Chief Executive (U.S.) articles from October 2005

Chief Executive (U.S.) archives from October 2005

How not to lead.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
October 1, 2005... Most CEOs are Republicans, so it's particularly painful to observe how seriously disconnected President George W. Bush and his team are from reality on the ground in Iraq. I don't want to engage in political polemics, which is boring. Rather...

Darts & roses.(CEO WATCH)
October 1, 2005... ROSE... * Rick Wagoner at General Motors. The employee discount gimmick really worked. What's next? An executive loaner program for the masses? DART... * Alan Greenspan. It's a love fest for the retiring Fed chief. But...

Indian outsourcers hail new victory.(GLOBAL)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... THE WORST-KEPT SECRET in India's normally reticent technology services industry has been "the ABN Amro deal," which has finally emerged now that the Dutch financial services group announced a record $2.24 billion outsourcing contract. ...

Darts & roses.(CEO WATCH)
October 1, 2005... DART... * The bad boys at KPMG. The supposed keepers of the accounting faith got caught with their hands in outright tax evasion. The Feds were smart not to shut the firm down, but will the accountants ever learn? ROSE... *...

CEOs bullish on equities.(CEO CONFIDENCE INDEX)
October 1, 2005... OVERALL CONFIDENCE in the business climate declined slightly this month, but CEOs remain very upbeat in general about the performance of U.S. stocks as opposed to real estate or bonds. The broadest indicator, the CEO Confidence Index,...

The coming age wave: how to help baby boomers manage their wealth.(CHIEF CONCERN)
October 1, 2005... As Social Security enters its 70th year, the program has become the topic of fierce controversy: Can the system survive under the weight of the 77 million baby boomers who will begin reaching retirement age this decade? In peril or not, do we...

When bitter rivals should team up: sometimes you ought to cooperate with the enemy.(THOUGHT LEADER)
October 1, 2005... General Motors and Daimler-Chrysler have begun working together to design a hybrid engine power train. Ford and Nissan are using Toyota's hybrid technology in their own engines for 2006 models. And Toyota and GM are talking about collaborating...

CEOs need to go public: smart ways to address the issues.(THOUGHT LEADER)
October 1, 2005... At a time when America seems adrift with a lack of vision or direction on major issues, most CEOs of powerful multinational corporations remain silent and are virtually unknown to the vast bulk of the American people. With few exceptions, such...

Our broadband fiasco: high-speed connectivity in the U.S. is rolling out in slow motion. Whose fault is it?
October 1, 2005... Dianah Neff, Philadelphia's chief information officer, bristled in frustration when she reviewed the broadband penetration rates for her 135-square-mile city. Broadband, or high-speed Internet, was reaching only 58 percent of the City of...

2005 brand leaders.
October 1, 2005... Steve Jobs (#1) APPLE COMPUTER It was 1984, and Apple Computer had just plunked down $1 million to air a revolutionary TV commercial during the Super Bowl promoting its about-to-be-released Macintosh personal computer. Trouble was,...

Getting your bench right: succession planning tends to focus on the CEO, but getting the right C-suite rotation can be just as important.(SUCCESSION)
October 1, 2005... One Wednesday afternoon about 18 months ago, Timothy H. Ling took a break from work to join friends for a game of ice hockey at a sports complex in El Segundo, not too far from the Unocal offices where he served as president and chief operating...

Wyeth's comeback kid: Robert Essner guides the pharma giant back from the fen-phen brink.(PHARMACEUTICALS)
October 1, 2005... Robert Essner, chief executive officer of drug company Wyeth, doesn't want to talk about the F-word. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That's F as in fen-phen, the diet drug combination that caused severe and sometimes fatal heart and lung...

BlackBerry against the world: powerful forces are at work against RIM, but it's counterattacking.(TECHNOLOGY)(Research In Motion)
October 1, 2005... Located on the humdrum outskirts of Waterloo, Ontario, mobile communications giant Research In Motion's sprawling complex more closely resembles a suburban outlet mall than the headquarters of one of the world's most innovative corporations....

The secrets of success: Indian entrepreneurs rely on the IndUS network for inspiration, advice and money.(ENTREPRENEURSHIP)
October 1, 2005... When Indu Navar, chief executive of Serus, needed an angel investor for her software startup in 2001, she turned to the most obvious place to find it: her own community. She met Ronjon Nag, a handwriting recognition software pioneer at a...

Is Chris Madden the next Martha? The design diva carves out a role by stressing the art of making life easier.(PROFILE)(Biography)
October 1, 2005... It is a sunny afternoon, and Chris Madden is receiving guests at her 1910-built stone carriage home in Purchase, N.Y. Impeccably turned out in a sunset vermilion silk pant suit, the CEO of her own home design company introduces her husband...

The top 10 cars for CEOs: what to buy when you're shopping for the best driving experience, at work or for play.(EXECUTIVE LIFE)(chief executive officers)
October 1, 2005... You've worked hard for your money. Now it's time to enjoy it. For the third year running, Chief Executive has collaborated with Edmunds.com to offer our list of Top 10 cars for CEOs. Edmunds.com Editor-in-Chief Karl Brauer and I share a...

Closing the deal on hot wheels: when primal "want" overrides practical decision making, follow these tips to score the best possible price.(EXECUTIVE LIFE)
October 1, 2005... All too often, buyers in the high-end car market are so driven by the need to have a fad car now that they walk into high-end dealerships with cash-stuffed briefcases on fire. But money still matters, and getting a good deal pays off,...

Why CEOs shouldn't blog: with companies to run, CEOs have better things to do than rant.(FLIP SIDE)(chief executive officers)
October 1, 2005... In an earnest, but characteristically silly article of recent vintage, USA Today demanded to know why CEOs refuse to get "tangled up in messy blogs." Given that 8.5 million people are now writing blogs somewhere on this planet, and given that...

On the meaning of Katrina.(EDITORIAL)
October 1, 2005... WE HAVE WITNESSED a terrible human tragedy on the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans as a result of Hurricane Katrina. While expressing our sympathy, it is also time to contemplate the morals of the story for chief executives and public policymakers...