This week, unions were in the news. The issue of unions is complex. On one hand, unions have helped employee rights over time and prevented some companies from overstepping their boundaries as reasonable employers. On the other hand, unions have also done a lot to damage American business by demanding more than companies should be [...]
Yet Another Reason We Need Lawyers
Aug 11, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Because of my busy week last week, I didn't get a chance to comment on this story: Sony settles suit over fake critic. The suit, filed in 2001, accused Sony of unfair business practices, including the "intentional and systematic deception of consumers," by using fabricated quotes attributed to Manning. Manning was identified as a critic [...]
How Business Can Rock
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The Road to Investors
Jun 15, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Sifting through my email, I noticed a recurring question: "What the hell have you been doing?" Sorry the posts have been few and far between. This is primarily due to several business-related reasons. The largest time-sucker has been my involvement in a super-secret company. I've partnered with a friend of mine to put together a [...]
Corporate Linux is Cultural, Not Technical
Jan 8, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Mandrake is releasing updated releases for corporate users and the article has some interesting quotes in it. The first quote was from Francois Bancilhon, Mandrakesoft CEO. It's definitely a spin on the facts: "I think going for Mandrakesoft Corporate Server and Corporate Desktop is a pretty coherent business decision, even more than just going for [...]
Business is Evil
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Bin Laden is Business as Usual
Oct 30, 2004 By Leave a Comment
After the release of the Bin Laden video yesterday, I was struck by the headlines in repsonse to the video. For example: Bin Laden Reappearance Shakes Up Campaign. The media spin about the video had everything to do with the Presidential race and nothing to do with a madman trying to undermine the American way [...]
More on Vioxx
Oct 11, 2004 By Leave a Comment
I'm back from a long business trip and will be posting lots this week. As I'm getting oriented, check out this posting by Michelle Malkin. She has some good information and links related to the Vioxx situation. In addition, she also has an excellent analysis of the Kerry drug proposal. This article is related because [...]
Business Karma Affects Government Contracts, Too
Sep 7, 2004 By Leave a Comment
In spite of all of the negative press, political scrutiny, and outright lies about Halliburton, they still had organizational problems with their Iraq contract and they are going to lose it. Last month, Pentagon auditors urged the U.S. Army to start withholding millions of dollars in payments to Halliburton until the company justified its bills. [...]
Blame the Competition
Aug 11, 2004 By Leave a Comment
Is it true that Wal-Mart and Target are beating specialty retailers at their own game? Toys R Us may sell its core retail business and they are blaming Wal-Mart and Target for it. Naturally, the reporter of this story follows that line of thought. "They're proving that discounters won that battle" for toy customers, said [...]
Long Way From Home by The Heavy