by Walter E. Sellers
My dad, who is now 88, wrote this a couple of days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Out of a clear, blue sky clouds flouted here and there Two beautiful towers stood tall Facing the Statue of Liberty looking out to where.
To the world of immigrants whom we welcomed for years by the millions, they entered with hearts of hope, and many with joy and tears.
Is it possible the sight we see first, MORE
Patricia Sellers - Sep 11, 2009 11:08 AM ET
Addendum: Morgan Stanley sources say that Wallid Chammah, widely viewed and ID'd below as a contender to be CEO of Morgan Stanley, took himself out of the race a year ago, after he and his family moved to London. James Gorman's rivals for the top job, in fact, were outsiders. Spencer Stuart recruiter Tom Neff gave the board a list of names known to include usual suspects such as ex-Merrill MORE
Patricia Sellers - Sep 10, 2009 5:26 PM ET
PepsiCo (PEP) CEO Indra Nooyi, No. 1 on the just-released Fortune Most Powerful Women list, is that company's only exec who made the cut this year. But five other big companies have two women who are high-powered enough for Fortune's rankings. They are: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Avon (AVP), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Bank of America (BAC), and Fidelity Investments.
And what is the only company that has three executives on Fortune's 2009 MORE
Patricia Sellers - Sep 10, 2009 2:50 PM ET
by Jessica Shambora
The 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business list is out today. You can find the 50 women, ranked in order, here.
Topping our charts: Pepsico (PEP) chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi. She's been No. 1 in our rankings every year since 2006, when she ascended to the top job.
Last week, Nooyi sat down with Pattie and talked about leading a $43 billion global corporation in the "age MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Sep 10, 2009 2:35 PM ET
Who's more powerful--Oprah Winfrey or Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz? Disney (DIS) media boss Anne Sweeney or MTV Networks chief (VIAB) Judy McGrath? Who from Google (GOOG) made the 2009 Fortune Most Powerful Women list?
The new rankings are out. PepsiCo (PEP) CEO Indra Nooyi is No. 1 for the fourth year in a row.
And yes, there is a science to deciding these rankings. Here I talk with CNNMoney MORE
Patricia Sellers - Sep 10, 2009 1:15 PM ET
by Jessica Shambora
Fortune's 12th annual Most Powerful Women in Business list will be online tomorrow. Who are the newcomers? Who dropped off? Who rose in the rankings and who fell? Find out Thursday on Fortune.com.
Also, you can catch Pattie co-hosting CNBC's Squawk Box tomorrow, 8-9 a.m. EST. Joining her on the show: Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz, Xerox (XRX) Chairman Anne Mulcahy and bank-industry analyst Meredith Whitney. The upcoming issue MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Sep 9, 2009 1:51 PM ET
"No one's born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice."
--President Obama, in his "back-to-school" speech to kids today. The President's rallying cry reminded us of wisdom divvied out by Fortune's Geoff Colvin in his book, Talent MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Sep 8, 2009 6:31 PM ET
"Yes, we're in bad shape, but if we can make the biggest taco in the world. ..."
--Rocio Valdez, a receptionist in Mexico, commenting in the New York Times on the nation's recent efforts to claim several Guinness World Records. Amidst the economic crisis, swine flu and the rise in drug-related violence, Mexico's citizens have distracted themselves by producing the world's largest meatball (109 pounds), constructing the world's longest catwalk (4,332 MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Sep 8, 2009 5:30 PM ET
The Most Powerful Women in Business list is coming out this week. On Thursday you'll find out who rose, who fell, and who newly arrived on Fortune's annual rankings of 50 U.S. women leaders and 50 bosses of businesses abroad.
No sooner did we send the package to press on Friday than one of the list regulars, Kraft Foods (KFT) CEO Irene Rosenfeld lobbed a $16.7 billion bid to acquire Cadbury MORE
Patricia Sellers - Sep 8, 2009 2:04 PM ET
wow! Just noticed I crossed a million followers. Thx everyone. Hope to engage on tech, science, innovation, leadership, art and...haiku
- Cisco (CSCO) CTO Padmasree Warrior, a.k.a. @Padmasree, on Twitter last night. Ever since her days at Motorola (MOT), where she was a pioneer of executive blogging, Warrior has approached communication as if it were an Olympic sport. Already today, she's gained thousands of followers to hit 1,004,518. Congrats, MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Sep 4, 2009 1:49 PM ET
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Pattie Sellers has written some of Fortune's most talked-about cover stories, including "Oprah's Next Act," "Can Meg Whitman Save California?" "The $100 Billion Woman" (Melinda Gates), "MySpace Cowboys," Martha Stewart ("I cannot be destroyed"), Ted Turner ("Gone with the Wind") and Oprah Winfrey ("Oprah Inc."). Since its launch in 1998, Pattie has helped oversee Fortune's "Most Powerful Women" cover package.
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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