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The country club is growing…

Chuck Prince, chief executive of Citigroup since 2003, has resigned. Prince is being temporarily replaced as Citi chairman by Bob Rubin, who was Treasury Secretary for most of the Clinton years. Win Bischoff also will serve as interim chief executive.
The country club of bad former chief executive officers is growing. Now that [...]

Diversity at Kaiser Permanente: the sad truth.

In his latest weekly update, George Halvorson insists Kaiser Permanente has no “glass ceiling.” Mr. Halvorson’s spin couldn’t be further from the truth, sadly. WellPoint and Blue Shield of California both have many more women among their senior executive ranks than Kaiser Permanente. How disappointing that, instead of using his energy to [...]

Closeted skeletons.

Ever heard of the so-called Foundation for Support of Health and Development in Africa? No? Me neither. It was a supposedly not-for-profit organization that was involuntarily shut down by the Louisiana Secretary of State. Do you think it had any connection to a so-called CentralHealth of Louisiana, Inc.? Which was [...]

Misled.

You might want to read my last post, just in case you missed it. I’m not saying it has anything to do with this one. I’m just saying…
Is there anything odd about this press release from last week? I didn’t think anything of it at the time, but I had a reason [...]