Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. These were name changes that worked. But for all the ones that do, there are 10 or 20 that don't.
James SurowieckiThe stock market has an insidious effect on C.E.O.s' moods, because of its impact not just on their companies but on their own bank accounts.
James SurowieckiThe challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.
James SurowieckiWhat the investment community does like is short-term measures designed to boost share prices.
James Surowiecki