The Business Times

Beth Kowitt

Disney's Bob Iger has morphed from outspoken CEO to capitulating yes-man. It’s a transformation that encapsulates the narrative arc of most of corporate America.

Bob Iger just learnt a hard lesson

Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night TV taught Disney’s CEO and the rest of corporate America that playing yes-man to the Trump administration...

Rather than marking a return to the old Nestle, fired CEO Laurent Freixe has created a crisis that the company's board is now trying to counter.

Nestle can’t risk playing it safe

After firing its CEO, the board is hoping an insider will bring stability. Too bad the company needs shaking up

The top 1 per cent now hold a greater share of wealth than the entire middle 40 per cent; three decades ago, the reverse was true.
THE BROAD VIEW

How Americans’ trust in Big Business went from bad to worse

There was a time when the growing economy lifted everyone. These days, only the rich seem to be rising

Charlie Munger (right, with Warren Buffett at the left in this image) was more than a No. 2; he was the ultimate second banana. These are far from the same thing.
LEADERSHIP

Charlie Munger and the fading art of the second banana

CHARLIE Munger, the longtime vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, who died last Tuesday (Nov 28) at the age of 99, will be exalted for...

With Meta now hitting a nearly 25 per cent staff reduction, others in the tech world may follow suit. But if there was ever a time to break free of tech’s group-think mentality, this is it.

Meta layoffs reveal a deeper truth: Tech exceptionalism is dead

For too long, Silicon Valley equated rapid headcount growth with success

Tech bosses like Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff like to refer to the company and staff as family, but trying to sell themselves as a family requires a suspension of disbelief that’s insulting to the talent they are trying to attract.

8,000 layoffs don’t exactly scream family values

In firing tens of thousands of workers, Silicon Valley is proving that the big happy tech family utopia never existed and it’s...

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