Jobs likes to make his own rules, whether the topic is computers, stock options, or even pancreatic cancer. The same traits that make him a great CEO drive him to put his company, and his investors, at risk. 乔布斯喜欢我行我素,不管是对计算机,还是股票期权,甚至胰腺癌。他身上的那些特质使他成为一名杰出的首席执行官,同时也令他将公司和投资人置于险地[阅读全文]
General Motors was the Great American Company. But by clinging to the attributes that made it an icon, GM drove itself to ruin.30年前,当我开始报导通用汽车时,它已经是一家伟大的美国公司。但由于墨守曾使它成为偶像的那些特质,通用汽车把自己推向了毁灭[阅读全文]
The challenge isn't replacing Bill. That's already happened. Ballmer's big issues now: growth, Google, and those pesky Apple ads. 挑战不是替换比尔,这项工作已经完成。鲍尔默当前面临的重大问题是:增长、谷歌和恼人的苹果广告[阅读全文]
Ah, retirement. Time to kick back, relax, and rethink philanthropy, learn biochemistry, eradicate malaria and develop drought-resistant crops. 啊,退休!是休息、放松、重新考虑慈善事业、学习生物化学、消除疟疾、开发抗旱作物……的时候了[阅读全文]
Suntech's Shi Zhengrong built one of the world's biggest solar-power companies. Now, with economies slowing, he faces the challenge of a lifetime.由施正荣创建的尚德公司是世界最大的太阳能公司之一。如今,随着经济发展速度放缓,施正荣正面临人生最严峻的考验[阅读全文]
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio's intense focus on principles helps him make money in good times and bad. Now he's bracing for some very tough times indeed.布里奇沃特公司创始人雷·戴利奥严守原则的做法,使他在好年景和坏年景都能赚钱。如今,他正在准备应对真正艰难的局面[阅读全文]
Could this be you? The recession is throwing millions out of work. What the new jobless class can tell you about what it's like out there.会有你吗?衰退让数以百万计的人失去了工作。让新的失业阶层来告诉你那是什么滋味吧[阅读全文]
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Okay, not really. But its main banks and business tycoons took huge risks and its citizens borrowed to the hilt. Now this island nation is paying the price.[阅读全文]
The financial crisis and vast bailout have compelled Barack Obama to get down to business with an all-star team of CEOs and thinkers. Do they have the answers? 贝拉克·奥巴马向来不推崇美国企业界,但这场金融危机和大救市行动迫使他集结起一支首席执行官和智囊全明星队伍加以应对。他们胜券在握吗?在新经济中,谁是赢家、谁会落败?[阅读全文]
In revitalizing the Magic Kingdom, the CEO has built a compelling case that integrated, cross-platform media leviathans like Disney still make sense in the Digital Age.[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: My customers return to do business with me every year because they know I am always on the level with them.每年,客户们都回来和我做生意,因为他们知道我总是对他们坦诚相待。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: While most people working in casinos are honest and respectable, the industry also includes a certain sleaze factor that can be annoying.尽多大部分在赌场工作的人员都很诚实,值得尊敬,但这个行业也有一些讨厌的害群之马。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: Each country is active in being against the money laundering crimes in the world, and advocates enlarging the scope of the laws relating to money laundering.世界各国都在积极致力于反洗钱活动,并提倡扩大洗钱上游犯罪的范围。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The company ingratiates itself with consumers at every price point by ranging $3,000 double-breasted cardigan sweaters from the Purple Label to Chaps brand clothing and home goods. 该公司的产品迎合了所有价位的消费者。它既出售3,000美元的紫标系列的双排扣羊毛开衫,又出售Chaps品牌服饰和居家用品。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: I know you refused the offer I made you last month regarding relocation to an overseas office, but the door is still open, and I hope an increase in salary will make you change your mind.我知道,你上月拒绝了我提供的到海外办事处工作的机会,但一切还没有说死,我希望加薪会改变你的想法。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: Because its located in a fashionable neighborhood, I may buy my friends ugly old house because of its dirt value, and then later build a new home in its place.我的朋友的老房子样子很丑,但它地处时尚社区,我可能因为看中它的地块价值而买下它,以后在那地方盖一座新房子。[阅读全文]
With a fast and furious start, the President's team is launching trillion-dollar programs to rescue the economy and remake the face of America. But will they get it right? Fortune went behind the scenes where his advisors are waging war on the recession.[阅读全文]
Fired as chief of Viacom, Tom Freston took off on a nonstop global adventure. Now he's helping Oprah to start a new TV network and Bono to save the world.[阅读全文]