News Flash –  Richard “Rick” Wagoner resigned as CEO of General Motors yesterday at the behest of President Obama.  Was it the right thing to do? Was it fair? Was he a scapegoat? Why has no one else receiving bailout money been removed?  Why notbankers? I can’t, and won’t... 

President Obama’s Press Conference has just concluded and a lot of questions have been asked and answered.  There are a number of public speaking and communications lessons that can be learned from watching both the President and those questioning him. Among the lessons is one that every corporate,... 

Wow.  Very rarely do you see a media personality who appears on television a minimum of 5 hours a week look like a proverbial “deer in highlights.” That was the case when Jim Cramer appeared on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, following what has been described as one of the best cable TV... 

It is never a good week when one of the most highly regarded investors of all time, Warren Buffett, declares that the economy “has fallen off a cliff”  after previously stating that the financial crisis is an “economic Pearl Harbor.” Secretary Geithner has had his hands full... 

This morning brought the announcement that AIG (American International Group), already the largest recipient of bailout (TARP) funding, set to receive another $30 billion dollars of Federal funding.  This comes on the heels of an announcement earlier this morning that AIG announced a loss of over $61,000,000,000...