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...case study in bad leadership. In a company that famously values its employees, especially its scientists, to the point of never resorting to layoffs in bad times, Fiorina gave thousands of engineers the pink slip soon after taking the helm at HP. Then, believing that the best way to fix an ailing, giant company is to merge it with another ailing, giant company and hope for “synergy,” she announced a merger with Compaq, a move that is generating boardroom chaos even now, eight months after the announcement. Whatever happens, HP and Compaq...
...Harvard College debates the magnitude of grade inflation and considers competing solutions to the problem, it must not compromise valuable educational goals looking for a quick fix. Top-quality work deserves to receive high grades, but the talent of Harvard’s student body does not dictate that the University withhold grades below B for only the most unusual circumstances...
Republicans say the Democrats are already overplaying their hand. But Republicans are fighting back just the same. Bush's new pension-reform plan seeks to fix some of the things that went wrong for Enron employees, and like-minded G.O.P.-sponsored measures are going off like popcorn in both the House and the Senate. The proposals don't go as far as Democrats want, but businesses fret that they are just an opening bid. Too many restrictions, the lobbyists say, will discourage companies from making any matching contributions to employee retirement funds...
Behind the bright lights and celebration, covered over by NBC and Michelle Kwan, there are dozens of little things and a few big things that the IOC needs to fix. Maybe cut some sports, or put the Winter Games back in the same years as the Summer Games. Spend less money on extravagance, or spend more money spreading winter sports during non-Olympic years. Do something...
...make understandability of earnings reports as important as their profitability, they'll at least provide Congress with a road map of how re-regulation ought to proceed. (Not to mention that nothing motivates public officials like falling indexes.) And they might even do what beseiged free-marketeers fervently hope: fix the problem on their...