jack welch
Why We Have a Lack of Corporate Leadership
3:00PM 10/07/2011
By Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool
People, Home Depot, General Electric , Boeing, Apple, McDonald's, 3M
What makes a truly great leader? Attention to detail, a vision for the future, or maybe a strong personality? How about an education from Harvard or another top business school? Maybe the formula for superior leadership is much simpler; maybe the best way to spot a great leader is simply to look for someone who doesn't focus on profits.
7 Possible Replacements for Timothy Geithner
4:30PM 8/03/2011
By Jonathan Berr, The Motley Fool
People, JP Morgan Chase, General Electric , Berkshire Hathaway, Xerox, Market News
News reports said Treasury Secretary Geithner wanted to leave his post once debt negotiations were complete. With that milestone past, speculation now turns toward potential successors. The stakes are high, with unemployment at 9.2% and partisan theatrics as melodramatic as ever. Here are seven candidates that the president might do well to consider.
CEO Sex Scandals: A Rogues' Gallery
8:00AM 11/24/2010
People, Hewlett-Packard, General Electric , Oracle, Boeing, Careers, BP
CEOs are supposed to know when to say no. But when it comes to the temptation of having an adulterous affair, even some of the toughest-minded bosses just can't hold up a stop sign. Here are nine chief execs (all men) who made headlines for succumbing to the call of lust.
Jack Welch Disses Hewlett-Packard: 'Who Are These Board Members?'
4:30PM 10/05/2010
Days after Oracle CEO Larry Ellison urged the entire board of Hewlett-Packard to "resign en masse right away," former General Electric CEO Jack Welch has jumped on the diss-HP's board bandwagon. The criticism comes in the wake of HP's hiring of Leo Apotheker as CEO. "Who are these board members?" Welch asked.
Get an online MBA from the 'Manager of the Century' - Jack Welch
8:00AM 12/07/2009
Getting a degree online still isn't seen as credible as attending a bricks-and-mortar institution, but a legendary CEO wants to change that. Starting next month, you can get an online or in-person MBA that's blessed with the approval of Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric. He built GE...
Jack Welch, famed former CEO of General Electric, has been admitted to New York Presbyterian hospital with a bacterial infection. He will be hospitalized for a week, but is expected to make a full recovery.
Welch began his career at GE in 1960; 21 years later, he became the youngest CEO in the...
First Jim Cramer said that Ben Bernanke was the greatest Federal Reserve chairman ever. Now Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric (GE) and, by the measure of many, one of the great CEOs of the last 50 years, tells CNBC that "I think he saved the system, I think he's a national hero. I think...
Jack Welch appeals for calm over AIG bonuses - good luck!
11:50AM 3/17/2009
Former General Electric Co. (GE) Chief Executive Jack Welch, one of the most respected voices in American business, believes the American people should move beyond their outrage surrounding the bonuses paid to some American International Group Inc. (AIG) executives. Chances are that his advice will...
Celebrity Retirement Scorecard: Winners and Losers
5:00PM 6/27/2008
You might think that the rich and famous never have to think about life the way the rest of us do, and certainly planning for retirement may seem like the least of their worries. But just because a person has a name up in lights doesn't mean that he or she is any better at figuring out the tricky...
Celebrity Retirement Scorecard: Jack Welch
4:29PM 6/27/2008
Who is making it? Who is not? We've concocted retirement scorecards for some showcase retirees in entertainment, politics and sports. See the full list here.Winner: Jack Welch Former occupation/notable position held: Chairman and CEO,GE (1981-2001)Activities during retirement: BusinessWeek...
More Stories
Market Movers
| Symbol | Last | Change / % | Volume |
|---|
Most Actives
| 8.07 | -0.11 -1.34% | 254.23M | |
| 2.19 | +0.25 +12.89% | 122.18M | |
| 18.88 | -0.26 -1.33% | 109.55M | |
| 12.44 | -0.25 -1.97% | 52.49M |
% Gainers
| 31.68 | +7.78 +32.55% | 18.42M | |
| 89.96 | +13.57 +17.76% | 13.27M | |
| 2.19 | +0.25 +12.89% | 122.18M | |
| 10.50 | +1.10 +11.70% | 3.07M |
% Losers
DailyFinance Wire
- 4 Money-Etiquette Questions Answered
- Walmart's New Health Food Push: Is It Too Hard to Swallow?
- Newlyweds, Don't Let the IRS Spoil Your Honeymoon
- Bonds Are a 'Safe' Investment: A Big Lie Gets Even Bigger
- Why Groupon Will Never Be Great Again
- Why Used Car Bargains Are Getting Harder to Find
- 5 Reasons Facebook Stock May Be a Better Buy Than You Think
Newswire
- Obama budget seeks to boost trade enforcement
- Greece's grim choice: deep budget cuts or...
- Greece's coalition party leaders back bailout...
- As Facebook IPO nears, the case for dull stocks
- Turbo-traders take Bank of America for a ride
- Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe...
- Deadline nears, Obama wants payroll tax cut...
- NY cable dispute blacks out Knicks, 4 NHL teams
- Getting paid $35,000 to short sell
- What the $26B settlement means for you
- Investing your emergency cash: Return vs. risk
- First Premier's $400-a-year credit card
- Big banks' bloated mortgage tab
- Fewer young adults hold jobs than ever before
- Government assistance expands
- Bob Rodriguez: The best advice I ever got
- 24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (AONE, ALU, AMSC, NLY, AAPL, CSCO, COH, CSTR, COP, DLR, IBM, LF, MMM, M, OPEN, POST, SIRI, SOHU, TRLG, ZOLT)
- The Force: Star Wars Franchise Worth Over $30 Billion and Growing
- 24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (COP, GILD, AMSC, MA, COH, LNKD, ATVI, CPST, GPRE, KONA, TRLG, LGF, MOVE, NBL, PCYC, ALU, FLIR, RUTH, FSLR, CIE, TBAC, RPXC, AMRS)
- Mid-day Movers (CIE, AMRS, IPSU, MOVE, LNKD)
- Petrobras Shares Volatile on $225 Billion Development Plan (PBR)
- Morning Movers (CIE, ALU, LNKD, AMRS, XIDE)
- AEP Dividend Growth Still Looks Safe Ahead (AEP)
- Arch Coal Tumbles on Earnings, Forecast (ACI, ANR, PCX, BTU, CNX)
Follow Us
