Category Archives: Truth Percolates

How About If We Just Tell the Truth? The Tech Problem with Health and CEOs

Google CEO and billionaire co-founder, Larry Page, missed the company’s annual shareholder meeting in June.  The company has announced that he will also miss the company’s July earnings call. The explanation given at the annual meeting was that Mr. Page “lost … Continue reading

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The Medical Bag Left Behind – The Downfall of Mika Myllyla

Mika Myllyla, the Olympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing, who was part of a 2001 doping scandal that felled the Finnish team and its support system, was found dead in his apartment this past week. Mr. Myllyla never did recover … Continue reading

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The Eagle Scout and the Interview

A delightful young man was applying for a job.  His resumé listed that he had attained the rank of Star Scout. Another young man applying for the job listed on his resumé that he had attained the rank of Eagle … Continue reading

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HP’s Board Is Vindicated

In August, Joe Nocera of the New York Times tossed out quite a few negative assessments of the HP board’s firing/resignation of former CEO, Mark Hurd, to wit: When pressed, H.P. said that Mr. Hurd had fudged some expense reports. … Continue reading

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Just Ask His Mother

Mark S. Kirk is a candidate for the U.S. Senate in the grand state of Illinois.  He has been spinning some yarns about, what else?  Military Service.  His Naval Reserve service statements have raised some fact checkers’ eyebrows. Big deal, … Continue reading

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Ex-Wife Gets a Cool Mil For Reporting Her Ex-Husband to the SEC for Insider Trading

Hell hath no fury.  Never mind that. No fury needed here — just cull through your ex’s e-mails during divorce discovery!  Karen Kaiser used to be married to David Zilkha who used to work for Microsoft who then went to … Continue reading

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The Truth Comes Out About the Gymnast

During the 2000 Olympics the gymnasts were yipping about Dong Fangxiao, a member of the Chinese women’s team.  Their yipping boiled down to, “There’s no way she is 16!” The yipping was ignored because her birth date was allegedly verified … Continue reading

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When Safety Trumps Budget: Boeing

Boeing has been getting some bad press for delays in delivery of its 787 Dreamliner.  The company has faced everything from supplier lag to failed stress tests and is now 2.5 years behind schedule on its deliveries. The profits are … Continue reading

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The Rebuilt Car and the Accident

He was a young car-hop at the time.  The 17-year-old witnessed a salesman at the car dealership sell a woman a “new car.”  But the young employee knew that the car was not new; it had an engine that had … Continue reading

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When Brad, Angelina, and Pop Culture Teach Us Ethical Lessons

During the filming of their movie, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” representatives of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt (the movie’s stars) denied that there was any romance, affair, or other activities untoward for the then married Mr. Pitt (his wife was … Continue reading

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The GMAT Questions in Advance

The Graduate Management Admissions Council announced that it was canceling the GMAT scores of 84 applicants and students.  The Council found that the students were active users of a now shut-down website, scoretop.com, a site with origins in China that … Continue reading

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