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- Behind the Bust: Bad Ethics Or Bad Luck?
- Behind the Bust: Bad Ethics Or Bad Luck?Bad IncentivesNeither.Bad incentives.Wall Street is paid on revenues, not profit.Misaligned incentives create bad behavior."Heads the trader wins, tails the investor loses."Easy to decide what to do in that environment.No one will dispute that.re: incentiveswell, they aren't doing so well this year. But...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
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- Ellen's bad luck is good luck for Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
- Ellen's bad luck is good luck for Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. With ABC's official cancellation of Ellen after its May 13 finale, Pizza appears certain to return for the fall season, quite possibly in the same choice spot following The Drew Carey Show....
- Research articles 1998-04-27
- German tourist returns fragment of Thai temple after bad-luck run: reports
- BANGKOK AFP ? A German tourist has returned a sliver of glass he filched from a revered Thai temple in the hope of ending a run of bad luck that has plagued him since taking it, reports here said. Chakarat Chitrabongs, the Thai Ministry of Culture's top bureaucrat, told...
- Research articles 2003-11-30
- SOC: Tractor Boys hoping Black Cats don t bring bad luck
- AAP Sports News Australia 01-01-2001 SOC: Tractor Boys hoping Black Cats don t bring bad luck LONDON, Dec 31 AFP - The surprise packages of the current English premier league season Ipswich Town will be hoping to consolidate its third...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- Why Do Many Disinflations Fail? The Importance Of Luck, Timing, And Political Institutions
- Many inflation stabilizations succeed only temporarily. Using a sample of 51 episodes of stabilization from inflation levels above 40 percent, it is shown that most of the failures are explained by bad luck, unfavorable initial conditions, and inadequate political institutions. The evolution of trading partners' demand and U. S. interest...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Behind the Bust: Bad Ethics Or Bad Luck?
- Is Wall Street's manage-to-the-numbers approach the reason we're in the economic mess we're in? That's the argument of Gresham's Law and the Shaky Nature of Today's Business Ethics on the Slow Leadership blog. Gresham's Law, it tells us, is a 16th century maxim that 'bad' money (with...
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Marriott Ousts Tennis Phenom Oudin in Bad PR Move
- Melanie Oudin, 17, has defied the odds and made it to the U.S. Open's Women's Quarterfinals. She was ranked 70th in the nation, and apparently hadn't reserved her room at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square through the second week of the tournament. When her reservation was up, the hotel told her...
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- Alonso hopes for Indy change of luck
- INDIANAPOLIS, United States AFP — Double world champion Fernando Alonso is hoping that his run of bad luck in Indianapolis has come to an end after dominating Friday's free practice ahead of the US Grand Prix. The McLaren driver has only finished once fifth last year in his five...
- Research articles 2007-06-15
- Mowlem: Bad luck, but thats life!
- Johnny Mowlem was unlucky to miss out on a strong finish in the latest round of the American Le Mans Series at Road America after luck deserted the ACEMCO Motorsports team after what had been a strong race day. Mowlem qualified the Saleen S7R a strong third on the...
- Research articles 2005-08-24
- Bad luck over for Rice?
- Buddy Rice's drive from 18th to fifth at Twin Ring Motegi last weekend was the perfect boost for a driver desperately seeking a run of good luck. The 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner looked capable of gaining more places had the Indy Japan 300 run a little longer with the...
- Research articles 2006-04-27
- Bad Omen? Beckham will join Galaxy on Friday the 13th
- LOS ANGELES AFP — English football star David Beckham will take his place as a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy next month on Friday the 13th, a day notorious in American culture for bad luck. The Major League Soccer club announced here Thursday that Beckham, whose contract with...
- Research articles 2007-06-28
- Uecomm adds to bad news.
- Oct 16, 2001 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Uecomm floated on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2000. Since floating, the company, which is the telco division of United Energy, has had a run of bad luck. The company forecast $A146.3m in sales for...
- Research articles 2001-10-15
- Las Vegas Sands Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Larry Klatzkin with Jefferies & Co. Please proceed, sir. Larry Klatzkin - Jefferies & Co. Hey guys. Could you guys quantify what you think how effective luck might have been on you if you would actually held...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-01
- Modem Snafu Jolts Cable Data Drive.
- The cable industry's highspeed data agenda took a credibility hit in Silicon Valley in early December, proving that a rare confluence of glitches in the wrong place can be as volatile as a California wildfire. Bad luck, mixed with a certain...
- Research articles 1998-12-14
- Citigroup will lead 'destructuring' of the universal concept: Citigroup's crisis may hint at the impossibility of managing every kind of financial business under one roof. (Comment).(Citigroup Inc.)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
- The crisis at Citigroup is more than just a run of bad luck at a big bank. If Citigroup has lost its way, the greatest piece of deal-making in history -- the creation of Citigroup -- is under threat and with it the entire universal banking concept....
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Cellular One tries unlucky ad pitch for wireless users.(Brief Article)
- Cellular One Group is breaking an estimated $6 million to $10 million cable TV campaign that features hapless folk who need wireless phones to cope with their really bad luck. Cellular One Group is breaking an estimated $6 million to $10 million cable TV...
- Research articles 2000-03-20
- Opinion: Personal View - The Enron debacle.(pension security questioned)
- As the events at Enron, WorldCom and other US corporates become clearer and many US workers rue their bad luck, many people are wondering if similar pension scandals could happen in the UK. Last week, we examined some of the events at Enron. Further As...
- Research articles 2002-08-26
- Theo's woes - The Fans Speak Out
- After noticing you pegged Theo Fleury--who began the season on the suspended list after having a substance-abuse relapse---as one of the "Six Comebacks to Watch in 2002-03" in your December issue, I thought for a moment that the Chicago Blackhawks suffer as much ill fortune as the star-crossed Buffalo Sabres...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Top Mistakes Job Hunters Make (And How To Avoid Them)
- Many job seekers think that whether they land a new position is a matter of luck: it's good luck if they're hired, and it's bad luck if they're not. The truth is that what separates successful job hunters from unsuccessful ones often is a question of preparedness, persistence, and hard...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Reverse grid costs White again in Konica finale.
- Despite a barnstorming last race drive, Matthew White yet again suffered bad luck in the reverse grid race at the final round of the Konica Minolta V8 Supercar championship at Mallala Motorsport Park. The Gulf Western Oils/Jayco Caravans Ford driver has endured cruel luck in the reverse grid races...
- Research articles 2004-08-23
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