Editor's Note: Weapons of Mass Disruption

Editor’s Note: Weapons of Mass Disruption

Even though the ‘war on terrorism’ has taken a back seat to economic recovery, businesses are still making decisions punctuated with concerns for vulnerability. In this regard, companies are carefully revisiting their supply-chain. In particular, as Business 2.0 pointed out, the highly-lean ‘Just-in-Time’ strategy is being altered to ‘Just-in-Case.’ In the wake of September 11, … Continued

Editor's Note: A Quarter Without Quarter

Editor’s Note: A Quarter Without Quarter

Importantly, the bear market does seem to be clawing at everyone, even politicians. The 90-day ethics rule that requires newly-installed political office holders to divest themselves of investments which might provide a conflict of interest (or put their holdings in a blind trust) forced such luminaries as Secretaries Rumsfeld, Powell, and O’Neil to ponder the … Continued