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The author discusses the significant automation and artificial intelligence-related interests of corporate executives at the 2019 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting held in Davos, Switzerland. Topics explored include the way the WEF attendees acknowledged the negative impact of automation on labor supply, the business investments focused on the adoption of machine learning and other technological innovations, and their speculated plan to replace human workers with machines.

The article reports the controversies confronting Barney Harford as chief operating officer of ride-hailing company Uber as of July 2018. Also cited are the alleged criticism by Harford of a new advertisement (ad) featuring a mixed-race couple, the informal and formal complaints filed by Uber staff against Harford due to his alleged insensitivity about race, and the gender discrimination and harassment in the workplace that previously hit Uber.

The author discusses the response of her manager when she told him that she had an early-onset Alzheimer's disease, the support she received from her colleagues at the British National Health Service on learning her ordeal, and the way she manages her situation.

The article discusses a meeting of the Chinese National People's Congress in March 2016 in which the nation's government announced its adjusted economic growth target for 2016, and it mentions how various economists, executives, and policy makers around the world have asked the Chinese government to stop issuing economic growth target goals. According to the article, some experts claim that economic growth targets harm China's economy and encourage government officials to falsify data.

The article discusses the Sharp Corp. (Sharp) electronics manufacturing firm based in Japan, focusing on Sharp's status in the global electronics industry in the wake of what the author refers to as executives' failures to anticipate and adapt to changes in the industry. The economic aspects of Chinese manufacturing are assessed, along with Sharp's focus on Japan and the prices that are associated with liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). Flat-screen television sales are examined.

The article offers the author's insights on the approach of modifying behavioral problem of technology executives by dealing with them as with naughty children.

The article discusses changes to the Bloomberg L.P. business news and information services company after founder and former New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg returned to the company. Topics addressed include Bloomberg's controlling leadership approach, as well as Bloomberg's focus on the company's television offerings and journalism business.

The article discusses the implications of a controversy involving racially insensitive remarks made by Bruce Levenson, owner of the Atlanta Hawks National Basketball Association (N.B.A.) team, focusing on considerations of discerning racial discrimination in business. The author highlights some views that Levenson's remarks were motivated by rational business concerns rather than racial prejudice, and he notes that there is often a fine line between singling out demographics and discrimination.

The article provides an answer to a question on why company heads exhibiting egregious behavior towards their consumers are not imprisoned in the U.S.

The article discusses a trend of public apologies made by executives, politicians, and other leaders as of February 3, 2014. Topics addressed include concerns regarding the lack of sincerity and tangible impact involved in public apologies; the views of corporate culture consultant Dov Seidman; and an apology by Reed Hastings, chief executive of video subscription service Netflix.

The article discusses business social networking website LinkedIn's efforts to build its publishing reputation by offering its Influencers service, which features advice from influential business and leadership thinkers, as of June 17, 2013. Topics addressed include an increase in views of the site since the program was installed, and LinkedIn executive editor Daniel Roth's goals for the site.

The article offers the author's insights on the psychology behind occupying the top position in a heirarchy.

The article focuses on decreased tolerance by corporations for personal misbehavior by top executives. The case of Chris Albrecht, fired from his job as Chief Executive Officer at Home Box Office after an arrest for hitting his girlfriend is cited along with other examples. The firing of Don Imus is said to show mass media companies as particularly sensitive in such cases. A similar charge against Albrecht in 1991 had no repercussions. Corporate policies on alcoholism vary.

The article reports on Robert A. Olstein, the mutual fund manager and accounting expert who runs the Olstein All Cap Value fund. He has waged a letter writing campaign to executives of companies in which he has a share, advising them on how to enhance their performance. He believes that executives tend to be self serving and forget about their bosses, the share holders. Details of Olstein's activities are discussed.

This article profiles Wall Street analyst Michael Mayo who also runs the financial services research team at Prudential Equity Group. The article also details the often difficult relationship between analysts and company executives, and how open disparagement from executives can greatly affect a company's willingness to do business with an analyst. This, in turn, affects the impartiality of stock research.

Examines how proactive executives can land a second job after losing their job. Examples of those who have self-reinvented themselves, including Donald J.Trump, Steven P. Jobs and Martha Stewart; Difficulties of corporate comebacks; Why chief executive officers dismissed for negative reasons do not return to leadership roles; Views of business experts; Impact of corporate scandals, and governance and disclosure laws, on former chiefs who are trying to rebound; Reluctance of boards to take chances; Comments of Millard Drexler, formerly of Gap Inc., now chief of J. Crew; Issue of criminal records and convictions; Experience of Ilan K. Reich, who was sentenced to prison; Ways that some business leaders not only recover from, but also learn from failure.

