Tag Archives : corporate America

He may be the most beleaguered entity over the past few days, but he is also the ‘buzziest billion-dollar brand of the week.’ He even surpasses Obama who is buried deep in his healthcare, war, and climate woes (but then again Obama does not model for any commercial product or service for corporate America). Yes, with mistress #6 having just surfaced [...]

Celebrities and transgressions are not alien to each other. ‘Plenty of celebrities have admitted to extramarital affairs. But the fascination with Tiger Woods’ “transgressions” has been especially intense.’ It is not simply about adultery this time. Tiger’s fall from grace, already an irresistible public drama, is a melodrama of American [...]

The greening of the economy or more specifically defined as steering away from a fossil fuel economy needs billions of dollars to realize. Entire power grids and energy inputs will have to be revised and updated. The revision is huge, down to the last light bulb that needs to be replaced. Is this extremely major leap in league with the current US [...]

The Associated Press disclosed that $1.6B went to the top executives of bailed-out banks. In spite of apparently poor financial performances, these banks nonetheless gave fat executive pay packets. Exorbitant sums went to the salaries, cash bonuses, stock options, and sundry benefits of the top honcho of these bail-out awarded banks. Not to mention [...]