"I think we'll have a great shot in 2022. I'll be 99 years old. It gives me a reason to stick around."
--Former Secretary of State--and soccer fan--Henry Kissinger on his efforts to help U.S. Soccer bring the World Cup to the U.S. in 2018 or 2022. Kissinger and the rest of the bid committe will find out in December 2010 whether they can stand up and shout "Goal!" --Jessica Shambora
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Mar 31, 2009 6:22 PM ET
"How to find a job." That's the cover story in the new Fortune, out this week.
Here's one place to find a job: Workout firms that help companies in trouble. Fred Crawford, the CEO of AlixPartners, came by Fortune's offices late last week and talked about his buoyant business. "We have 850 people, and we've been growing 20% to 30% a year for the past decade. We think that's sustainable."
The elite MORE
Patricia Sellers - Mar 31, 2009 2:55 PM ET
We love this ad:
"You can file our obituary where the sun don't shine. It's times like these that raise the important questions. Do you cower, or do you live free. Do you succumb to fear and doubt, or do you seize the throttle and give it a fearless twist forward. From where we sit in the saddle, we see American companies and good old American ingenuity wrenching the life back MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Mar 30, 2009 6:46 PM ET
We love companies that underpromise and overdeliver. Apple (AAPL) is one. Another is Amazon.com (AMZN). Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos thrives on overdelivering.
I had my own Jeff Bezos multimedia experience last night as I sat in my living room and played with my new Kindle 2 while watching Bezos on the Charlie Rose show. (Click here to see the show from late February--yes, I was playing DVR catchup.) The Amazon MORE
Patricia Sellers - Mar 30, 2009 3:07 PM ET
"I'm trying to save capitalism, while some people are trying to save a paycheck."
-- Connecticut Sentor Chris Dodd in a Fortune story by David Whitford, in next week's issue. The Democratic senator, who has served on the Senate Banking Committee since 1980 and is now its chairman, has long positioned himself as the champion of the consumer.
Dodd's position has placed him firmly at the center of every piece of legislation MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Mar 27, 2009 7:56 PM ET
Who are you? It's more important than ever to know the answer to this question.
Think about it - When you're on shaky ground (aren't we all these days?), when your bosses and direct reports question your moves (admit it, they do), and when you're rethinking your life or career (you'd better be, or you're a fool), you need one core competency: Know thyself.
A primer in this regard: a book that I MORE
Patricia Sellers - Mar 27, 2009 12:54 PM ET
"Every single day you have to win. You have to win that experiential battle every single time."
- Best Buy (BBY) CEO-to-be Brian Dunn during a recent visit to Fortune. A 24-year Best Buy vet, he was recalling the mid-90s when "Circuit City had us on the ropes. They took for granted that we were over." Dunn was in the trenches, leading a region for the electronics retailer, back then. "To MORE
Patricia Sellers - Mar 26, 2009 7:35 PM ET
by Patricia Sellers
Dawn Hudson spent more than a decade chasing stretch goals at PepsiCo (PEP). She headed sales and marketing at Frito-Lay, the consumer giant's snack unit. She led marketing at Pepsi-Cola North America and ascended to CEO of that $5.5 billion business.
That job turned out to be Hudson's ceiling inside PepsiCo, where chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has put her own stamp on the company. Hudson (who ranked as MORE
Patricia Sellers - Mar 26, 2009 1:39 PM ET
"None of us should be cheated of our payments any more than a plumber should be cheated after he has fixed the pipes but a careless electrician causes a fire that burns down the house."
-- Jake DeSantis, an EVP in AIG's (AIG) financial products unit, in a resignation letter yesterday to AIG chief Ed Liddy. The letter, published in Wednesday's New York Times, is riveting. DeSantis tells Liddy that he'll MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Mar 25, 2009 6:31 PM ET
Photo courtesy of Joyce Ravid
by Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund and author of The Blue Sweater
As a 25-year old banker, I decided to leave my career and change the world. This sounds like a move that a 25-year-old banker might make today--to escape the chaos.
But this was 1986. I thought I might start my new life in Africa. I discovered soon enough, though, that most Africans MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Mar 25, 2009 11:08 AM ET
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A specialist at dissecting larger-than-life personalities, she has also profiled former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, Morgan Stanley chairman John Mack, and countless CEOs.
Pattie co-chairs the annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, the preeminent gathering of women leaders in business, philanthropy, government, academia, and the arts. She started at Fortune in 1984, covering the big brand companies.
In Pattie's blog, Postcards, she provides insight into the lives of super-achievers through commentary, career advice, and Guest Posts by CEOs and other leaders.
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