Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Sergeant Bergdahl may have broken any number of military laws.