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...deep-pocketed commercial bank to partner up with. "What's happening out there? It's very clear to me - we're in the midst of a market controlled by fear and rumors, and short sellers are driving our stock down," fumed John Mack, CEO of Morgan Stanley, in a memo to employees. "You should know that the Management Committee and I are taking every step possible to stop this irresponsible action in the market. We have talked to Secretary [Hank] Paulson and the Treasury. We have talked to Chairman [Chris] Cox and the SEC." Cox is listening, and is reportedly...
...Memo to mom: "if my clients ran their companies the way we run this family, they'd be out of business." So says the management-consultant dad in this slim but thought-provoking volume. BlackBerrys are blurring the line between work and home. Why not apply business principles to "the most important organization in your life"? It's hard to argue with the idea that family goals should be carefully articulated. Likewise, a weekly family meeting can only help team spirit. But please, let's draw the line at pink slips...
Over time, the billionaire's connection with reality had eroded so severely that Maheu--with whom he communicated solely by phone and memo--was his primary source for learning about the goings-on of the outside world...
...dialed the Inspector General's investigations office. "Send an investigator with a subpoena over" to the FAA, I demanded. For once, government wheels turned quickly, and the investigator rushed to the FAA. The meeting was already over, though, and FAA officials said they knew nothing about the memo...
...memo from the field, written three months before the May 11 crash, proved highly embarrassing to the FAA and helped force the agency to re-evaluate its self-assured contention that ValuJet was a "safe airline...