Young FrankenSteve (or, Ballmer goes Beserk)
This is so f%*&ng funny, I had to interrupt today’s market debacle for a quick laugh: > >You may now return to your...
Enron Trivia Question:
Okay, by now, everyone knows Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling were found guilty on most of the charges. I am more interested in a trivia...
Free Enterprise Action Fund ?
At Bloomberg the other day, I met Tom Borelli, one of two guys who manage the Free Enterprise Action Fund. I was kinda surprised by their...
A few words about Microsoft
There is an old market saw about how the leaders from one bull market are not the leaders in the next bull market. That’s true for...
Will XMSR Customer Complaints Kill its Stock?
Over a year ago, I noted the decaying customer service quality in a few companies: In particular, Dell got named as a significant...
Rodman & Renshaw: Mr Spitzer will see you now . . .
Is it possible that Wall Street — or at least some parts of it — failed to learn much from the Eliot Spitzer led...
Retailers: Please buy a $%#!@& Calendar
"Retailers Blame Later Easter for Sluggish Sales" >Is anyone else as tired as I am about these kinds of absurd excuse making...
Obnoxious Dell Pre-Installs
Time for a rant: This is one of those things that makes me look at Dell and wonder WTF happened to their vaunted customer service....
CEO Options: Luck — or something else?
The WSJ streak of taking very interesting columns and hiding them on Saturday continues. Yesterday, they asked: Are some CEOs reaping...
Intel & the Patent Trolls
Today’s WSJ has an Op Ed from Bruce Sewell, general counsel for Intel, about "patent trolls." "Our patent laws are...