Can AdWords Save America? Score One for Eric

I noted in my prior post that Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s ideas on how to turn the economy around work for turning a business around, too. In his Friday appearance on CNBC’s Mad Money, Schmidt said, “… do something every month and track it … every month we are going to show … what worked and what didn’t.”

This thought was reflected in Obama’s four-page Reinvestment and Recovery Plan released on Saturday. more...

Do Something, Do It Early, Do It A Lot, And Stick with It

CNBC was on in the background; the Power Lunch team was dissecting the Tim Geithner confirmation hearings. One of the revealing areas of questioning: Why did the Great Depression last so long and why was there a mini-depression in 1937, after so much stimulus had gone into the economy. more...

Employment Darwinism

The prevailing economic turmoil is forcing the corporate world to resort to a crash diet through cost-cutting and staff slashing. It is now the case of survival of the fittest as far as professional life is concerned. more...