Monthly Archives: April 2017

“This is a seismic cultural shift, when a corporation puts a woman’s rights above the bottom line.”

Wendy Walsh, former O’Reilly guest. However, in the case of Fox News, O’Reilly got the boot because the bottomline was being affected. O’Reilly advertisers pulled their ads from his program. You lose ad dollars, you fix it. Sometimes business interests … Continue reading

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“People getting accounts they didn’t sign up for? I don’t need an M.B.A. in finance to understand that’s wrong.”

Stephen Beck, founder of CG42, a strategy company, discussing Wells Fargo’s problems. Funny how this simple point eluded so many within the bank.

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Why Tesla Should Make Us Nervous

Seen it before. Written about it before. The cult-like following among investors and buyers. Tesla is a cultivated brand — status symbol — environmentally conscientious folks who can feel pretentious and pure at the same time. The iconic CEO — … Continue reading

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Barclay’s: The Bank That Can’t Shoot Straight and Its Latest Gaffe

Antony Jenkins was named Barclay’s CEO in December 2012 following the LIBOR rate-fixing problems at the bank, a serious misstep that cost the bank almost one-half billion in fines. Mr. Jenkins, by all accounts, worked diligently to change the Barclay’s … Continue reading

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How Come No One Offered to Take the Dragged Passenger’s Place?

The United Airlines passenger-dragging has a ubiquitous presence on the Internet, TV, radio, and at work gathering places. Every opinion possible has been uttered, save one. Yes, we have no rights as passengers. Yes, United did not handle things well. … Continue reading

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Wells: Two Days of Full-Page Ads on Their Changes: What They Got Right and What They Missed

Reading through the full-page ad Wells Fargo has run in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today. for two days in a row. They have done some good things: 1. Fired some executives who were linked to … Continue reading

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“We did nothing wrong, OK?” Roy Williams, UNC men’s basketball coach

Uttered by the coach whilst whining about “this junk,” referring to the academic scandal at the university that resulted in 3,000 students getting credit for coursework in classes that never met (and nearly half of the students were student-athletes, mostly … Continue reading

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