| Ex-Home Depot boss to lead New Chrysler
Chrysler got a taste of its new owner's swift and decisive style Monday as its chief executive was demoted and the former head of Home Depot was tapped to lead the automaker through a major restructuring. Bob Nardelli, who left The Home Depot Inc. in January after a shareholder rebellion over his outsized pay, was named chairman and chief executive of Chrysler LLC, replacing Tom LaSorda, who is taking the No. 2 slot. The changes came just three days after the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP acquired a majority stake in Chrysler. "The new Chrysler has the opportunity to prove that the private business model can thrive in this industry," Nardelli said. "We have an opportunity to really make a significant change in the auto industry." LaSorda said Nardelli is a strong manager who has helped companies grow and he is happy to be working with him.
Blown chances lead to lopsided loss
DENVER -- True, the only Chicago professional sports team playing in Houston on Saturday night was the Bears. And while eyewitnesses saw the Cubs actually playing Colorado in Coors Field on Saturday evening, it almost seemed like they were back in Houston again, where they were swept in a three-game series by the Astros earlier in the week. Like in Houston, the Cubs' offense squandered opportunities to blow the game open early and later paid for it in a 15-2 loss in front of a crowd of 48,095. .
Making charity and its success more visible
IT'S nine years since Fiona Sandford took up her post as chief executive of Glasgow and West of Scotland Society for the Blind and, from the outset, she was a woman with a mission. Although it is the UK's oldest surviving local society for the blind, Sandford recognised the charity's somewhat paternalistic and Victorian image was a barrier. She led a rebranding process, which included changing the name of the charity to Visibility, increasing turnover by 80 per cent and increasing staff levels from a dozen to almost 50. .
Holding the torch
Father James Mitchell has weathered the storm with his ability to survive as a prominent wrestling manager during a time where dancers and models -- eye candy -- stole the managerial type duties from the forefathers. Divas in today's wrestling market means the demise of male managers -- leading, speaking for their hired freaks, goons and mic-challenged. ''The managers were phased out with beautiful women who couldn't talk and didn't know what they were doing at ringside, biting their nails and looking scared,,'' Mitchell said during a TNA conference call. ``I don't have a problem with women in that spot, if they can talk and do what needs to be done.'' TNA's women outshine WWE's Divas when comparing managing and wrestling. Ms. Traci Brooks, Jackie Moore and Gail Kim are proof positive.
Democrats Call on Government to Increase Minority Advertising Contracts
Today, leading Senate and House Democrats urged federal agencies to take an active role in increasing the amount of federal advertising contracts awarded to disadvantaged and minority-owned businesses. Their action comes in response to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to be released today that found that federal agencies are falling short of the standards set by an executive order issued in 2000 calling on the government to "aggressively" reach out to minority and underserved firms. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.), senior Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Congressional Black Caucus Chair, Representative Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) today sent letters to the Departments of Defense and the Treasury expressing concern for their poor record of awarding contracts to minority and disadvantaged businesses and requesting the agencies outline specific steps they are taking to increase contracts with minority advertising firms.
Mets win, celebrate Glavine
NEW YORK Tom Glavine stood to the right of home plate, uneasy with the spotlight shining squarely on him since he wasn't standing on the mound. But there were 300 reasons for him to be out there alongside his family. So he accepted his set of jet skiis, his new SUV and other assorted gifts.
And then the newest member of the 300-win fraternity stepped up to the mic and threw out his thanks to his wife and kids, his mom and dad, his teammates over the years, the organization and finally the fans. "I think it took a while for me to warm up to you guys and for you guys to warm up to me," Glavine said. "But after five short years, I feel like there's a level of respect now that I'm certainly proud of. I just hope to pitch well down the stretch and hopefully bring ourselves a World Series here before it's all over." Now back to reality.
Obama's strange ethnic politics
It's been equal-opportunity week to attack Barack Obama because of his remarks that seemed to justify a U.S. invasion of Pakistan. Democrats and Republicans alike had a field day at the expense of the poor senator. In the midst of all this, he addressed the annual meeting of the National Council of La Raza and talked about realities at home. But those remarks, which I found at least as provocative and troubling, got little public attention. NCLR is sort of the Hispanic NAACP. Speaking before an audience of about 2,000, Obama, according to the Wall Street Journal, "compared last year's massive immigration rallies led by Hispanics to the civil-rights marches of African-Americans in the 1960s ..." Regarding the population of illegals in our country today, Obama assured the crowd that "I will never walk away from the 12 million undocumented immigrants..." How odd for a candidate for the presidency of the United States to include looking out for the interests of illegals as a campaign promise.
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