Baseline articles from April 2005

Baseline archives from April 2005

The Technology Behind the Social Security Debate.
April 1, 2005... AARP runs television spots panning the idea of allowing tens of millions of U.S. citizens to establish private accounts for their retirement, as part of the federal Social Security program. President Bush travels the country pitching these...

Mark Cuban: Managing By E-Mail.(Interview)
April 10, 2005... Harry Stonecipher could learn a thing or two from Mark Cuban, the billionaire serial entrepreneur. Stonecipher was forced out as chief executive of Boeing when his romance with another executive was laid bare via electronic mail. By...

Home Depot: Did-It-Themselves.
April 10, 2005... When Home Depot chief executive Robert Nardelli met with Wall Street analysts in January, he said the best way to judge the company's technology overhaul was to listen to the silence that surrounded it. "In 2004 alone, we completed several...

Southwest Airlines: Flying Low.
April 10, 2005... Gary Kelly Southwest Airlines JET JOCKEY TITLE: Vice chairman of the board and CEO TENURE: 8 months on current job; 19 years at company EDUCATION: B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin; Certified Public Accountant....