November 25, 2007 Comment on - Getting What We Pay For; When Foreign Merchandise Is Very Low Priced, Beware, There Is Something Inferior
No free lunch! No free lunch! No free lunch! We should paste this phrase on imported goods, post it in classrooms and living rooms, and slap a sticker on the front door of retail stores. And let's teach this to our kids when...
November 20, 2007 Washington: Out Of Tune With Growth
For years after WW II the American Dollar was the currency of choice around the world -- in little Costa Rica the dollar is still welcomed by cab drivers and hotel bellhops and merhants. But for how long...as the dollar continues...
November 19, 2007 Comment on - SAFETY; Lead In Toys Sparks Lawsuit; The State Seeks To Force Mattel, Toys R Us And 18 Other Companies To Adopt Procedures For Inspecting Products.
Wise business leaders keep their eye on the state attorneys general -- if the federal government can't or won't move to protect consumers, the AGs often will make the moves. Investigations and oversight can begin in an...
November 17, 2007 Comment on - MERGER FEARS: A TALE OF TWO CITIES: Atlanta To Put Up Fight For Delta; Business Leaders Vow To Keep 'hometown Airline At Home'
Gather round, kiddies, for a nostalgic view of the airline industry and its exciting early days. Airlines and the cities they headquarter in are very importawnt business partners! Back in our early journalistic days we were "an...
November 17, 2007 Comment on - Push For More Minorities On Boards; Chicago United Says Many Are Qualified
Commentary on Corporate Governance and Accountability... Three cheers for Chicago United -- for highlighting the issues and sending a list of qualified men and women of color to the executives and board chairs at Fortune 1000...
November 17, 2007 Comment on - Fidelity shift in 2007 proxy season tips scales toward corporate political disclosure
Commentary on Corporate Governance, Investing and Political Accountability. Watch this trend closely -- could be a freight train pounding through Corporate America in proxy season 2008 and beyond. ("Last year, a Mason-Dixon...
November 17, 2007 Comment on - BE HONEST AND DEPENDABLE; TAKE RESPONSIBILITY; Integrity Wins Customers
Commentary on Accountability -- and Building and Preserving Trust. Good advice / information sharing from author Steve Watkins in IDB for tomorrow's leaders of corporate, public and social sector organizations. And for each of...
November 16, 2007 Comment on - THE SYRINGE MESS; NY Had Power It Didn't Use; Officials Could Have Subpoenaed The Names Of Hundreds Treated By Plainview Doctor Sooner, But Wound Up Negotiating With Him For 8 Months
Commentary on Accountability -- or lack thereof, in several places! This story SCREAMS off the pages of the newspaper -- read me! This episode is all about Accountability! Or lack of...enough to go around. A local physician may...
November 14, 2007 Comment on - New Poll Shows that U.S. Small Business Owners and Wall Street are not on the Same Page
Commentary on Wall Street - Main Street relations...and attitudes...and polling results. First read the classic work, "Other People's Money" by Louis Brandeis (published 1933). (Subtitled, "...and how the bankers use it!")Judge...
November 14, 2007 Comment on - Aetna Will Fully Disclose Doctor Ranking Program
We've said it here in this space before -- keep your eye on Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in New York State. Politically attuned, focused, risk-taker (taking on bigger opponents), experienced (he ran HUD in the Clinton era and...