Editorial

CREDIT PERFORMANCE Nº 33

Ultimas Notas

Leadership character: The role of collaboration

Check out the biographies from any “who’s who” list of the most successful leaders, and you will find an impressive catalog of achievements. That’s because most leaders are competitive people driven by challenges; they play to win and usually do(...)

By: Col. Eric Kail | Washington Post

Not sharing: The coming shortage of equity investors

THE world has accumulated too much debt. Issuing more equity would reduce risk, particularly in the banking sector, and create the seed capital for new industries to emerge. But global investors may be losing their appetite for shares. That is the conclusion of a new report* by the McKinsey Global Institute, which argues that by 2020 a $12.3 trillion gap will have emerged between the amount of equity that needs to be supplied and the likely level of demand(...)

By: The economist

The Bank Around the Corner

The Bank of Cattaraugus, as depicted on an overdraft notice.

AS winter approached, a retired secretary here named Carol Bonner was putting snow tires on her car when she noticed that her back-right rim was bent. Ms. Bonner took the car to Otto’s Auto Body Shop and got bad news: the work was going to run her $244 — more than half of her $417 monthly pension check(...)

By: Brendan Bannon | The New York Times

The Top 10 tech trends for 2012

Bendable interfaces will let you zoom in, zoom out and scroll around a page by twisting your phone or tablet.
From the continuing rise of tablet devices to the daily-deals craze and the return of the Internet IPO, 2011 has been a transformative year for technology(...)

By: Pete Cashmore | CNN.com

Why We Must Reinvent Capitalism

It's time for more businesses to make social activism a priority.
Capitalism has changed the world for the better in so many ways by creating jobs, encouraging invention and connecting people all over the world. But sadly, big business has lost its way. Driven by a short-term focus on profits, taking care of the planet and its people often falls to the bottom of the list of priorities(...)

By: Richard Branson | ideas.time.com