How Toyota Engineered Its Own Downfall

February 11, 2010

Toyota’s inability to react quickly to an internal situation has damaged its brand significantly. “Watching Toyota’s slow-motion pile-up is like witnessing the sequel to Japan Inc’s own car crash in 1990 when an economic model, hailed as invincible by management gurus, plunged over a cliff.”

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Obama Doesn't "Begrudge" Hefty Bonuses for Dimon, Blankfein

February 10, 2010

Krugman pronounces him “clueless:” “President Barack Obama said he doesn’t ‘begrudge’ the $17 million bonus awarded to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon or the $9 million issued to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein, noting that some athletes take home more pay.”

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Ten Points on Health Care from the Pro-Market Side

February 10, 2010

Gingrich, Goodman: “The best ideas out there are not those that were passed by the House and Senate last year, which consist of more spending, more regulations and more bureaucracy. If POTUS is serious about building a system that delivers more quality choices at lower cost for every American, here’s where he should start.”

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Oscar Preview and the Big Films of 2010

February 10, 2010

So if you want to know who’s going to win an Oscar — whether you just love film, or if like me you’re a gambling addict trying to recover from betting the Over on the Super Bowl with desperate prop bets on stars of the screen — you should always turn to an expert. Cole Abaius of Film School Rejects is not just an expert, but a DOCTOR and an expert. He tells us what’s going to happen, and what films he’s excited about for 2010, in our latest podcast, brought to you by The New Ledger’s EDGE.

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Is the Core Chicago Team to Blame for Obama's Struggles?

February 9, 2010

Clemons: “While many of the nation’s top news anchors and editors are sending emails back and forth on what a spot-on piece Luce wrought on the administration, they fear that the “four horsepersons of the Obama White House” will shut down and cut off access to those who give the essay ‘legs.’”

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Obama's Health Care Summit: Just for Show?

February 9, 2010

Showmanship is not leadership: “the administration has not released any details about the format. ‘I don’t agree this is going to be political theater,’ said spokesman Reid Cherlin. ‘This is going to be a substantive discussion about how best to achieve the goals the president laid out.’”

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The Man Who Looked Into Facebook's Soul: Data Dump Incoming

February 9, 2010

“This Wednesday, Warden will make Friend, Fan page and name data from hundreds of millions of Facebook users available to the academic research community. It’s a move that Facebook has to have seen coming, a move that many in the data-centric community have been calling on the company itself to do for years.”

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Fed Outlines Future Tightening Plans

February 8, 2010

What does the Fed plan to do if a comeback begins? “The centerpiece will be a new tool Congress gave the central bank in October 2008: an interest rate the Fed pays banks on money they leave on reserve at the central bank. Known as “interest on excess reserves,” this rate is now 0.25%.”

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Believe it or Not, America is Not Ungovernable

February 8, 2010

Cost: Ezra Klein says destroy the filibuster, Tom Friedman suggests America’s “political instability” makes people abroad nervous, Michael Cohen blames “obstructionist Republicans,” “spineless Democrats,” and an “incoherent public” for the problem… “Nonsense. America is not ungovernable. Her President has simply not been up to the job.”

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This Will Change Everything: White House Announces Televised Health Meeting

February 8, 2010

“President Barack Obama is planning to host a televised meeting with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders on health care reform. The Feb. 25 meeting is an attempt to reach across the aisle but not a signal that the president plans to start over, as Republicans have demanded, a White House official said.”

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