Citi Crashing New Orleans The Times ran a long pre-mortem piece on Sunday about the crash and fall of Citigroup over the last year or so, particularly now as its stock has fallen to less than $5 per share and this “world’s largest bank” is on life support in the financial markets and the …
Month: November 2008
Attacking Alexi
Attacking Alexi November 22, 2008 New Orleans One of the most interesting and exciting people that our delegation with the Organizers’ Forum met when we traveled to Russia in 2007 was a rank-and-file union steward at the Ford plant in St. Petersburg named Alexei Etmanov, who after leading a wildcat strike had become a …
Changing of Wal-Mart Guard
Changing of Wal-Mart Guard November 21, 2008 New Orleans News hit the ticker that Lee Scott, the CEO and Chair of Wal-Mart will soon be just the Chairman of the Wal-Mart Executive Committee and will be replaced by Mike Duke as president and CEO. This may be another part of the public relations and …