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- 04 Aug 2010
- News
A Lonely Crusader
2002, Ackman shorted MBIA’s stock and bought credit default swaps betting that the firm would tank. Then he went public with his bets and a 66-page research report detailing his case. What happened next would have broken a man possessing less confidence and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
broke the Harvey Weinstein story. From there, of course, the floodgates opened. As the parade of high-profile actresses and their accusations grew longer—Ashley Judd, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Mira Sorvino—and then a groundswell of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
natural and social environment. And for MacDonald the man, at times it got intensely personal. In 1967, American Express began mistakenly accusing MacDonald (“Mr. F.M. MacDonald”) of tardy payments and billing him for purchases he never... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
continue to be grateful to my teachers, especially Ben Shapiro, Jack Gabarro, and Steve Wheelwright. I’ve actually accused Steve of being an “intellectual terrorist” because he planted ideas in my head 25 years ago that are still setting... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
mixed success, to make immigration a hot-button issue, accusing Edwards of being soft on illegal immigrants. Talking tough, Taylor vows to fight any amnesty plan and favors deporting illegals. “I’m for zero penetration on the border,” he... View Details
- 28 Nov 2018
- News
Elevating Women at Fidelity
In the wake of sexual harassment allegations at Fidelity, Abby Johnson (MBA 1988) has stepped up a concerted effort to promote women within the 72-year-old firm, according to Bloomberg. "A year ago Fidelity came under media scrutiny after it dismissed a prominent stock... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
Christopher Hitchens, a surprising Iraq war advocate, quit in a huff in 2002, accusing the magazine of being soft on Saddam. Firebrand columnist Alexander Cockburn remains on board, but derides The Nation as only “slightly left of center... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Of Dugouts and Sweatshops
another of Reich's interventions. He recounted the controversy surrounding accusations that clothing promoted by Kathie Lee Gifford had been manufactured in a sweatshop environment. Even though Gifford had no legal liability in the... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
low prices. Corning denies the accusations. With U.S. presidential campaigns now under way, trade has emerged as a hot topic. Democratic nominee John Kerry of Massachusetts has accused the Chinese of “predatory currency manipulation” that... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
Burke: A need to close the income gap. After her graduation from HBS, few people could accuse Mary Burke (MBA 1985) of having led a dull life. As reported in the Madison, Wisconsin Capital Times (October 5, 2011), Burke first worked for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Turning Point: Living History
helped. One Hindu woman we interviewed kept a Muslim gentleman in her home who didn’t want to migrate to Pakistan. A neighbor found out and accused the woman and her sister of hiding him. But she said, “No. Don’t you know, this is our... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Heroines and Helping Hands
idea when she was born or how old she is. She never had the chance to go to school. Then seven years ago, in 2002, she was gang-raped by the order of a tribal council. Somebody had accused her brother of an offense, and the community... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
corporations, perhaps unwittingly. Corporate facilitation of tax evasion out of foreign countries has largely been overlooked by regulatory authorities, but the climate is changing. So executives could become liable to accusations of wire... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
residents were killed and homes and businesses along 35 square blocks of the city were destroyed at the hands of a white mob over the course of 18 hours. Unfounded accusations that a young Black shoe shiner had assaulted a white woman... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
against a populist opposition, facing accusations of “being in the hands of the elite” or “catering to special interests,” it is constrained from implementing a lot of policies business leaders might find optimal. VP: And when populists... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
handful of educators, nonprofit leaders, and criminal justice reformers to find pathways to success for these young people. In the author's words, “As a juror in a criminal trial, your vote is one of 12 determining whether the accused... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
they're not really trying to help. What they're really saying is, "I don't want to do this." And in big companies, you need, occasionally, to be accused of not listening [laughing]. DM: [laughs] JI: You know, and run the risk of people... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
January 2013. The result of the June 14 presidential runoff election, plagued by accusations of voter fraud, was determined only after US Secretary of State John Kerry brokered an agreement for a painstaking recount of every ballot cast.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
accusations of price gouging and calls for generic alternatives. The few big companies still investing in vaccines saw their fortunes take an upward turn in the mid-2010s, as countries with growing economies, like China, expanded... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
Walt ignored this, and as Milt again observed, if the class (in case discussion) did not arrive at the right answer (as Walt judged it to be) then he would beat it out of their lower orifice physically. Nobody could ever accuse of Walt... View Details