Analyzing Effective Leaders: Why Extraverts Are Not Always the Most Successful Bosses - Knowledge@Wharton

Effective leadership is a function of the leader and the team, and the value of team input: "At some level, the power struggle is finished, with the leader asserting authority and the employees saying, 'We're not going to work as hard on your behalf.'"

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FOXNews.com - Panel: Gov't Bailout of AIG Was 'Poisonous'

A watchdog panel says it's still unclear whether U.S. taxpayers will ever fully recoup the $182 billion they plowed into American International Group Inc., and the government should have used up all its options before bailing out the crippled insurance titan.

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Unemployment to Spike Near 3 Million | Sterling Performance | BNET

A good reason to support and invest in private business rather than rely on gov't largess: In some areas of the country, the workforce is disproportionally weighted towards the public sector, with little private sector employment to fall back on, even at the best of times.

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Krugman vs. Cato on Cutting Back Spending

Read how "civilian employment grew, on net, by over 4 million between 1945 and 1947 when so many pundits were predicting economic Armageddon."

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Politicians Butt In at Bailed-Out GM - WSJ.com

Just one reason we don't want gov't running business: "Lawmakers let emotion and ego get in the way of making good business decisions," says Thomas Geisel, chief executive of New Jersey's Sun Bancorp Inc.

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Americans Tilt Toward Saying Media Too Liberal

Less than one-half of Americans believe the media reports the news fairly and accurately. What does this mean? Are we a mis-informed public? Are we able to find the facts of events happening around us? Am I the only one concerned there is too much politicizing within the media?

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Obama looks for new momentum on healthcare

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Swiss topple U.S. as most competitive economy

Reasons for the fall: "Concerns were growing about the government's ability to maintain distance to the private sector and doubts rose about the quality of firms' auditing and reporting standards, it said." Looks like we need some distance between gov't and private sector AND som …

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1,600 American Apparel workers let go over legal status

My heart goes out to these people; but let them come through the front doors of our country to enjoy the benefits we do. Don't our own deserve the best this country offers first?

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Joblessness likely will prolong recession's pain

Wouldn't we be better off giving small-/medium-businesses (who employ the majority of Americans) breaks and their own fiscal stimulus rather than spending a lot of money on a few large organizations?

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U.S. private job losses down, factory orders up

Welcome news; hopefully things will continue to improve, quickly.

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Reports suggest stronger-than-expected recovery

We can only hope the data is a good leading indicator.

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State Government Job Security

Interesting statistics -- are government jobs really that popular, or is there a lack of market reality in the government? (Underlying data is USDL/BLS data)

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Federal Reserve made $14 billion on turmoil loans

Is this good or bad? Will this minimize the deficit, or decrease business/ economic growth?

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Healthcare: The problem with Potter

"Potter is certainly right that our current system has serious problems. But he's dead wrong about how to fix them" -- great analysis on the reality of some of the problems with our health care / insurance system, and the reality of how best to address them.

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ABC, NBC Won't Air Ad Critical of Obama's Health Care Plan - Why Not?

Is the ad revenue not good enough for ABC/NBC?

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First-time jobless claims expected to drop - Yahoo! News

Not great news, but a move in the right direction.

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Insurers expect cost of health care claims to rise 10.5%

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Durable goods orders up 4.9% in July, biggest gain in 2 years

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Taco Joint Fined $46G for Firing Mom for Breastfeeding

Even small businesses need good policies to govern behavior (employees' and management's) and to protect them.

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GM to Boost Production Through Rest of '09

General Motors said on Tuesday that it was increasing production through the remainder of the year due to increased sales. GM said it will reinstate 1,350 United Auto Workers and Canadian Auto Workers jobs.

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Britain's No Model for U.S. Health Care

I have spent most of the last month in the UK. From this vantage point I have watched on Fox the debate in the U.S. over the Democrats' desire to transform the way we care for the sick and elderly.

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FOX News Poll: Most Americans Want Unused Stimulus Money Returned to Taxpayers - Political News - FOXNews.com

Most Americans -- 72 percent -- say returning the unused portion of the $787 billion dollar stimulus to taxpayers would do more to boost the economy than having the government spend it.

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America's Fastest-Growing Private Company? It's in Insurance

Not all insurers are heartless, monolithic, money-grubbers. Private insurance can work.

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U.S. productivity surges, inventories are lean

Good news (improved inventories and costs) / Bad news (requiring more from fewer employees) story

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