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Building 14A/B and its sparse furnishings, the facts that Data General paid its stockholders no dividends and that its top managers dispensed to themselves and other officers exceptionally small salaries, meting out rewards in the form of stock instead—all were signs of a common purpose. The company had displayed extravagance when it came to financ
... See moreTracy Kidder • The Soul of A New Machine
The lecture’s audience consists of bald solid thick-wristed men over 50 who all look like the kind of guy who rises to CEO a company out of that company’s engineering dept. instead of some fancy MBA program.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
In a matter of hours, Merrill Lynch, with a history of nearly one hundred years as one of the most storied names on Wall Street, would be sold to Bank of America for the biggest premium in the history of banking mergers. It was, as one newspaper later put it, as if Wal-Mart were buying Tiffany’s.
Andrew Ross Sorkin • Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem--and Themselves
DERRICK JENSEN (This article first appeared in the March 2003 issue of the Ecologist, www.theecologist.org)
Naomi Klein • Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
Ben Bowers • J.Crew’s ‘The Bear’ Collab Celebrates the Show’s Best Characters
“That’s the biggest risk in the whole thing,” Kagle said. “In fact I can argue with you guys very persuasively that keeping this low profile we’ve had in the company has been absolutely the healthiest thing to do. Absolutely the healthiest thing to do. We’ve already broken the systems a couple times, in spite of that. So we’ve been barely able to m
... See moreRandall E. Stross • eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
under 2,000 pounds and under $2,000”—were