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Influencer of the Week: Apple's New CEO Tim Cook

Connie Dieken | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Apple Dividend, Apple, Stock Buybacks, Vanguard, Steve Jobs Apple, Apple Store, Apple Share, Apple Announcement, Connie Dieken, Dividends, Fidelity, Tim Cook, Technology News

"Just do what's right," Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs reportedly advised Tim Cook, his successor as CEO of Apple Inc. That's how shift happens.

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Occupy Wall Street's Outrage at Greed Can Expand to Corporate Stock Manipulation

William Lazonick | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Executive Compensation, Stock Prices, Economic Performance, Stock Buybacks, Business News

Rather than invest profits in building a strong economy, corporate executives invest in their own pay.

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A Transformative Jobs Plan: What's Good for IBM's Top Executives Is Not Good for the U.S.

William Lazonick | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Globalization, Jobs Plan, Structural Problems, Stock Buybacks, Ibm, Executive Pay, Employment, Business News

The dearth of jobs, even in an economic recovery, reflects the cumulative impact of three structural changes in the employment practices of U.S. industrial corporations.

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Foster's Beer CEO: 'Australian Beer Market Going Through Period Of Uncertainty'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: SABMiller PLC, Mixed Drinks, Foster's, Beer, Citgroup, Investors, Bloomberg, Cost Reduction, Mergers and Acquisitions, Stock Buybacks, Consumers, Wine, John Pollaers, Video, Business News

Even in the beer-loving country of Australia, an iconic brand is feeling the recession's sqeeze. Foster's Group, the most profitable independent br...

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Recession? What Recession? Oil Profits Boom Amid The Gloom

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Bp, Gas Prices, High Gas Prices, Stock Buybacks, Big Oil, Conocophillips, Oil Subsidies, Exxon Mobil, Big Oil Subsidies, Chevron, Big Oil Profits, Shell, Oil Industry Profits, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The sputtering economy, high unemployment rate and punishing gas prices are taking a huge toll on average Americans, but at least somebo...

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Five Reasons Health Insurance Companies Should Roll Back Rates Now

Ethan Rome | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Rebates, Health Care for America Now, Hcan, Profits, Stock Buybacks, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Affordable Care Act, Consumers, Health Insurance Premiums, Ethan Rome, Health Care, Business News

It's unconscionable that insurance companies continue to impose double-digit premium hikes on America's families and businesses to pay for their excess profits and financial shell games at a time when consumers and employers are struggling in this tough economy.

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Insurance Executives' Get-Rich-Quick Scheme -- Using Your Premiums

Wendell Potter | Posted 08.13.2011

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You might be surprised to learn that more and more of the dollars you pay for coverage are being sucked into a kind of black hole. It doesn't really disappear, of course.

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How High Gas Prices Impoverish The Many While Enriching The Few

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Gasoline Prices, Stock Buybacks, Oil Q1 2011, Q1 2011, Big Oil, Conocophillips, Exxonmobil, Oil Prices, Big Oil Profits, Oil Industry Profits, Politics News

The next time you're gritting your teeth as you fill your tank with $4 gas, here's something to consider: Your pain is their gain. The last of the ...

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IBM Authorizes $10 BILLION Stock Buyback

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM Corp. on Tuesday said its board approved an additional $10 billion in stock buybacks, representing nearly 6 percent of the co...

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WHAT A WASTE: Companies Using Mounds Of Cash To Buy Back Stock Rather Than Generate Jobs

Washington Post | Jia Lynn Yang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Corporate Cash Reserves, Stock Buybacks, Stagnation, Economic Crisis, Corporate America, Stock Buyback, Corporate Savings, u.s. Corporations, Business News

For months, companies have been sitting on the sidelines with record piles of cash, too nervous to spend. Now they're starting to deploy some of that ...

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Insurance Executives: A Big Part of Our Health Care Problem

William Lazonick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Executive Pay, Stock Buybacks, Insurance Companies, Politics News

A serious attempt at health care reform would seek to prevent the profits of health insurers from being used to manipulate stock prices and enrich a small number of people at the top.

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