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- Video: Sin Stocks are Guilt-Free?
- Here's a little video from CNBC about investing in so-called Sin Stocks -- tobacco, gambling, alcohol and defense -- because they hold up well in a recession. There's a lot that can be said on this issue, either way, but I draw your attention to this clip...
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Did NPR's Stern Fire Himself or What?
- One unusual aspect of last week's management change at National Public Radio is that the man who fired CEO Ken Stern and has replaced him an Interim CEO, Dennis Haarsager, is a veteran blogger and a good one at that. So, when Haarsager promised on Friday that...
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- GeoExchange Comfort in Princeton, Minnesota
- Located in the middle of the State of Minnesota where temperatures can range in one year from 90EF with 95% humidity to -18EF with windchills of -70EF, a GeoExchange (geothermal) heating and cooling system comfortably and efficiently heats and cools this 3,400 sq ft home. In an area where natural...
- Case studies
- Holiday Inn Express: Albany, New York
- Aesthetics, quietness, and energy cost savings are some of the reasons cited by owner Michael Hoffman and architect Henry Dennis for a decision to use GeoExchange (geothermal) heating and cooling systems to heat and cool the new Holiday Inn Express in Albany, New York. Each room has a console heat...
- Case studies
- AP's%20Copyright%20Lawsuit:%20%20Legitimate%20or%20Frivolous?
- AP's%20Copyright%20Lawsuit:%20%20Legitimate%20or%20Frivolous?AP's Copyright LawsuitIt seems the AP is using the same litigation strategy as the music industry employs against those who 'share' hundreds and thousands of songs using a common software program...but with no revenue changing hands. Steven Jobs and iTunes took advantage of the opportunity this dilemma created, and...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-11
- Use Ziplock Bags to Keep Cables Tidy While Traveling
- Use Ziplock Bags to Keep Cables Tidy While Travelingthanks for the helpful tipVery helpful tip. I work remotely from the road with a laptop and I'm missing a bluetooth connector for a mouse from my last trip. I'm leaving again this afternoon and you can imagine I will...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- Recent Trends in Bank Loan Syndications: Evidence for 1995 to 1999
- Bank loan syndications have become an increasingly popular and important way for commercial borrowers to satisfy their financing needs. The ability to overcome problems of adverse selection and moral hazard are critical to the development of this market. Using a panel data set constructed from the Shared National Credit Program...
- White papers 2000-12-01
- Case Study: United Energy
- This case study describes about energy systems. United Energy recently selected TUSC to project-manage the implementation of a Distribution Management System (DMS), integrating United Energy's mission-critical real time gas and electric network management systems. United Energy's DMS Project Manager, Dennis Gillespie, describes the expertise and benefits TUSC brings to the...
- Case studies
- Calling all entrepreneurs - what was your biggest, ugliest challenge?
- Hello my fellow entrepreneurs,I'm going to be writing a series of posts over at the Kauffman Foundation and I'd like your help. We all know that being an entrepreneur is almost 100% an easy and happy existence. Right . . . . So, what about that 1%...
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- EDS Internal Memo on the HP Purchase
- HP acquired EDS in a deal valued roughly at $12.8 billion. The move was outlined Tuesday morning amid a healthy dose of skepticism. Here's a memo from EDS CEO Ron Rittenmeyer, who will now report to HP CEO Mark Hurd. To the EDS Worldwide Team: Today...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Ten Common Sales Mistakes.
- Ten Common Sales Mistakes.A few more mistakesThat's a good list, Geoffrey.Any salesrep that keeps from making the mistakes in your list is probably hitting their targets.We have to watch out for these as well:* Not being objective. Fix: Seek the truth, not what makes you or your manager feel good....
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- Ten MORE Common Sales Mistakes
- Last week I posted what's proving to be an extremely popular post, "Ten Common Sales Mistakes". In that post, I asked if I had missed any common mistakes and, as I expected, my brain trust (that's you folk) came up with ten more. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- No Spouse, No Kids? That's Your Problem!
- Dear Conscience,I’m the only person in my office without children, and it seems as though I’m always the person asked to travel or stay late. Is this fair?So you’re Joe Single and the soccer moms get to go home at 5:00 while you’re left finishing the TPS reports because watching...
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- How NPR's CEO was Dumped
- Insiders say that National Public Radio (NPR)'s CEO Ken Stern lost his job yesterday in a shockingly abrupt fashion. My sources say that Board Chair Dennis Haarsager simply walked into Stern's office, fired him and told him that it was time for him "to leave the...
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Cognitive Dissonance on Pharma Ghostwriting
- Yesterday's news on Merck's prolific use of ghostwriters to produce medical-research articles yielded lots of coverage, much of it highly critical. Still, there was a fair bit of cognitive dissonance in the media, which couldn't seem to decide if Merck's actions amounted to venial or mortal sins. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Yahoo's Bottomless Bureaucratic Maw; or, a Story of Management Meltdown
- Yahoo's Bottomless Bureaucratic Maw; or, a Story of Management MeltdownLeadership is to blame...how to fix that???Although I am in a different industry, I suffer from the same lame leadership issues; once an agile company now bogged down in leadership drugery; I think its a case of the company outgrowing its...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- Five Signs That Your Merger Is Doomed
- Don’t even think about closing an acquisition unless the due diligence comes up 100 percent clean. Here are five perils to avoid. Red Flag #1: Most of...
- Articles 2007-09-07
- What's the Replacement Term for "CEO"?
- What's the Replacement Term for "CEO"?Replacement termWe could borrow the MD designation from the medical field, the could become Major Diety.Kings, Caesars and EmperorsThere are also older terms like King and Caesar or the Emperor. First two may apply to CEOs which are simultaneously owners. Last one to CEOs of...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- HP Seals EDS Deal; Services No. 2 Behind IBM; Can Hurd Run EDS Better?
- Updated: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said Tuesday he plans to use a familiar playbook to integrate Electronic Data Systems: Leverage scale, squeeze costs — and underpromise and overdeliver. "We're running the playbook we know how to run very well," said Hurd, on a conference call with analysts....
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Give Your Fax Machine the Heave-Ho
- Give Your Fax Machine the Heave-HoAgree with the machineI agree the fax machine can go for the most part for a lot of people that do have email and do have a scanner, but there are a huge number of folks that do no have those, or "cannot get the...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-13
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