William Dillard II, CEO of Dillard's Inc.READ»

CEO See-Ya!

David McCourt, CEO of RCN Corp.READ»

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CEO See-Ya!

Mark P. Bulriss, CEO of Great Lakes Chemical Corp.READ»

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Holy Dow!

On this day in 1987, the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.READ»