Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day.

If only the human body could handle trauma as well as biotechnology stocks do.

The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business.

Sergeant Bergdahl may have broken any number of military laws.

Even so, sometimes I wish I did have a little bit more flair in my language.

In general, great companies prefer to grow organically, as Wall Street likes to say. That is, from the inside out, by finding new markets or by taking market share from their competitors.

The most distinguishing element of my novels is that I try as hard as I can - within the context of a popular commercial thriller - to make them feel authentic. Drawing on real locations and real events is part of that authenticity.