In my story on the next president and the economy I intimated that higher taxes might be in our future. That got me thinking about what today’s overall tax burden looks like in historical terms. Which meant it was time to make a chart!
“Taxes” covers federal, state and local taxes paid by people (not …
I got a story pitch recently from Caliper Corp., which calls itself an international management consulting organization. The company says it analyzed women “on a worldwide basis,” and found four unique qualities among female leaders:
• They’re more persuasive than their male counterparts.
• They feel the sting of rejection, learn
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Kidding. Come on. Of course I’m kidding. But I thought this WWD.com item was a joke, too:
REPORTING FOR DUTY: Sean Avery started his internship at Vogue on Monday, and already staffers at Condé Nast Publications Inc. are buzzing about the New York Ranger star’s presence at 4 Times Square. Observers say he’s involved in all sections of
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This is my final day squatting in a management job. As I reflected on the past six weeks, I realized that everything I learned could have been gleaned from my daughter’s favorite TV show.
If a preschooler doesn’t dominate your remote control, you may not have heard about this hip little series starring five creatures that look like they …
I came across this gem of a quote in an LA Times story on real estate this morning:
“Because the prices are going down so fast, we’ll be hitting the stabilization point sooner,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Assn. of Realtors.
Now I’m not going to mock Yun for going to such absurd lengths to put a positive spin on …
From today’s Volkskrant (translation mine):
AMSTERDAM – Top executives of Dutch multinationals are threatening to move their headquarters abroad if they keep getting criticized over their salaries. They feel insulted and want more appreciation for their work….
The former chairman of insurer Aegon, Kees Storm … is very outspoken
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I was sitting in a makeup chair at the Today Show this morning when who should slip in next to me but the former presidential candidate. Three first impressions:
• John Edwards really does have great hair.
• John Edwards seems to have a permatan.
• John Edwards had a headache.
The former senator said his contacts had given him a …
Okay, so that cover story I was whining about yesterday is now online. It begins:
In the waning minutes of his only TV debate with Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980, Ronald Reagan looked straight into the camera and asked, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
It was a defining question of the campaign — and of
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Here’s the segment I was on this morning on the Today Show. I’m on first, but stay tuned for the other experts; their advice is really sound, and plus they look better on TV. I cited CBCampus.com‘s list of top cities, for which the CareerBuilder offshoot looked at the availability of rentals and jobs, coupled with my own research on hot …
Not much gets me up at 5:30 a.m. This morning a car came for me and took me to 30 Rockefeller Center. The place was mobbed with screaming people in the pouring rain. Now, I work just across the street, and I see crowds every morning waiting to catch a glimpse of Matt and Meredith—but nothing along these lines.
I was on a segment on …
John McCain gave a speech (warning: the accompanying ad starts playing as soon as you get to the page) this morning about what the world will be like in January 2013 if we go and elect him this fall. It’s a clever conceit, and while there’s an awful lot of what I guess you could call wand-waving involved (on Iraq: “Civil war has been …
Here’s the new Time (available on newsstands tomorrow) with the story that’s been keeping me from doing the quality blogging that you deserve. I’ll link to it when it goes up online.
The piece isn’t really about what the cover line says it’s about (it’s more about what the next president could and should do to make the economy work …
