The layoffs are here

This morning, at 10:48 a.m., an e-mail arrived in our inboxes from our boss: the layoffs were here.

In previous weeks, the memos had come fast and furious from corporate announcing impending cuts along with dramatic reorganization at our company. Top editors and business managers at Time Inc. were being replaced or moved around. Each …

Barack Obama is not the president

That was one thing the president-elect made crystal clear in his press conference today, declaring at least twice that the U.S. only has one president at a time and it won’t be him until January 20. As for his economic plans, the focus of the event, he didn’t say anything major that he hadn’t said already. The one possible bit of news …

Does Larry Summers have too much baggage to be Treasury Secretary?

My thinking is no. But since it’s a question that a lot of people may be asking over the next few days, it is worth exploring. Summers was an awfully controversial guy a couple years ago. And the things that made him controversial will all be revisited if he has to sit through a Senate confirmation hearing.

Here’s a quick run-through of …

Younger workers will survive? No kidding.

So says a new article in CIO Magazine. Meridith Levinson, a self-described “scrappy, do-it-yourself latch-key kid,” lists five reasons why Gen Y will do okay in the coming economic kaboom. Hard to believe, considering

According to a CareerBuilder survey from 2007, 74 percent of employers say Gen Y workers expect to be paid more; 56

Five things I’ll miss about the elections

1. CNN’s bizarro holograms. I’m the only one alive who thought they were neat-o.
2. Tina Fey. I could watch her all day, and, ever since she became Sarah Palin, I did. They should create a Tina Fey network so she’d be on 24/7. Maybe she could start practicing her Rahm Emanuel impression. Tina can do anything. I love me my Tina.
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