The story is less about private equity -- big or small -- and more about bringing efficiency to manufacturing, a standard practice in corporate America, particularly after a merger. That's supposed to be good, right?
Mostly, it seems to mean that if Obama doesn't fully embrace your economic faith, then he has no faith at all, that he's a sort of economic atheist. But that's not the case at all.
As of now, it's not clear if Reuters magazine is just a one-off or not, though Impoco in Capital New York called it a "proof-of-concept exercise" to see if Reuters can "do a print product as part of our consumer-facing push." Consumer-facing? At Davos?
The media would eventually find and expose the executive responsible for managing Goldman Sachs' relationship with the press and the world.
Reflexively blasting President Obama over his appointment of anyone* other than Elizabeth Warren to run the CFPB was a well-intentioned friend's reaction. It feels off the mark. Very far off, in fact.
Over two decades ago when the U.S. shifted its investment from a manufacturing economy to one focused on the financial and technology industries, education followed suit.
Why hasn't the 'no new taxes' pledge succeeded? Because Republicans are no better at cutting government spending than Democrats -- in fact, worse.
It seems the wise thing to do is to resist enthusiasm for any new innovation. That's not to say that technological bubbles will not emerge. But why encourage a very dangerous process?
Last month, FAST COMPANY magazine published the best info-graphics of the year from their design blog. The choice was derived from FC's own postings o...
Bloomberg, which had long offered a small amount of the company's deep proprietary content online, keeping most content on its professional trading t...
According to last week's Bloomberg Businessweek, Americans "broadly" favor "the need for a more equal distribution of wealth," but we consistently overestimate how equitable American society is -- and by rather striking numbers.
BusinessWeek writes that Louisiana is the laziest state in the union. The article shows a picture of men in caps watching television, so it must be tr...
I'm a huge fan of 360-degree reviews. They are typically used in the Human Resource department of a company for employee reviews. The objective of the review is to get a view from all different angles of the particular employee.
To the extent the internet industry measure success in relation to the faded glory of cable's early days, new media's ultimate break-through on value will be postponed.
With so many viable, desirable and thoughtful mass transit options out there let's keep plugging away on the good ones. I want more bus rapid transit and the Subway to the Sea along Wilshire.
Bloomberg Businessweek owes Lloyd Blankfein a very big, wet kiss. When the first issue of the redesigned magazine hit newsstands a few weeks back, Go...