Category Archives: Bidness

Wal-Mart is praised far and wide, including in blogdom, for its innovation, its selection, its low prices, and its shareholder value. Indeed, Wal-Mart is now ranked first in the Fortune 500 for all of these reasons. Turns out Wal-Mart is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Jon Jerome has a long post about racism which stemmed from a conversation with a coworker. (Note: Jon’s been having some hosting problems, so try hitting Refresh if you get a “this page cannot be displayed” error.) He lays out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Chronicle technology columnist Dwight Silverman calls the proposed HP buyout of Compaq a bad deal all around. Continue reading →

I happened across a copy of Fast Company magazine today, and inside found this interesting article about a British TV show in which corporate CEOs are invited to spend time doing a low-level job within their company and are filmed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Continental Airlines CEO Gordon Bethune lauds Tom DeLay for all his help to the airline industry after 9/11. There are many ways that one can be snarky about this sort of thing, but I’ll settle for the one that’s closest … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Federal Trade Commission is considering a national no-call registry that would appear to put some real restrictions on telemarketers. The Direct Marketing Association hates it, so this must be good. Says their spokesbeing: “The government may be overstepping its … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Europe’s first brothel for women has gone bankrupt. Wonder how many of those 17 analysts the WSJ refers to above rated this stock a “buy”? Continue reading →

Formerly bankrupt dot-com Internet Advisory Corp is in talks to buy notorious New York nudie bar Scores and take it public. “We are charting a new course for the company,” Internet Advisory’s Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Goldring said. ”We … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The sensible and oft-cited Virginia Postrel touches on the debate between Large Soulless Chain Bookstores and Small Touchy-Feely Mom and Pop Bookstores. A recent article in The Atlantic came out firmly in favor of the large chains. Postrel cites a … Continue reading → Continue reading →