Postcards

Why Martha Stewart is following Oprah to cable

Is Martha Stewart going the way of Oprah?

Seems so, given that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO) has sealed a deal to move her syndicated daytime TV show to the Hallmark Channel.

The news comes two months after Oprah Winfrey rocked the broadcast TV world by announcing that she's quitting her syndicated show in September 2011 to focus on her new cable network, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.

Surely, neither Oprah now Martha, MORE

New jobs for Powerful Women

Lots of Most Powerful Women—the stars of Fortune's annual list--are moving up and making news. You know about Kraft Foods (KFT) CEO Irene Rosenfeld snagging Cadbury (CBY), the British candy giant, last week after a messy, multi-month battle. With her heftiest shareholder, Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) CEO Warren Buffett, skeptical about the deal, Rosenfeld has plenty to prove. But assuming it goes through, the acquisition will make Kraft larger than MORE

Most Powerful Moms: Meg Whitman's was one

Ever since we launched the Fortune Most Powerful Women 12 years ago, we've noticed that behind most every remarkable leader on our list stands another powerful woman. Call her mom.

When I interviewed Carly Fiorina in 1998 for the first MPWomen issue (she was at Lucent (ALU) then and hardly known outside of telecom), she talked passionately about the influence of her mother, who died soon after we put Fiorina on MORE

Helping in Haiti - and helping yourself

In this past Sunday's New York Times, Nick Kristof wrote a column titled "Our Basic Human Pleasures: Food, Sex and Giving." Compelling title. Even more compelling insights. Kristof makes the case that altruism breeds happiness. That is, if you work with others on a cause larger than yourself, you'll likely be happier than the lone super-achiever.

It's a great thought--and certainly relevant now, as we absorb the horrifying extent of the MORE

A new global challenge for Xerox's Mulcahy

You wouldn't think that Anne Mulcahy has time to trek to Central America--yes, Haiti is on her calendar, but this year she has already flown south to help children in poverty. Having served as chairman and CEO of Xerox (XRX) for most of the past decade--and turning the company around from near-bankruptcy--Mulcahy, 57, is now Xerox's chairman (with Ursula Burns, her former president, as CEO). Obviously more energetic than MORE

Dr. Nancy Snyderman's stunning report from Haiti

This morning, I learned that NBC News (GE) Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman is in Haiti, so I emailed her to ask how she's doing there. She replied within minutes--with a riveting in-the-field report. A prominent head and neck surgeon whose diverse career includes a stint as VP of Medical Affairs at Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Snyderman told me she's game to share her report. Here's her report from MORE

Conan and NBCU's Zucker's first clash

Conan has made it clear that he has no interest in having his Tonight Show bumped to 12:05 am to make room for Jay Leno at 11:35. (And wouldn't that make it the Tomorrow Show, anyway?)

That's an ultimatum for NBC Universal (GE) CEO Jeff Zucker who must now (quickly)decide either to keep Conan in the slot he was promised or watch him jump to another network -- probably News Corp.'s Fox (NWSA).

Turns MORE

Another Citi shakeup: Behind Dial's departure

by Patricia Sellers

Terri Dial

Terri Dial, Citigroup's (C) CEO of consumer banking for North America, is out.

It's hardly a surprise at a company where the drama (to mimic Citi ads) never sleeps.

But beyond the everlasting turmoil at Citi--which is still under the thumb of the government, with a stock selling below $4--there is the fact that Dial never found her power base at the bank. Recruited by CEO Vikram Pandit MORE

Populism booms in banking and beyond

Are the populists taking over the world?

One rabble-rouser, Arianna Huffington, has concocted a remarkable stunt, which she calls the Move Your Money Project, to rally consumers to transfer their deposits from big banks to small community banks across the U.S. Alas, there's no run yet on Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), or Wells Fargo (WFC). But the Move your Money campaign--which the blog queen dreamed up MORE

Buffett and Kraft: Three truths

Rarely does a rebuff from Warren Buffett do so much good. Kraft Foods (KFT) stock rose 4.9% yesterday after the Oracle of Omaha, whose Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) is Kraft's largest shareholder, voted against an issuance of  370 million shares to help finance a Cadbury (CBY) acquisition. Cadbury fell, on the logic that Buffett, by tightening the leash on Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld, is preventing her from sweetening the price for MORE