It’s 2011 all over again. The European debt crisis is nipping our incipient recovery in the bud. There’s talk of a …
Jon Corzine
MF Global Official Pleads the Fifth in Case of Missing $1.6 Billion
Lawmakers investigating the spectacular collapse of MF Global hit a brick wall Wednesday when none of the company executives called to testify appeared to know anything about what went wrong at the firm, or the whereabouts of …
Did Jon Corzine Lie to Congress about Missing MF Global Funds?
Last December, Jon Corzine appeared before a congressional committee investigating the spectacular collapse of MF Global, the financial broker that had gone bankrupt five weeks earlier, leaving $1.6 billion in client funds …
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Jon Corzine
“Let’s face it: Everyone’s property taxes are too damn high.”
Paid leave isn’t just about working parents
New Jersey is getting a lot of press these days for taking the remarkable and hopefully trend-setting step of abolishing the death penalty. What’s getting less notice is Gov. Jon Corzine’s wimping out on what would have been the most generous paid leave for employees in the country.
And by generous, I actually mean reasonable. …
Whole Foods Debacle Won’t Keep Execs From the Web
Two news items involving boldface-name CEOs this week ought to teach execs about the perils of the Internet. John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, was outed as Rahodeb, a sort of anonymous commenter on a Yahoo! Finance web site who had a thing for slamming Whole Foods’ rival Wild Oats. A bit awkward now that WF owns WO. Oopsy.
The other top …