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Jack Welch, Maria Bartiromo End BusinessWeek Columns

Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

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Two of BusinessWeek's more popular — and well-known — columnists are ending their columns now that Bloomberg LP has bought the magazine fr...

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Who Wants Yesterday's Frameworks?

Paul David Walker | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: U.S. Economy, Living, Business, New Realities, Jack Welch, Walt Disney, Business Frameworks, Living News
Paul David Walker

One of my mentors had said to me years ago, "Do you want to be right, or win." My thought sounded like Jack Welch, "I want both."

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Jack Welch Sounds False Note on Women in Corporate America

Julie Menin | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Women, Fortune 500, Corporate America, Jack Welch, Campbell Brown, Business News
Julie Menin

We have a long way to go in providing opportunities for women in corporate America, but we'll never get there if the attitude is that a woman "can't" have it all.

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10 Ultra-Expensive CEO Divorces (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Most Expensive Divorces, Jack Welch, Marie Douglas-David, Slidepoll, Rupert Murdoch, Sir Martin Sorrell, Costliest Divorces, CEO Divorce, Craig McCaw, George David, Ted Turner, Business News

The world's best CEOs are accustomed to expensive lifestyles, jaunts in private planes and perks galore. But there may be no better evidence of the la...

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On the Matter of the M.B.A. Oath

Robert Teitelman | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

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Robert Teitelman

The real-life goal of management is to create wealth. The only MBA oath that makes sense should resemble that of doctors: do no harm.

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Jack Welch Launching Online MBA Program

Wall Street Journal | PAUL GLADER | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

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Mr. Welch is paying more than $2 million for a 12% stake in Chancellor University System LLC, which is converting formerly bankrupt Myers University i...

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Jason Linkins

NYT's Sorkin Forced To Admit Successful Unionized Companies Exist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Joe Scarborough, Video, Employee Free Choice Act, Jack Welch, Jon Stewart, Morning Joe, Andrew Ross Sorkin, The Daily Show, Unions, Media News

On yesterday's Morning Joe, the New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin started a wee bit of a kerfuffle when he followed up a Jim Cramer "card-check-will-...

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Welch Criticizes Obama On Chrysler Bankruptcy

bloomberg.com | Tom Moroney | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler Bankruptcy, General Electric, Chrysler, Jack Welch, Chrysler Bailout, United-Auto-Workers, Barack Obama, Union, Chrysler-Bondholders, Chrys Creditors, Business News

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Jack Welch, former chief executive officer of General Electric Co., criticized the government- backed bankruptcy of Chrysler LLC...

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Lucky Learns How To Count To 10-10-10!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Celebrity Dogs, Suzy Welch, Wall Street, Jack Welch, Lucky, Bo Obama, New York Stock Exchange, Animal Fair, Petsmart, Wendy Diamond, Living News
Wendy Diamond

We both were thrilled to celebrate Suzy Welch's new book 10-10-10. Funny I didn't need Lucky's canine presence at the breakfast after listening to Suzy's take on falling in Puppy Love with Jack Welch.

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Former GE Chief Jack Welch Says Obsession With Short-Term Profits, Share Price Gains Was "Dumb Idea"

Financial Times | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

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Jack Welch, who is regarded as father of the "shareholder value" movement, has said the obsession with short-term profits and share price gains that h...

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Jason Linkins

Morning Joe Breaks Out Into General Electric Infomercial (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: General Electric, Video, Joe Scarborough, Erin Burnett, Wall Street Crisis, Financial Crisis, Jack Welch, Mike Barnicle, Mnsbc, Politics News

With General Electric's stock price hovering somewhere in the vicinity of seven and a half dollars, the possibility of the company becoming a fully-ow...

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AUTO CZAR: Who Will Be The Car Czar?

The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Automaker Bailout, Jack Welch, Business News, Car Czar, Business, Auto Industry, Paul Volcker, Kenneth Feinberg, Auto Czar, Business News

President Bush and the Congressional democrats have reached an agreement to send $14 million in emergency loans to the struggling auto manufacturers b...

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Sunday Watch 10-26-08: In Which Weariness Strikes

Todd Gitlin | Posted 11.27.2008 | Media

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Todd Gitlin

With a this-hurts-me-more-than-it-hurts-you air, Brokaw plopped unfavorable poll results on a dogged but visibly weary McCain, and while he tried to show his game face, it was not his strongest performance.

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Where Have All The Leaders Gone?

Roger Fransecky | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

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Roger Fransecky

How do we re-engage the millions of Americans who want to believe in hope and horizons again?

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Jack Welch: US Faces "Deep Downturn"

Reuters | Nick Zieminski | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

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Former General Electric Co (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch said the U.S. economy faces a ...

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Jack Welch: His Final Transformation Isn't Pretty

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

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<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Was Jack helping GE by doing this? Is there any objective, rational reason that such statement be made as the company is trying to fight its way out of a problem that we are ALL suffering from at this point? In a word, NO.

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Welch Backpedals On Immelt "Ass-Kicking" Insult

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

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Yesterday morning, ex-CEO of GE (GE) Jack Welch blasted his handpicked successor Jeff Immelt on CNBC, laying responsibility for GE's first quarter bom...

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Welch On GE's Immelt: "He's Getting His Ass Kicked"

Silicon Alley Insider | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

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What does former GE (GE) boss and straight-from-the-gut management superstar Jack Welch think caused GE's first quarter bomb? Is GE's model broken? (C...

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