Entries tagged "Time"
The Wall Street Journal's Robert Thomson, Aspen Institute's Walter Isaaccson and U.S. News & World Report's Mort Zuckerman discuss the future of journalism on Charlie Rose.
President-elect Barack Obama finally named a FCC chairman nominee, tapping old Harvard Law classmate and venture capitalist Julius Genachowski. The announcement pleased some in the venture community. As confirmation hearings for Obama's Cabinet begin in the Senate, questions are surfacing about Treasury Department nominee Timothy Geithner's housekeeper and taxes. While Democratic congressional leaders call the kerfuffle manageable, Clusterstock asks why no one from the Obama transition team has officially commented on the allegations. Meanwhile, Republican senators aren't the only ones opposed to Geithner's nomination. CNBC personality Jim Cramer continues his campaign against Obama's Treasury Department nominee. The most recent venue...
Time magazine announced its man of the year, and while Barack Obama took top billing, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was runner-up, notes Time's Curious Capitalist blogger Justin Fox, who contributed to the feature. The New York Times' editorial board has some questions for Paulson's upcoming replacement, Timothy Geithner. Earlier Wednesday, Dealscape noted that Attorney General Michael Mukasey had recused himself from the Bernard Madoff case because his son, Marc Madoff, a partner at law firm Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, was representing a party in the case. Now, the CityFile blog has learned that Mukasey has a second reason: His...
Slate's Moneybox columnist Dan Gross nominates his choice for this year's world's worst banker, and the choice may surprise you (hint, U.S. bankers like Jimmy Cayne and Dick Fuld were only runners-up). On the subject of bad bankers, should Sandy Weill be included in that list? Time magazine's The Curious Capitalist blogger Justin Fox questions the wisdom of Weill's coup de grace, the merger of Citicorp and Travelers, which created Citigroup Inc. He never goes so far as to call Weill a bad banker, but instead suggests that his successors weren't up to the task of managing what he created....
Time Magazine's The Curious Capitalist blog's coverage of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s plans to go public offered some misleading insight into the buyout firm's place in the world. ...
Here are some of Monday's news and rumors.ValleyWag asks whether Martha Stewart is eyeing crafts e-tailer and social networking site Etsy Inc. for acquisition. For more on Etsy, see affiliate Tech Confidential. Silicon Alley Insider suggests that the silence from Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. means the two are "negotiating."Meanwhile Yahoo! launches Shine, a women-oriented site intended to challenge iVillage. TechCrunchTime Inc. acquires a stake in a Mexican soccer site. PaidContentDealBook offers yet another story about moguls, Mort Zuckerman and Rupert Murdoch, eyeing Newsday. - Maria Woehr...
