In the current political climate in the US, there is a general distrust of all things related to globalization.
Though largely unnoticed prior to his recent CBS "60 Minutes" story, GE CEO Jeff Immelt has been entrusted with implementing job creation strategies in the badly sagging United States economy.
On October 5, recently retired Apple CEO and by all accounts mastermind, Steve Jobs passed away after years battling pancreatic cancer. He left a legacy of innovation and prosperity for Apple.
Although the United States Postal Service is a quasi-governmental organization designed to carry out the Constitutional mail delivery mandates, its economics are subject to private sector realities.
The unfortunate reality of when the government behaves irrationally and with inarguable overwhelmingly negative results, is that it invites endless speculation about the possible reasons why.
Earlier this week Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett publicly reaffirmed his belief that people making over $1,000,000 annually should be taxed at a minimum rate no less than middle-class taxpayers.
With the dust barely settled from Yahoo’s recent CEO upheaval, there are some interesting story lines emerging that will play themselves out publicly in the days and weeks ahead.
Yahoo Inc. is without a doubt one of the handful of prominent companies that stands as a monument in many people’s minds for the excess of inflated values during the Internet “bubble”.
Last week Tim Cook, newly installed CEO of Apple and successor to the legendary Steve Jobs, received a pay bump. Actually it was more like a pay rocket boost in minimal gravity.
Nils Larsen will be the CEO of broadcasting operations at the Tribune media conglomerate. This is his third job at the company. Do you sense butterfly here or opportunist?
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