The government’s report today on worker productivity growth in the third quarter shows, yet again, the benefit businesses are reaping from slashing millions of jobs in the Great Recession.
Productivity -- output per hour worked -- rocketed at a 9.5% annualized rate in the latest quarter, well above the 6.5% growth Wall Street [...]
Hyatt Hotels Corp. picked a good day to launch its initial public stock offering: With buyers jumping back into the market on surprisingly upbeat data on unemployment-benefit claims and worker productivity, Hyatt shares are being swept higher.
The stock, priced at $25 in the IPO late Wednesday, was up [...]
...Just like the old Carly?
My column for Thursday raises the question of whether the newly minted candidate for U.S. Senate from California will fall prey to the same flaws often cited by critics of her management at Hewlett-Packard: too much Carly, too many fancy advisors and not enough deep thought.
The [...]
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