Virtually all CEOs believe that they are the best stewards of investors' money. Not all of them are. Over the long run, even insanely great companies slow down -- and the long term aging process isn't always pretty.
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Chief executives tend be optimistic about high they can lift their companies.
Why Pay Dividends When You Know You’re the Best CEO on Earth?
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Techno-utopians have long heralded a future industry that deals purely with intellectual property. We're now a little bit closer.
At ARM, a Leg Up for the Dream of a Company That’s All Brain
ARM marks the first big success for a "chipless chip company," built around licensing intellectual property. It's an idea beloved by techno-utopians that in real is difficult to execute.
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No matter how fast Tim Cook paddles, he can't match the ease with which Jeff Bezos floats down the Amazon.
Apple’s Profit vs. Amazon’s Promise
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $25.3 billion. Since it first turned a profit in 2002, Amazon has reported about $5.4 billion in earnings. Think of it this way: if Bezos had taken out every penny in...
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Jim Hedrick, an advanced organic materials scientist for IBM Research at Almaden, a major IBM research centers.
On Patent Charts, IBM’s No. 1 Again, Apple’s No. 22
IBM for the 20th straight year was granted more U.S. patents than any other company, with 6,478. What, though, do the patent rankings mean? One company you don't see on the top 10 patent list is Apple Inc.
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