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...five years went out of business in 2007, I decided to see if there was anything out there that could save the old-media business from the new-media reality. I have some good news to report. It's true that as long as we in the media ask you to read our stuff on your computer screens, you won't pay for it. But if we deliver that content for a small fee on devices that can surpass the pleasures of reading on paper, you will. So the really pressing question is, Can the technology for such e?reading...
Each of these four companies has directors who chose not to ask hard questions and demand answers. How does a bank that was making $1 billion a year suddenly make $10 billion? How does a car company that nearly went out of business when oil prices rose sharply over three decades ago decide to reduce spending for the development of fuel-efficient vehicles...
Several of America's most famous companies have fallen on very hard times recently and investors might want to ask whey their boards appear to have done nothing demonstrable to help shareholders...
...company's CEO has defended that point of view, it is hard to imagine why the board has supported the strategy. The former head of JPMorgan sits on the GE board along with the former CEOs of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and P&G (PG). It would be interesting to ask them how they would have fared at their companies with shares down...
...Hass. Based on all public information, it has no right to do so. When did that Dow board know that the Kuwait deal was in trouble? Did it decide to rely on the money which was coming from the Middle East company to complete the Rohm deal? Did anyone ask how the M&A transaction would be financed absent the Kuwait joint venture? Rohm has now fairly taken Dow to court and insisted that the deal be completed. It has pointed out that Dow has access to the capital necessary to close. That capital may be expensive, but the legal...