“Rosy forecasts for American Dream also fly in the face of predictions that, ultimately, Internet shopping will all but eliminate brick-and-mortar shopping.” Just like The Great Gatsby!
Undercover Boss: Where Dreams Come True—Just Not Yours.
Last night's Undercover Boss was 7-11 CEO Joe DePinto. He "worked" with some really sweet, friendly-faced employees that any company would be more than thrilled to have. Question is: where the hell did they find these people?
Palin's Resignation is a Sad Day For Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat, the New York Times op-ed conservative who does a better job of pretending to be reasonable than Bill Kristol did, is kind of sad about this Palin thing. Because it means the death of the American Dream.
Bankers, Lara Flynn Boyle Put on Show to Save Wall Street
It's worthwhile sometimes to stop and think about the real victims of today's tanking American economy. Like Sanjay Sanghoee, a hedge-funder who's running into trouble financing the film version of his corporate intrigue novel. The novel, Merger, is your standard tale of "an Indian corporate titan who begins a hostile…
"Sheer Loopiness" after American Apparel Goes Public
Maybe it's just the effect of repeated, unending exposure, but Dov Charney, the self-described "Jewish hustler" and lech behind American Apparel, seems to get cuter every week. This weekend, the WSJ intoned about the company recently going public: "American Apparel is opening the kimono — and it's not necessarily a…