The article reports that the title of Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of chairman Cho Yang-ho of Korean Air Lines, in the family-run conglomerate has been removed after she kicked the head steward on the flight for improper serving the nuts.

The article presents questions and answers related to workplace problems such as dealing with a C-suite-level executive who had an attitude of interrupting his staff to drive him to meetings and the polite way to leave a company.

Corrections to articles on topics regarding the reaction of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai over the opening of a Taliban peace office in Qatar, risks faced by brands involving personality of executives to their business, and movie review of "World War Z."

The article reports that business and financial leaders in Great Britain stay silent concerning the country's perceived exit from the European Union. It states that pro-Europeans are frustrated by the unwillingness of these people on the risks of withdrawal. Glenis Willmott of the British Labour Party says that businesspeople consider the move to be disastrous for business in the country.

The article reports on the need for the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. and its nonexecutive chairwoman Martha Stewart to be under oversight. It mentions Stewart's net worth is largely tied up with the value of her business and that the executive continue to collect multimillion-dollar compensation despite her company is at loss. It adds that Stewart has increased her annual pay from $1.7 million in 2009 to $2 million in 2010 and 2011.

The article focuses on the management style of Panasonic Corp.'s President Kazuhiro Tsuga in managing his people. It mentions that Tsuga has downsized the assets of the company and undertakes a radical restructuring process. It adds that the company president also the bonuses of the Panasonic's middle managers to a third for the company to recover from its losses.

GREEN is green has become a mantra of environmentalists and, increasingly, corporate chiefs. Between money saved by energy efficiency and money made from selling environmentally sound products, they say, going green is great for shareholders as well as the planet. But apparently many shareholders remain unconvinced. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has included two new employment discrimination cases to a docket. It is reported that one of the two cases deals with protection for employees against retaliation for reporting the discriminatory actions of a supervisor, while the other one involves age discrimination suits.

The article presents the views of several people suggesting New Year's resolutions for business executives which will help them to improve the environment at work. According to author Cathleen Benko, executives should follow the ways of transparency and flexibility in their dealings. Professor Shelley MacDermid suggests that companies should set up their computer systems such that electronic mail messages sent by the executives are received only during business hours.

The article presents questions and answers on issues related to workplace bullying by managers. One of the readers enquires about the reason for managers' bullying behavior. Another reader asks if employees should talk to managers about his or her attitude. It also includes a question asked by a reader about the extreme end after which one should start searching for new jobs.

Replies to questions about employees who cry when faced with workplace issues. Executives' attitudes toward employees who cry at work; Ways of avoiding crying during a confrontation with one's boss; Measures to solve the crying problem.

Discusses bias against women executives on Wall Street. Reference to settlements of sex discrimination lawsuits by Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Smith Barney; How Wall Street is still dominated by white males, according to data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Securities Industry Association; Statistical figures, which show that women are particularly underrepresented in more specialized occupations; Outlook for more complaints of sexual and racial discrimination; Background on the Morgan Stanley case, which stemmed from a complaint by bond saleswoman Allison K. Schieffelin; Attitudes of the executives who run the biggest Wall Street firms. INSET: On Wall Street, Men Still rule.

Offers a look at the 68th Masters golf tournament held at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, 2004. Discussion of club chairman, Hootie Johnson, and his fight against Martha Burk and her desire to allow women into the golf club; Work Burk is accomplishing with the National Council of Women's Organizations; Report that executives who are members of the club are being asked to prove that sex discrimination does not occur in their companies.

Discusses the effect of stock price increase on the behavior of executives.

Discusses issues regarding performance incentives given to executives and its influence on the executives' attitudes.

Focuses on the state of morale inside AOL Time Warner. How the attitudes of Time Warner employees toward their sister division AOL are straining the company's ability to cooperate; Stock performance; Efforts of chief executive Richard D. Parsons to turn the company around; Focus of anger on Robert W. Pittman, the chief operating officer; Discussion of falling morale among executives; Admission by Parsons that the merger favored AOL at Time Warner's expense; Outlook.

Focuses on the different attitudes of executives towards playing golf.

