aheadindustry
aheadindustry is a blog about dumbness in global business. It contains massively speculative and baseless backward looking statements.
“A poll of more than 1,000 people with investible assets of at least $1 million, found that 46% of millionaires didn’t feel wealthy.”
—The Economist helps me add 460 people to my list of complete jackasses deserving scorn, floggings
Thu 14 May
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“The New York Post, perhaps the most laughable newspaper in America, noted for its extensive use of dollar signs instead of the letter “S” in headlines, no matter how tenuous the story’s relation to finance.”
Tue 05 May
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Asshole Of The Day: Stefan Stern
It is my sincere hope that this condescending smug hack blogger finds his “journalism” career smashed to bits on the newspaper industry’s troubles and ends up cleaning out meatpacking plants in Slough, dreaming of one day being able to pick strawberries under the Spanish sun.
It is my sincere hope that this condescending smug hack blogger finds his “journalism” career smashed to bits on the newspaper industry’s troubles and ends up cleaning out meatpacking plants in Slough, dreaming of one day being able to pick strawberries under the Spanish sun.
Tue 07 Apr
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Bored With Ford
The auto makers have been taking so much shit lately from media and government, that I began to think they might be slowly rotating in their reclining chairs to face the right direction. Silly me, in the car makers executive suite, logic doesn’t apply. Exhibit A, the proxy ballot I got from Ford (F) today. (full disclosure: I bought 10 shares at $1.49 a pop, when it seemed like the world was going to end earlier this year.) In CAPS is the proposal to be voted on at the annual shareholders meeting and in [brackets] is the reccomendation from the board of directors.
RELATING TO CONSIDERATION OF A RECAPITALIZATION PLAN TO PROVIDE THAT ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING STOCK HAVE ONE VOTE PER SHARE. [Against]
RELATING TO PROVIDING SHAREHOLDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAST AN ADVISORY VOTE TO RATIFY THE COMPENSATION OF NAMED EXECUTIVES. [Against]
RELATING TO THE COMPANY ADOPTING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE REFORM PRINCIPLES. [Against]
RELATING TO LIMITING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION UNTIL THE COMPANY ACHIEVES TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF PROFITABILITY. [Against]
Tue 07 Apr
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The rhymes get hot at 2:00
Mon 30 Mar
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The ubiquitous, “Hey Paul Krugman, where the hell are ya?” song.
Sun 29 Mar
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“The pillars of the Six Sigma Business Philosophy: Teamwork, Insight, Brutality, Male Enhancement, Hand-Shakefulness, and Play Hard.”
Fri 27 Mar
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Headless chickens, of course.
Fri 27 Mar
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“Free-market capitalism is the most effective means to maximise material wellbeing, but it has been derailed by devastating economic collapse that engenders widespread misery.”
—Alan “Captain Obvious” Greenspan
Fri 27 Mar
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Another victim of the recession: the homeless dude newspaper distribution industry and the newspaper boxes that were their suppliers.
Thu 19 Mar
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