The Economist (and Bill Clinton?) on shareholder value: “Mend it; don’t end it.”
See in The Economist by Schumpeter Taking the Long View on the “cult” of shareholder value. Scrap it for its follies and […]
Month: November 2012
Charlie Rose interview with Jeff Bezos: Brick-and-mortar stores for Amazon?
Answer: Maybe. Maybe not. But listen to Jeff Bezos’s reasons for opening up a chain of physical book stores–or not opening them […]
Argentina v. Argentina’s bondholders: Will SCOTUS step in on debt restructuring?
See at Reuters this morning “Argentina Playing Last Cards in Court Battle with Bondholders“. We have two additional questions: Is the resources-rich, […]
Evan Schaeffer’s “How to Feed a Lawyer”: The Perfect Gift for Lawyers, Clients and Actual Humans.
Trial lawyer, writer and Blawg Father Evan Schaeffer has a few secrets for us. Do buy and begin to read–as I am […]
In Sweden, Customers Now Drive Selling with Extreme Cat-Diving Ad Campaigns.
It could happen–and it did. See Sarah Etter’s piece in Monetate.
Vary the Customer Experience, Tweak the Markets, Fly the Colors: Do Instead Small Business Saturday Tomorrow.
Part aggregator, part pundit, Business Insider started up in early 2009 and is now edited by come-back kid Henry Blodget. We follow […]
American Infrastructure and the November 6 Elections: The States Get Serious.
Will, more bucks and a much harder look. If you have clients in American construction or transportation, there are some signs of […]
Charon QC’s UK Law Tour: Why does it matter?
Answer: Because Western lawyers are famously resistant to change. English and North American lawyers, especially. We simply do not roll that well […]
Justin Patten: “Can Mediation Save The BBC?”
A few years ago in London, I was finally able to meet Justin Patten, a solicitor who focuses on employment practices and […]
Dem Businessman Erskine Bowles: “This Magic Moment”.
Business Insider notes that Bowles, North Carolina businessman, educator, former White House Chief of Staff and Democratic co-chair of President Obama’s 2010 […]
Observed today in the United States, Veterans Day is always on November 11. It is celebrated in about 60 (mostly English Commonwealth […]
Neoconservative Bill Kristol on Congressional Deadlock: “Let People Float New Ideas”.
Me? Generally, I like free markets. I don’t like progressive taxes. I want everyone to know achievements will not be (1) discouraged […]
Best Tweet of Election Night Hands Down.
“Nate Silver is so getting laid tonight.”
An Education in Global Good: Pilgrims Geldof and Bono’s Steep, Wondrous Learning Curve.
This weekend’s Financial Times previews a cautionary tale with a happy ending that every world-changer, compassionate capitalist and limousine liberal on the […]
Congratulations, Mr. President. So, what now, sir?
I got to DC last night late. Obama won. And the Senate withstood a GOP challenge. Around 12:15 am, after I started […]
Vote, ok? Just vote.
Like prayer, meditation or horseshoes, voting need not be perfect. It need not be fully informed. It doesn’t have to be correct. […]
“My dear young lady, I’m a lawyer, and I’m used to lying on both sides.”
See Charon QC’s Report No. 4: Lawyers: What They Are and What They Do at his Van Rouge UK Law Tour.
Day of the Innocents: Henri 2, Paw de Deux.
Existential cat hero Henri is the creation of Seattle’s Will Braden.