"AFTER 60 roller-coaster years in Israeli politics, including two stints as prime minister, Shimon Peres, probably did not expect his career to take any more surprising turns. When he became president of the nation two years ago, a job usually described here as ceremonial, many Israelis assumed the man long known as a perennial plotter and dreamer would gracefully semi-retire. Instead, Mr. Peres, 85, the last of Israel’s founding fathers in office, seems to have been reborn. Though he was often mocked here in the past as a serial election loser and has commanded less respect for his dovish political views at home than abroad, Mr. Peres is basking in more power and public acceptance than ever before."
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Corporate Convicts: Where Are They Now?
"When Bernard Madoff is sentenced Monday, he'll join a pantheon of corporate criminals doing real time. Here's a look at how the most famous while-collar cons are faring."
How Employee Engagement Turned Around Campbell's
An interview with Douglas Conant, CEO of Campbell Soup Co.
In Sickness and in Health (Provosts and CFO's)
"It may come as a surprise, but when you get a group of provosts and chief financial officers together, it sometimes feels like an episode of The Honeymooners. As a Sunday session at the annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Business Officers illustrated, the partnership of these two high-level administrators is at times more like a marriage than a traditional professional relationship."
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