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Archive for October, 2011
Should you have to be brutal to succeed in business?
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011TheStreet.com is running a new “Fast Track” series that features high-powered women in the financial industry. They invited me to write a piece on Abby Joseph Cohen, the Goldman Sachs economist and financial analyst who’s been known for decades, and sometimes criticized, for her unfailing bullishness. Ms. Cohen rose to national prominence when [...]
Don’t gouge your customers
Friday, October 21st, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s look at another story from the recent business headlines. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Bank of New York Mellon Corporation was sued by both New York State and the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly charging state and public [...]
Are proposed austerity cuts in Greece too deep?
Thursday, October 20th, 2011As the Parliament in Greece continues to vote on wage job and pension cuts for Greek workers, higher taxes and other austerity measures, protests in Athens are reportedly becoming violent. Union strikes have paralyzed the city, trash is piling up in the streets, and masked protesters are clashing with police. But if the Greek [...]
What’s in your landfill?
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011It’s always a pleasure when a reader’s comment inspires me to respond in a new blog post. Tim’s comment on my post last week honoring Steve Jobs for his work at Apple got me thinking. Jobs was never known for his philanthropy and he certainly bruised some feelings over the years. So, [...]
Occupy Wall Street protesters deserve more respect
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011The Occupy Wall Street protesters have been camped out in lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park for a month now. The protests have spread to several American cities, including Washington, D.C., and are fast becoming a global phenomenon. Tens of thousands of people across the world are joining the protests, shouting their hearts and lungs [...]
Disclose conflicts of interest
Saturday, October 15th, 2011Resuming my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s rip and read from recent headlines. The Wall Street Journal is a wonderful source of information about businesses that let greed drag them right into expensive litigation. Today’s example comes from the banking industry - no surprise, I admit - but [...]
A Loving Tribute to Steve Jobs
Thursday, October 6th, 2011Oh, it’s a sad day. Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computers and re-inventor of Pixar Studios, has succumbed to a rare form of pancreatic cancer. The news is full of tributes and remembrances, and I’d like to add mine here.
There are many reasons to praise Steve Jobs. He was a visionary who [...]
Wall Street is occupied - but is it listening?
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011It’s been almost three weeks since protesters first appeared in lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. Their point? That our society is fast becoming a plutocracy, with too many Americans struggling just to get by while the vast majority of the nation’s wealth becomes increasingly concentrated in far too few hands. Well-to-do bankers, brokers [...]