Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill: BP Suspends Dividend, Agrees to Set Aside $20 Billion - CNBC

Corporations hate to forego dividends since it typically drives away shareholders and lowers market price, but this is probably the appropriate action in lieu of the Gulf disaster.
Gulf Oil Spill: BP Suspends Dividend, Agrees to Set Aside $20 Billion - CNBC

Sunday, June 6, 2010

#124 Warren and Peter Buffett on Achieving Success

#123: Zappos Delivers Happiness

For QMS, this video segment from CBS Sunday Morning pretty much covers it all - leadership, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction & empowerment, continuous improvement, etc.!
Watch CBS News Videos Online

#122 Why Wal-Mart Wants to Take the Driver's Seat

From Business Week, an interesting article on how Wal-Mart's efforts to lower costs for their customers will likely raise costs for their vendors and competitors.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_23/b4181017589330.htm?chan=magazine+channel_news+-+companies+%2B+industries

#788: How to Outsmart Shoplifters