Fixing Health Care Is Good for Business

Emotions are a good thing especially when you have to put out a fire, but when it is speaking on a pure business level, leave the fire truck outside."There has been a lot of talk about the 47 million Americans who do not have health insurance. But health-care reform is just...

Gore Denies that Ken Lay, Goldman Sachs CEOs Helped Develop C02 T

After insisting once again that there is a consensus on man-made global warming (while paradoxically comparing those not in consensus with those who deny the moon landing), Al Gore obfuscates, downplays and refuses...

Top CEO firings of 2008...with a glimpse of 2009 possibilities

2008 is almost over and as millions of income earners in Canada and US struggle to come to terms with impacts of the global financial crisis, small comfort may come from a string...

JAL - What a CEO Example

It seems as though JAL President and CEO Naruka Nishimatsu is a great example of a hard working, just and fair CEO. According to a recent interview by CNN Reporter, Kyung Lah, we can see that JAL's CEO is way...

"Let Them Eat Cake" - Washington & Wall Street Loot the Banks

"Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst...

House Panel Questions High Pay for CEOs

Like the oil company profits last year, it's another situation of individuals making a lot of money in sectors experiencing trouble."The heads of three companies implicated in the mortgage crisis have been asked to explain how they collectively received hundreds of millions...

Candidates Put Profit Makers On Axis Of Evil

"There's little wrong with America that can't be fixed with a bit more attention to corporate profits. To boosting them, I mean. I know, it doesn't seem politic to say such things right now, what with presidential candidates ranging from Hillary Clinton to Mike Huckabee...

Stock Market Brushfire

By Mike Whitney - Aug 15, 2007, 01:35On Friday, the Dow Jones clawed its way back from a 200-point deficit to a mere 31-point loss after the Federal Reserve injected $38 billion into the banking system. The Fed...

CEOs pass average Canadian salary by Jan. 2

CTV puts pay-scale inequity into concrete terms that we all can understand:"By the time most Canadians drag themselves into work on Tuesday after the holidays, the country's highest-paid CEOs will already have earned the average employee's annual salary. By 9:46 a.m. Tuesday,...

Smart secrets from women CEOs

"Barbara Corcoran, Bobbi Brown, Muriel Siebert and other high-profile female entrepreneurs talk frankly about what it takes to succeed. Alexandra Lebenthal's role model was a Wall Street pioneer. As a young girl growing up in the 1960s, she often visited her grandmother,...

The 10 Qualities of Great Growth Leaders

"Are you a growth leader? This isn't a question that's just for CEOs and business-unit presidents, and making sure you can answer "yes" to it is vitally important to your career advancement. Every company needs to grow, and it takes leaders at many organizational levels to...

Does Drinking Help Your Career?

"A new study has stirred up debate about what role socializing plays in the workplace. While many were quick to dismiss the findings of a recent study showing that drinkers make more on average than those that abstain from alcohol, a number of CEOs cite a direct connection...

India and Malaysia CEO forum launched

"The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) have jointly launched the Malaysia and India CEO forum in Mumbai. The forum aims to bring CEOs from Malaysia and India together to promote business understanding and enhance...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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