Category Archives: News and Events

Silicon Valley wants to sell computers to school systems. Get the young ‘uns using your computers at an early age and they are hooked for life. Apple built its market through the school systems. But, competition is now more fierce, … Continue reading →

New CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, in an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times. I should say. Here’s an astute CEO: Employees were quitting in droves, the board of directors suffered from infighting, there were five … Continue reading →

The police report indicates that agent Robert Manson met an exotic dancer in a hotel bar and took her back to his room when the bar closed at 2:00 AM. The Charlotte police took information for their report from other … Continue reading →

UCLA officials released a statement explaining that it was “aware” of a “situation” involving UCLA basketball players in Shanghai. Coach Steve Alford announced that several players were being benched before an exhibition game in China sans explanation. Turns out that … Continue reading →

In the Sunday, November 5, 2017 “The Ethicist” feature of the New York Times, writer Anthony Appiah revealed a bias that afflicts society: the unwillingness to tell those in charge about bad acts or dangerous activity. A mother of a … Continue reading →

By now, the story of Jeffrey Immelt, former GE CEO, traveling with, not one, but two corporate jets so that he always had back-up has made the rounds. The Board is outraged and sent out an explanation befitting of a … Continue reading →

The Barometer was reviewing the recent grand jury indictment of Paul Manafort, President Trump’s campaign manager for about 6 weeks in the summer of 2016. Mr. Manafort is facing money-laundering charges, so the indictment lays out wire transfers that were … Continue reading →

The Barometer checked in on the four assistant coaches in the FBI case of the alleged bribery scheme involving Adidas and payments for basketball recruits saying “Yes!” to their schools. University of Arizona assistant basketball coach, Emanuel “Book” Richardson entered … Continue reading →

Alan Kazdin, the director of the Yale Parenting Center, offers this advice, “The most common reactions to children who lie are explaining why it is wrong and punishment. As ways of changing behavior, these are ineffective.” The better way? Ask … Continue reading →

Let’s recap the problems at Wells: The fake accounts debacle, the fake auto loan insurance mandates, the mortgage changes without authorization (fake again), and the sacking of four foreign-exchange bankers along with the transfer of an executive from that area … Continue reading →

Equifax did not fix known problems with the shared security software it was using. Those problems were known in March. However, no one on the Equifax board or management team seemed concerned about index provider MSCI cautioning that Equifax was … Continue reading →

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has used military flights for private air travel to the tune of $800,000. One flight was a $15,000 trip to visit with Mr. Trump at Trump Tower in New York City. There was one additional flight … Continue reading →

Wall Street Journal, Sept. 30- Oct. 1, 2017, p. B3. Whoa, hold on there boys and girls on the board. Don’t get crazy on us! You would not want to rush into some kind of sanction for officers on watch … Continue reading →

President Trump, when asked about the revelations regarding former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price and his $400,000 in chartered travel. Mr. Price resigned the next day. Good for President Trump in putting the writing on the wall. … Continue reading →