Boeing battled for F-15 deal on several fronts
Defense contractors play for keeps. Their mission in business is to destroy the enemy and conquer new territories. And that's just what they do to close the sale. Boeing Co....
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On N. Korea, investors have reasons to wait
Three weeks ago, North Korea's communist government unveiled long-anticipated plans to create a special economic zone in the northern border city of Shinuiju. Optimists saw it as North Korean leader...
Rival B-schools playing it cool at No. 1 and 2
We keep wanting them to come out swinging. To set aside this buttoned-down artifice of genteel mutual respect and really talk some trash about each other. They do business in...
Bush will feel heat if port fight doesn’t cool off
OK, let's get this straight. By intervening in the dockworkers' lockout on the West Coast on Tuesday, President Bush created a strange parallel universe in which no one seems to...
No new news is still news for king of PR
Count me as an anniversary skeptic. Anniversaries are good for marriages. But they're almost never news. Not so for Dan Edelman. To him, anniversaries are a muse. Edelman is the...
McDonald’s board should face a grilling
The board of McDonald's Corp. meets Wednesday. This means it's speculation time again in Oak Brook. But before we get carried away with the ins and outs and ups and...
Spitzer’s glow in N.Y. dims Ryan’s record
It's a safe bet Eliot Spitzer doesn't have to worry about people mistaking him for someone else. None of this George Ryan/Jim Ryan confusion for the attorney general of New...
Whining by SBC’s Whitacre has hollow ring
It was a sweltering September afternoon, but Ed Whitacre wore a heavy black suit. The suit matched his mood--and his message. The chairman of SBC Corp. barnstormed state and local...
More bailouts not the way out for airline execs
The airlines approached Congress this week in what has become their usual posture: jaws flapping, palms up. They flap their jaws on Capitol Hill complaining about how poor they are,...
Consumers stuck pulling recovery duty
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of carrying the economy on my back. That's right. The future of economic growth, stock prices, home starts, auto sales and retail...