In his recent Value Driven column (“Chris Dodd Wants to scrap Your Bonus“, FORTUNE magazine, March 16), Geoff Colvin argued that the proposed tough new limits on Wall Street bonuses in the US stimulus package will “inadvertently reward nonperformance and drive talented financiers away from the companies that need them most”. Ignoring the simplistic examples… Read More »
Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the last couple of weeks (not necessarily a bad thing, given the circumstances), you would have come across the following buzzwords (in no particular order) that will dominate news headlines in the months to come: 1. economic tsunami2. layoff3. AIG = arrogance, incompetence and greed4. stimulus… Read More »
Looks like product recalls are now the vogue, and it’s not just in the food industry. Google, in typical do no evil fashion, has unveiled a new feature for Gmail that allows users to hit the panic button and “Undo” the sending of an e-mail message, for whatever reasons. But you have to act fast… Read More »
A colleague was so pissed off at work recently that she used expletives to describe her fellow workers. Considering she’s Chinese and probably doesn’t have a firm handle on swearing using the F-word, here’s a guide:
孩子：妈妈，金融危机了，涨点零用钱吧？妈妈：你怎么没说“金融危机”了，把你那50元的零用钱给减免掉，大家一起共度难关呢？
Daryl teased Joanna who waited for me to knock off and leave together.