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Monty’s Bluff
I’ve been gone from Monty’s Bluff for so long I can no longer call my absence a vacation. It was more like a sabbatical.
I’m back now and ready to once again add my voice to the online masses because certainly the world needs more people willing to offer their perspective ...
Deal Journal notes that more than twice the normal volume of Hilton shares traded during Tuesday’s short trading day. I am sure it is just an amazing coincidence that Blackstone announced a buyout of Hilton hours after the close of trading.
The Hilton buyout ...
A friend (thanks Laura) called my attention to this video. Here is a fine musical homage to the iphone by David Pogue of The New York Times. Consider this an entertaining send off for the weekend.
OK OK so my sabbatical extended for a couple more months. It is nice to come back here and see so many new people still visiting The Bluff. I expect to begin posting regularly again and I am also actively looking for a few new contributors to pick up my ...
This post has a soundtrack. Enjoy the song Corporate Drone Syndrome by Another Dreamer while reading about employee self-esteem and justice.
I just read an interesting article in the October issue of Academy of Management Journal.
The article is entitled “Is More Fairness Always Preferred? ...
If so send them here.
Apparently, most of you know if your CEO could use a ride upgrade. According to USA Today, 90% of the users at an executive job search site (Ladders.com) reported knowing what their CEO drives.
The USA Today article “
O how full of briars is this working-day world
-William Shakespeare, from As You Like It
Looking for a good way to kill a little time? Of course you are. Why else would you be reading this blog?
Friends, you have come to depend on me as your safety watchdog so you won’t scrape yourself or stub your toes or blow yourselves up. But you can’t depend on me all your life. You have to learn that there’s a little Homer Simpson in all of ...
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that companies must pay workers for the time it takes them to change into their safety and protective gear and walk to their work station.
How unfair is that! Workers aren’t paid to walk…they’re paid to work. That’s why they’re called ...
I am finally getting to reading today’s news. I see The Wall Street Journal has a story about the SEC’s inquiry into pension accounting at some big name companies. I always like to see the SEC beating the bushes to do its job, though smoothing earnings using pension ...