Two months ago when the massive federal government’s bailout of large banks and financial service firms began, the largest flow of cash to a private company went to AIG (American International Group), the nation’s largest...[more]

Are you seeing the delightful TV commercials currently being placed by Macy’s? A parade of stars from movies and television are being featured in the original settings portrayed by the actors – with scenes from such movies as...[more]

The new president and his administration will have lots of issues awaiting them on “Day Two,” after the inaugural balls have ended and the partygoers have flown home. One of the biggest headaches – one that may have President...[more]

The leadership of the US auto industry traveled from Motor City to Capital Hill yesterday to plead for federal government intervention in their business affairs…as the American economic situation worsened. This was an important...[more]

We heard today that President-elect Barack Obama’s advisors are scouring the records for examples of the crises events that faced President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt 75 years ago, when FDR took the oath of office. Some of...[more]

What drama we’ve been witness to, unfolding over the past year-and-a-half, when the first candidacies were announced by aspiring presidential hopefuls in both major political parties – remember Romney and Edwards and Huckabee and...[more]

Hello again. This commentator’s voice was temporarily “semi-silenced” in early October by a minor stroke. I was in New York City at a luncheon meeting when a tiny blood clot laid me low. Happy to report I expect full...[more]

September 6, 2008 – It’s a Saturday, slow news day for the most part, and the cable guys and gals are a-chattering! Seems that when the Democrats left their huge love-in for their presidential candidates at Invesco Field in...[more]

The Washington Post reports that “secret negotiations” that were going on between the US Forest Service and a publicly-traded company – Plum Creek Timber Company (NYSE: PCL) – would allow the company to use taxpayer-owned land to...[more]

Each day’s news flow across this commentator’s desk brings a series of news reports that point to the complicated world in which executives and boards make decisions – and which stakeholders and stockholders in some way react to!...[more]