Editors Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past co

Don’t sit around in shock, take action.The shock of being laid off barely had time to set in before Jim Wessel began looking for another job.Released as purchasing director for a resort one Fri

The pink slips have been handed out, the severance checks cashed, and the farewell drinks consumed. Everyone has offered their condolences to those who were let go, yet you’re still here, reeli

Welcome to Minyanville’s quotes of the week, served up with some quotable historical context for your Friday enjoyment. “Anybody making $100 million a year is engaged in excessive risk.&r

The Washington Post’s (WPO) news sharing agreement with Bloomberg News will give the newspaper about 300,000 new readers and further solidify Bloomberg’s position as the nation’s to

Greed is back already -- perhaps it never went away. On the back of revived earnings, compensation for star bankers is looking up.Excessive executive remuneration is widely viewed as a symptom of thi

Getting a lot of annoying telemarketer calls around the dinner hour? Looking for a good read that can also help you stop them? Then don’t miss this article by fellow Minyan Scott

“Can I get an angioplasty with that?” As Fortune magazine reported at the time:“The parent company of Ground Round had run out of money, and it was ceasing operations immedi

Editor's Note: 5 Things will not be published tomorrow (Friday) and will return as usual on Monday.1. The FalloutWell, that was fun, wasn't it? I must admit to being taken aback by the magnitude of t

Editor's Note: The following screenshots were taken from publicly-accessible records located at the website of the New York State Comptroller.Who couldn’t use a few extra bucks these days? Here