$4 Gasoline at the Aspen Ideas Festival
In an interview with Charlie Rose, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, in his engaging way, asked his audience a seemingly innocuous question: "Who among you is upset with $4 plus gasoline?"
Just my luck, on Independence Day weekend, I'm suddenly dependent on family, friends and Unemployment Insurance.
In an interview with Charlie Rose, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, in his engaging way, asked his audience a seemingly innocuous question: "Who among you is upset with $4 plus gasoline?"
What Branson intends is not just a huge luxury resort. It is a huge GREEN luxury resort. The whole island will be powered by wind and hydro power, and aims to be completely and utterly carbon-neutral.
Flying to visit his wind operations in Sweetwater, Texas, T. Boone Pickens makes it clear that his next wind project is big, Texas-style -- 4,000 megawatts up in the Panhandle north of here.
It is very difficult for companies to pursue other goals than profits when they face tough competition, and when the behavior of their competitors is driven solely by profits.
Music labels have been in a constant state of panic over achieving quarterly numbers for what now seems like years, creating quite an uncreative atmosphere for both employees and the artists.
If Congress really cared about the people, it would enact these ten changes. All it would take is placing the interests of constituents above those of the insurance and securities lobbies.
I have an idea for how to get companies to change their approach to customer service. It requires your help. I would like to ask readers of the Huffington Post to share your experiences.
Unfortunately, studies show that eight out of nine people would rather die than change. Not good odds for your referral program, eh?
Dr. Joe DeSimone has just won a big invention award for nano-particles that are 100x smaller than a red blood cell and as smart as a microprocessor.
Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.
The long term massive substitution of technology-driven innovation, fueled with cheap wages and energy, may be at increasing risk. Rising energy costs are hard to substitute around.
We were determined to find a pattern, and the one that emerged was not unexpected: corporate executives make political donations cautiously and often split them evenly between the political parties.