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It’s a stressful job being a CEO but it isn’t normally physically dangerous. CEOs may sometimes make a killing, but they don’t get killed ― usually. However, when some people say they want to strangle their boss, they may be speaking… Read more

Yesterday, I wrote this post about how pointing a finger at Sarah Palin and her hunting-friendly rhetoric was idiotic and ignorant. Since then, I’ve received numerous comments that made me question whether my argument was complete. I brought up… Read more

CEOs behaving badly is hardly new news. But some corporate leaders make such epic mistakes that they deserve a spot on the CEO Fruckup Hall of Fame. Here are 25 of the fine specimens who, sometime during their careers, committed some seriously… Read more

This photo was taken and leaked by a Baidu employee. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg paid a visit to Beijing to talk to Robin Li, who runs Baidu, China’s biggest search engine. As much as Zuckerberg would love for Facebook to penetrate China, he,… Read more

Activist investor Bill Ackman, who owns 37% of Borders through his Pershing Square Capital Management, has indicated willingness to finance a merger between Borders and Barnes & Noble. The New York Times reports: Mr. Ackman, the largest… Read more

If you want to honor your boss for Boss’s Day 2010, Friday might be your day. The Hallmark holiday, which stubbornly occurs on October 16 every year, falls on a Saturday this year. How do you make your appreciation for your boss heard… Read more

CEOs have taken a lot of flak recently for withdrawing fat paychecks during the worst financial crisis for decades. We decided to take a look at the growing number of executives who have joined the ‘$1 salary club’, and whether they really are as… Read more

Kraft Foods recently released a proxy statement calling for a meeting in which shareholders will decide whether to let it issue up to 370 million shares in order to boost its offerings for a Cadbury buyout. Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire… Read more

If you have to fill in for Steve Jobs, you might as well be handsomely rewarded. That’s exactly what happened to Apple COO Timothy Cook, who received a $12.3 million stock bonus this year. The Silicon Alley Insider has the story: Apple COO… Read more

Image: Happyworker October 16 is National Boss’s Day, the day employees thank their bosses for their contributions to the workforce. To honor the day, we’ve created a list of five characteristics good bosses share. Where does yours fit in?… Read more

The WSJ takes a closer look at what makes the Oracle of Omaha in modern times: Mr. Buffett’s skill at picking publicly traded stocks pales alongside the value he has added to the company through other means. As recently as 1995, 73.5% of… Read more

From Conde Nast Portfolio: Citigroup’s Sallie Krawcheck, one of the highest-profile women on Wall Street, will step down, according to the Wall Street Journal. She heads Citigroup’s wealth-management unit, which is being moved into the bank’s… Read more

Traditional dogma says black or navy business dress is the best way to express a serious, dominant office persona. After reading this Spiegel article, I’m not so sure: A recent study confirms previous reports that athletes wearing red… Read more