Enron

SOLUTIONS/MITCHELL: What do Republicans do now?

Cleta Mitchell Sunday, November 16, 2008 congressional majority in 1994 disappeared, the "permanent party realignment" didn't materialize. After the 2008 election, Republicans have moved into stage three: "anger and...

Media muddling and meddling blasted

NY Times columnist shares disgust at oversight lapses, spin at MJC talk By LISA MILLEGAN It's getting harder to tell where entertainment ends and information begins in news broadcasts, New York Times columnist Frank Rich said....

Worst Paragraph of the Day

From Eliot "Client 9" Sptizer No major market problem has been resolved through self-regulation, because individual competitive behavior doesn't concern itself with the larger market. Individual actors care only about...

Quản trị chiến lược ngày nay

Với sự tăng nhẹ của thị trường chứng khoán và lợi nhuận, các nhà quản trị tập đoàn lại có thể “dám” ngước mắt nhìn về tương lai. “Cầm cự” thành công qua những thời khắc khó khăn bằng cách cắt giảm chi phí và từ bỏ sự xa hoa,...

Bailout Second Thoughts

No, I still believe the Big Bank Bailout is a mistake. But, to be fair, here are two articles worth reading and considering. Charles Krauthammer, whom I disagree with more than not, had this to say, including: "No government...

The Merrill Deal Doesn't Look Too Hot Now

The 'American Banker' may have been a little hasty in awarding Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis its 2008 'Banker of the Year' Award. Some say that getting $45bn for Merrill Lynch in this environment truly qualifies Merrill CEO...

Predicting the Next Financial Meltdown - BusinessWeek

There are common factors to such crises as the current financial mess, the collapse of Enron, and the bursting of the Internet bubble. In the spring of 2001 (six months before 9/11), the Internet bubble "shockingly" burst,...

How to Ground The Street

President-elect Barack Obama will soon face the extraordinary task of saving capitalism from its own excesses, much as Franklin D. Roosevelt had to do 76 years ago. Up until this point in the crisis, policymakers have...

AIG using federal funds to sue IRS

Life can be funny. And sad. And infuriating. And just downright wrong. All of those apply to the financial situation of American International Group Inc., better known by its initials AIG. We're all too familiar with the recent...

BW Online | December 17, 2001 | The Fall of Enron

How ex-CEO Jeff Skilling's strategy grew so complex that even his boss couldn't get a handle on it ) CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling, there were two kinds of people in the world: those who got it and those who didn't. "It" was Enron's...