The challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.

If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we'd all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars.

The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive.

The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses.

If private-equity firms are as good at remaking companies as they claim, they don't need tax loopholes to make money.

The oil market is especially sensitive even to a hint of expansion or contraction in supply.

Sometimes you have to destroy your business in order to save it.