Clap yours hands and say….oh, wait
The federal government said Tuesday that consumer spending rose 3.3 percent more in 2011 than in 2010. On the face, that’s just fantastic. But, dig a little deeper and the picture isn’t as pretty....
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Will Natalie Portman portray this WSJ editor?
The life stories of some influential journalists are just as fascinating as the public figures they chronicle. As Page One editor of The Wall Street Journal — a post she assumed one year ago...
A smart conversation on the issues that matter now
Tom Keene is the co-host of “Bloomberg Surveillance,” which airs from 7 to 10 a.m. on Bloomberg Radio and from 6 to 8 a.m. EST on Bloomberg Television. He also serves an editor-at-large at...
Playing favorites and what that means
It’s no secret that certain reporters have better access to companies, executives and information. Many have such incredible access they’re household names – creating their own brands for breaking news. This is great for...
The pension problem
As if we didn’t have enough to think about, The Wall Street Journal pointed out yet another looming national crisis: pension funding. Michael Corkery writes in the Sep. 21 edition of the paper about...
Biz media didn’t do enough in covering stimulus
The financial media focused too much on covering the political aspects of the federal government’s stimulus package aimed at the economic crisis during 2009 and didn’t do enough agenda setting, according to research from...
Rethinking the executive profile
William D. Cohan’s exceptional profile of Robert Rubin in Bloomberg Businessweek should be on everyone’s must-read list, especially younger journalists and students. Not to gush too much, but it’s balanced, fair, critical and interesting....
The business of music
Tuesday night I did what I do at least once a week and headed to a local bar to check out a band. We caught a set from the talented group Onward, Soldiers (check...
Why we care that FedEx cut forecasts
The era of rising corporate profits may be over. As Nelson Schwartz wrote on Sept. 16, gains in earnings at large companies are declining, after outpacing the broader economy since the last recession. From...
A suggested guide for quote approvals
In one of my first posts for Talking Biz 2, I wrote about the process of quote approvals and its prevalence in business journalism. The esteemed New York Times columnist David Carr took up...
