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December 2025

Update: Limited time offer on... Saks Fifth Avenue
Puck reports CEO Metrick to resign! I last wrote about Saks' woes exactly 7 months ago. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
 • Francine McKenna
The business of cancer: When does healing cross the line into exploitation?
Healthcare is big business. How much profit is too much?
 • Taayoo Murray
Warner Brothers Discovery Board Chair Sam Di Piazza is ready for his close-up
Sam Di Piazza was barely 60 years old when he retired as Global CEO of PwC. He’s had a big career since and is now negotiating the deal of a lifetime.
 • Francine McKenna
SEC's Atkins threatens Big 4, more troubled KPMG-audited banks
It's a sunny but snowy Sunday and I am trying to get some useful things down on paper before I weary of the day and its travails.
 • Francine McKenna
Crosspost: Depreciation of GPUs: useful lives versus useful myths
My friend and frequent collaborator Olga Usvyatsky of Deep Quarry had a thought-provoking and useful post earlier this week.
 • Olga Usvyatsky
Crosspost: Deciding whether you want to work with the media
I get this question all the time: How can I work with media to promote my work or my research? Giving good quip is an art form!
 • Broc Romanek
A tale of two retailers: Macy's and Barnes & Noble
Investigations are like Goldilocks' porridge: Too long screams cover-up, but too short strains credibility. When claims are that a lone-wolf is…
 • Francine McKenna

November 2025

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