Older airlines struggle to learn low-cost tricks
Now everyone is getting into the pool. Chances are it soon will be a pool full of red ink. But the water sure looks good now. United Airlines wants in....
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SBC chief sends mixed signals with DirecTV
It's hard keeping track of ol' Ed Whitacre and the boys from SBC. One minute they're crying that cutthroat competition from AT&T and WorldCom is destroying them. San Antonio-based SBC...
On a mission to revive hope for spaceflight
As head of Boeing Co.'s NASA business, Mike Mott tries never to miss NASA's broadcasts of space shuttle launches or landings. This one was going to be no different. Then...
United’s unions must give Tilton half a chance
Glenn Tilton is a bundle of energy. By habit, partly. By necessity, for sure. Since arriving in September as United Airlines' chief executive, Tilton has traveled the land rallying employees...
Job losers need big shoulders to cry on here
The Bureau of Labor Statistics issues its report Wednesday, and I'm nervous. Really nervous. There's a rational reason behind this fear. Barring a surprise, Chicago could lay claim to a...
Davos discovery: Globalization on downslope
The anti-globalization protesters dressed in monkey suits. Shrieking and chattering, they beat papier-mache clubs against an oversized, inflatable globe. Sentiment by Karl Marx. The choreography of "2001: A Space Odyssey."...
Deficit in trust accounts for Davos doubters
President Bush is looking for a coalition of the willing to sign on for war with Iraq. But the administration's arguments so far have brought mostly catcalls from the unconvinced....
Forum’s focus turns to war, criticism of U.S.
It wasn't supposed to turn out like this. As global leaders in business and government converged on Davos last week for the annual World Economic Forum, the plan was to...
In Davos, it’s time to put trust back on track
The idea 33 years ago was to bring global leaders in business, government and education to this quaint ski village and talk about making the world a better place. Nothing...
Welcome aboard, Flip; sorry, we’re out of magazines
There is news to report about Divine Inc., and it should make many of the company's ardent critics smile. Or at least grimace. Here it is: Flip will soon fly...