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...Former Boeing executive Alan Mulally has partially disproved that theory by leading Ford to the greatest success among the Detroit Three. Now GM board chairman Ed Whitacre, a veteran of the telecommunications business, will try to go the rest of the way. After accepting the resignation of GM veteran Fritz Henderson, Whitacre will be running the company as interim CEO while he searches for a full-time successor...
Analysts cannot get a complete picture of Black Friday's success until companies report fourth-quarter earnings early next year. But they closely monitored retailers on Black Friday weekend for shopper traffic and sales action. "The crowds were more significant than last year and they were moving products faster than last year," Lasser says...
Analysts caution that the winners on Black Friday will not necessarily be the champions on Dec. 31. Tom Stemberg, former CEO and founder of Staples, and now managing partner of the Highland Consumer Fund, sees no correlation between Black Friday sales and a retailer's ultimate success or failure over the holiday season. "Black Friday sales are about as meaningful as Groundhog Day is to the weather forecast," says Stemberg. "What happens is every retailer blows his brains out with these door-crasher deals trying to generate traffic...
...We’re looking at the effects of Twitter on student engagement and student success,” said Junco, who has also written books about the use of technology in education...
...tough to believe in what you’re trying to do when you don’t taste success,” Denato continued. “We are certainly frustrated, but in no way defeated...