Examines how U.S. business is beginning to increase spending on new machines and equipment. Goal of investing in these tools in order to cut costs; How the replenishment of depleted stocks by companies contributed to the surge in economic growth in the first quarter of 2002; Observation that capital spending and hiring must take place to sustain an economic expansion; Views of business executives; Why capital spending is a swing factor in economic growth; Outlook.

Discusses a survey by the Bank of Japan of business conditions in Japan. Expectations of corporate managers concerning sales and profits; Impact of the global downturn on Japan, including factory closings and layoffs; How falling wages and unemployment are undermining consumer confidence; How big manufacturers stand to gain rapidly from economic recovery in the U.S. and Asia; Warnings of economists.

Presents results of a survey of male and female executives at big companies on topics related to their attitudes about their own abilities.

Presents world news briefs related to business as of July 24, 2001. Decline of Japan's trade surplus; Losses at Finnish telephone company Sonera; Pessimism among German executives in June according to a monthly survey; Others.

Focuses on economic indicators in New York which show signs of strain from United States economic slowdown. Jobs which have been lost and rise in unemployment rate; Drop in consumer spending which created fears of shortfall in sales tax collections; Optimism which is waning among consumers and business executives.

Focuses on how bosses resorted to the practice of developing a project in secret that might supersede someone else's work. Why bosses have the right for such practice; Possible reasons why bosses resort to such tactic; Way to negotiate an outcome that partakes the boss' desire for confidentiality but engages the support of the employee.

Focuses on the urging from a group of high-technology executives for the wealthiest nations to take action on the growing digital divide. Principles proposed by the group at the 2000 World Economic Forum; Information on the creation of the Global Digital Opportunity Corps; Perception of economists and technologists of the world income gap created by the industrial revolution.

Focuses on a survey conducted by Adam Leyland, the editor in chief of `PR Week' about ethics in public relations industry. Percentage of executives who admitted they lied on the job; Percentage who had exaggerated the truth; Comment from Leyland.

Focuses on what some claim to be the rudeness and arrogance of young Internet company executives in the United States. Comments from several traditional company executives on the behavior of these young millionaires; Defense of the fast-paced rhythm of Internet business; Discussion of how to avoid, or make the best of, these executives.

Focuses on young Europeans with an integrated outlook that will not be affected by the January 1999 conversion to a common European currency. Identification of multi-lingual business executives who have followed career opportunities across national borders; Role of London, England, as a center of cosmopolitanism; Social mobility; Comments from young business people.

Discusses the merger of Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. Difference in styles of Exxon chairman Lee Raymond and Mobil chairman Lucio Noto; Expectation of Raymond's dominance in the combined companies; Possibility that the companies' different strengths will shore up respective weaknesses; Overview of the management styles of the leaders and the corporate culture of the two companies; Prospects for the merger.

Reports a joint statement from American Home Products Corp. and the Monsanto Co. that they have abandoned their plans for a merger because it would not be in the best interests of their shareholders. View of those close to the deal that the reason was a power struggle between the two companies' chairmen; Role of similar power struggles in other failed 1998 drug company mergers; Analysts' estimate of the cost to the United States financial services industry.

Looks at a memorandum from Bill Gates that was distributed within Microsoft Corp. in September 1998. His view of the personal computer as the business and technology platform from which Microsoft can approach mainframe and handheld computer technology; His belief that the Internet will offer opportunities for Microsoft to dominate; The company's challenge to motivate employees; Evidence that Gates is withdrawing from operational management of Microsoft.

Focuses on Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael Eisner's role as a patron of the arts, and the influence that he wields on popular culture. His commission of a choral symphony by contemporary composers Michael Torke and Aaron Jay Kernis to mark the millennium; Impact of his upbringing on his instincts about culture; Composer Kernis' comparison of Eisner's role to that of the Medicis; Discussion.

Profiles Richard D. Nanula. His June 1998 appointment to the position of chief executive of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide; The challenges facing Nanula; Overview of his career; His relationship with Barry Sternlicht, chairman of Starwood; Nanula's operative style.

Reports on the ambivalent response of entertainment industry executives to United States President Bill Clinton's call for them join a White House conference on children and violence. Avoidance of executives for blame on the school shootings in Columbine High School at Littleton, Colorado; Arguments for the culpability of the gun-manufacturing industry in adolescent violence; Response of entertainment executives towards a Senate hearing on media violence.

Reports on how some company managers responded to holiday season. Why A.J. Lawrence and colleagues were berated by a managing partner; Instruction receive by Christine Bliss from a chief financial officer; Why Ronald J. Rakowski became known one year as `the Scrooge from corporate.'