Monday, May 16, 2005

Identifying Great Management. How small investors can evaluate the quality of management. [The Motley Fool] Nice, nice article that applies ethics and review of value to First Data 5:50:44 PM    comment [] Harvard to Spend $50 Million on Faculty Diversity. The money will be spent on initiatives to recruit, support and promote women and members of minorities on its faculty. By By ALAN FINDER. [NYT > Home Page] Sounds like a president of the US promising to balance the budget after he is out of office.. oh,  but wait, that is what the current Pres has promised :-) 5:43:01 PM    comment [] Jury Awards Perelman $604.3 Million in Morgan Stanley Suit. The billionaire financer Ronald O. Perelman claimed that the firm knowingly misled him in a takeover deal. By By JENNIFER BAYOT. [NYT > Home Page] Shouldn't end up in the courts to push companies to do due diligence but right now, what ever it takes seems to be the answer .. What is the SEC and Boards of Directors supposed to be for again?? 5:20:48 PM    comment [] Study Examines Motives for Office Sabotage (AP). AP - Corporate insiders who sabotage computers so sensitive they risk endangering national security or the economy commonly are motivated by revenge against their bosses, according to a government study released Monday. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] Would be interesting to see if their conclusions held up with the private sector included and more sources.  After all, this time window includes some heavy going postal activity with the USPS that didn't go on in Corporate Amerika.  Would just be interesting to see this at a different level.  Especially in light of the recent BOA, Choicepoint ,etc. data exposure, lost files, etc. 4:41:04 PM    comment []

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