Entries tagged "Jack Welch"
Halfway through 2009, what do media dealmakers have to show?
Michael Skapinker has a column in the Financial Times Tuesday discussing an oath, hatched at Harvard Business School, that's been getting publicity of late.
Jack Welch acquires a 12% stake in Chancellor University as education-related companies have become the latest attraction on Wall Street.
Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli is familiar with the heat that hedge funds can place on management, but he still failed to avoid trouble the second time around.
Jack Welch's comments to the Financial Times on how "dumb" the concept of shareholder value is is like Isaac Newton muttering about how idiotic gravity is.
Congressional calls for the replacement of General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner as part of the government's loans to the troubled automaker have prompted speculation in the media and blogosphere about who might replace him. The Wall Street Journal speculated earlier in the week that Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Renault chief Carlos Ghosn is a good bet given his track record of quickly turning around Nissan earlier in the decade -- and a speedy recovery is a key provision of the bailout bill. Others suggest an internal GM choice such as COO Fritz Henderson, but Washington may not find...
