Ken Thompson

                   

Bad Management: Why Managers Make Poor Decisions

businessweek.com
21 hrs ago 2 related
        

Sydney Finkelstein's new book Think Again identifies four biases that lead otherwise savvy managers astray. Cases in point: Dick Fuld, and Stanley O'Neal Why do smart, powerful executives make really dumb decisions? But while...

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right out of Bert & I....

lambda-the-ultimate.org
yesterday
        

I seem to remember an error message, and I'm not sure whether it was on a DPS-8/70 or a DPS-90, but it was something like "you can't get here" As VB and ActiveX were already mentioned, and parsers in fact are pretty close in...

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Wachovia exec plans to stay in Charlotte

charlotte.com
15-Nov-2008
        

Wachovia Corp. executive David Carroll plans to remain in Charlotte after joining the top management ranks of Wells Fargo & Co. later this year, a Wells spokeswoman said Friday.Wells Fargo announced internally Thursday that...

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charlotte.com: David Carroll charlotte.com

Wachovia gets just one top spot at Wells Fargo

charlotte.com
14-Nov-2008 35 related
        

Wachovia will get just one spot on Wells Fargo's 12-member top management team when the two companies combine later this year.David Carroll, head of Wachovia's capital management group, will be responsible for businesses...

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MCC grad to give lecture on slave-to-scholar

bradenton.com
13-Nov-2008
        

MANATEE — Manatee Community College alumna Michelle Valerie Ronnick will lecture on former slave turned scholar William Sanders Scarborough at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 25 and 1 p.m. Nov. 26 at Family Heritage House Museum, 5840 26th St....

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Wachovia had sought FDIC help, was told no

charlotte.com
01-Nov-2008 6 related
        

Before being forced to sell itself in late September, Wachovia proposed a plan to stay independent with assistance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. but was rebuffed, according to a securities filing Friday.At 12:30 a.m....

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More On Merrill--"Retention Package Is A Joke" (at CNBC)

yahoo.com
28-Oct-2008
        

I fought and won an arbitration after my manager went after me and lied and forged documents to try and smear me." I mean, before we go there, let's consider what Merrill Lynch is CURRENTLY offering itself to lure advisors from...

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ACM'S TURING AWARD PRIZE RAISED TO $250,000

bletchleypark.org.uk
27-Oct-2008
        

Google Joins Intel to Provide Increased Funding for Most Significant Award in Computing Following the Switch-On of the Turing-Bombe Rebuild by the Duke of Kent this Summer and also the unveiling of the exquisite Alan Turing...

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ExaChess Lite 4.0b6 - Play Chess Against The Computer

applelinks.com
27-Oct-2008
        

ExaChess Lite is a freeware version of ExaChess, a full-featured chess database. ExaChess Lite allows up to 256 games per file, reading and storing Chessbase (CBF) and PGN formats among others, and can be used with a variety of...

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