(From Alex Cockburn's column in the latest NY Press:
http://www.nypress.com/15/43/newscolumns/wildjustice.cfm)
Fortune magazine reports that officers and directors of the 1035 companies
that have fallen the most from their recent bull-market peaks cashed in $66
billion worth of stock before
I hope Bloom wasn't suggesting MDs should be reserved as a mark of
scholarly acheivement. Last Thursday, an orthopaedic surgeon set the bones
in my sons broken arm and did a mighty fine job. I couldn't care less if the
good Dr. never published in a peer reviewed journal. Also, I once took an
April 1 edition: BusinessWeek, Up Front section
Go to http://www.businessweek.com
IVORY TOWER
How an MBA Can Bend Your Mind
By Mica Schneider
Does an MBA change a person's values? According to a new study, the answer
is yes--and perhaps not for the better. The nonprofit Aspen Institute
[what was Frank Zappa's quip: the two most dangerous acronyms in
the US are LSD MBA, or some such?]
Ex-Enron Workers See Little to Believe
Former CEO Skilling's Testimony Elicits Disdain, Derision in
Houston
By Kirstin Downey Grimsley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 8, 2002; Page
From: Ian Murray
Ex-Enron Workers See Little to Believe Former CEO Skilling's Testimony
Elicits Disdain, Derision in Houston
[snip]
Still, she praised Skilling's ability to maintain his composure yesterday
under intense questioning. He's cool considering the circumstances, she
said. He's
The power had gone out? Was Enron the supplier?
Carl Remick wrote:
From: Ian Murray
Ex-Enron Workers See Little to Believe Former CEO Skilling's Testimony
Elicits Disdain, Derision in Houston
[snip]
Still, she praised Skilling's ability to maintain his composure yesterday
under
From Ian's quote:
[Skillings] has an MBA from Harvard,
said Showers, who is the primary supporter of
her husband, a disabled schoolteacher.
He's knowledgeable. ...
I have serious doubts about this lady's accusations about
Skillings. After working with so many MBAs for so many years, I
find
