It’s time for a new game of monopoly
Gov. Rod Blagojevich promised a new style of government in Illinois. This was supposed to be a good thing. The old way was driven by grubby politics and special interests....
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Greenspan pins Buffett in battle over derivatives
Talk about your celebrity cage match. Or, rather, celebrity sage match. Step right up ladies and gentlemen, to that rarest of sights: A smackdown between two of the world's foremost...
Spy vs. Spy remains a risky game
Games of corporate espionage can be as entertaining as those old Spy versus Spy comics in Mad magazine. The plots range from the outrageously intricate to the wantonly depraved. They're...
Valuing options as an expense adds a key vote
Stock options have become the bogeyman in the argument over executive compensation. And not without cause. Options cause carnage on company income statements. They also distort pay equity between people...
Dial details not as important as plant’s cleanup
Legal settlements hardly ever satisfy the peanut gallery public. There's the sense that we missed the drama of a big trial. There's a suspicion that the "bad guys" got away...
Winds of change and `gadfleas’ stir annual meetings
Something strange is going on here. It happened again Monday, at Chicago-based Boeing this time. A majority of shareholders ignored the protestations of directors and voted for a trio of...
Long memories might shorten Arpey’s tenure
Normally, there's a sense after a failed chief executive is ousted that the new one will be a breath of fresh air. Gerard Arpey can't help but dissipate the poisonous...
Carty breaking new ground in CEO cynicism
Contrition and coercion don't mix well. But that's precisely what American Airlines chief Don Carty offered when he stepped to a lectern this week to apologize for his misdeeds. Carty...
Late revelation leaves Carty in lurch over perks
Maybe Don Carty just plain forgot. Maybe it slipped his mind that American Airlines last October had activated a special pension program for about 45 top executives. The program even...
Bank One’s island: Fantasy or farsighted?
No bank is an island unto itself. The industry tends more toward continental drift. Often toward big trouble. In the 1980s, banks bumbled into the energy mess. Next came Latin...