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...Brokaw which exposed his assistant) and, presumptively, ABC News (a producer's 7-month-old baby came down with the illness after visiting the offices, though no link has been proven). The media isn't the only target off the anthrax mailings, which have also hit a Microsoft office and the offices of Senate majority leader Tom Daschle. But as we say in the news biz, three examples make a trend...
...booking services are proving to be excellent clearinghouses for tour operators and resorts. Expedia, Priceline and Travelocity all became profitable this year. Although their businesses have been hurt since the attacks, analysts point out that their low cost structure gives them long-term advantages. Expedia, currently 70% owned by Microsoft, just inked a partnership with online retail powerhouse Amazon...
...last few years, corporate chiefs such as Microsoft's Bill Gates and IBM's Lou Gerstner became global celebrities--boosting brand awareness through frequent public appearances. Is the age of the celebrity CEO over? "Their risk profile just went up exponentially," says Jules Kroll, head of the security firm Kroll Associates. But most identifiable CEOs are already well protected, he says. It's other executives who aren't. "Some of the wealthiest people in the corporate world shun security," says Kroll. "They could use more...
...ended with the players watching President Bush's address to Congress, shaking hands and skating off the ice in midgame. Satirical websites theonion.com and modernhumorist.com interrupted publication. A five-hour Law & Order mini-series on NBC was scuttled because it involved an anthrax-attack plot in New York City. Microsoft indefinitely put off the next version of its popular Flight Simulator because it includes the Twin Towers in its simulacrum of New York City. Terror-themed movies were shelved by studios and pulled from cable. A Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Assassins was spiked for this season. Even...
More than a week after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, messages of condolence continue to occupy a very prominent place on the homepages of corporate giants such as Microsoft, Coca-Cola and McDonald?...