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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21

CEO Morning Report: Time For The Voom Psst--wanna see some undercover snaps of AIG's latest corporate retreat? posted: Friday November 21st - 6:24am READ MORE

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20

CEO Morning Report: Sexiest Man Alive? Not any one of those Big Three auto execs, expensively jetting into Washington to beg for alms, and acting like all their strategic moves over the past few years were the right ones. posted: Thursday November 20th - 6:24am READ MORE

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19

CEO Morning Report: Fourth and Long Somehow fitting that the Detroit Lions are a woeful 0-10, as the debate over bailing out the Big 3 automakers turns into a fumble with a mind of its own. posted: Wednesday November 19th - 6:21am READ MORE

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18

CEO Morning Report: Salary Stalks Two years ago, after Goldman Sachs had announced its record fourth-quarter and 2006 earnings and in advance of a bonus bonanza, chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein, sent a firm-wide voice-mail cautioning employees against excess. posted: Tuesday November 18th - 6:21am READ MORE

MONDAY NOVEMBER 17

CEO Morning Report: Potemkin Villages In the new edition of Corporate Leader magazine, we learn the capital markets community’s ranking of the top 600 CEOs in the U.S., from best to flat-out worst—watch for further dissection here. posted: Monday November 17th - 6:04am READ MORE

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14

CEO Morning Report: Blue Oceans Wharton Business School is wondering if the economic crisis is an opportune time for companies to engage in 'Disruptive Innovation,' a vintage concept from Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter describing how entrepreneurs can sustain capitalism through "Creative Destruction," or "daring innovations that challenge the paradigm and the organization." posted: Friday November 14th - 6:22am READ MORE

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13

CEO Morning Report: FFF Rated? What to make of yesterday’s news that the cost of the "bailout bonanza" is actually close to $3.5 trillion? The end of USA, Inc. as we know it? posted: Thursday November 13th - 6:18am READ MORE

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12

CEO Morning Report: Green And Growing Or Ripe And Rotting? That’s a notable business performance-related challenge from McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc. Impressed by the assembly-line preparation of burgers, fries, sodas, and shakes at a small restaurant owned by Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernadino, CA, Kroc, then a blender salesman, bought the rights to the franchise and founded the McDonald's Corporation in 1955. posted: Wednesday November 12th - 5:59am READ MORE

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11

CEO Morning Report: Toil and Trouble It sounds comical, but anything goes in these topsy-turvy times. Marvel Entertainment Inc. may get punished for having too good a quarter. Largely due to the knock-out performance of its “Iron Man” movie, profit at the entertainment company rose 39% to $50.6 million on revenue that surged 48% to $182.5 million. Only problem is, about $60 million of those sales gets attributed to "Iron Man" revenue that Marvel originally predicted would be recognized next year. posted: Tuesday November 11th - 6:12am READ MORE

MONDAY NOVEMBER 10

CEO Morning Report: Back to Business Imagine emerging from a coma and being informed of all that has transpired these past two years in the U.S. Lehman Brothers gone? A black President? An economy collapsed by an avaricious hunt for mortgage riches? All that and more, much without precedent. posted: Monday November 10th - 6:16am READ MORE