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December 01, 2012
Don't miss GWENorg's powerful, uplifting video about child sexual abuse starring ABC's Chelsea Tavares.
Los Angeles-based Global Women's Empowerment Network (GWEN or GWENorg at http://www.GWENNetwork.org) has produced this public service announcement based on a poem of Chelsea Tavares, the actress, singer and dancer who is also a celebrity spokesperson for GWEN. Released yesterday, "Still Music Box" echoes the pain of a child's sexual abuse happening behind closed doors on a daily basis.
The poem is personal to Tavares, an established 21 year old actress who has also starred in the ABC Family series "Make it or Break It". In that show, Taveres played the character of Jordan Randall, who confronted the abuser who had sexually molested her at an early age. GWEN co-founder Tess Cacciatore heard this poem and was moved to produce, shoot and edit the piece, so that the story could live on to inspire others.
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November 29, 2012
The Economist (and Bill Clinton?) on shareholder value: "Mend it; don't end it."
See in The Economist by Schumpeter Taking the Long View on the "cult" of shareholder value. Scrap it for its follies and abuses? Or tweak and fix it? It's hard to imagine a more important conversation for publicly-traded companies. Excerpts:
Rather than junking shareholder value, companies should tweak it. Some are getting better at this.... L’Oréal and Air Liquide have offered shareholders bonuses for holding shares longer than a certain period of time. Google, LinkedIn, Zynga and other tech companies have adopted dual-class voting structures that allow the founders to resist the pressure to produce short-term results.
Several companies allow their chief executives to exercise their share options only after retirement, to encourage long-term thinking. Giving managers ordinary shares (rather than options) which they cannot sell for several years aligns their interests even more closely with those of ordinary shareholders. As Bill Clinton once said of affirmative action, the best way to deal with the shortcomings of shareholder value is to “Mend it; don’t end it.”
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November 28, 2012
Best Books on Lawyering: Jim Freund's "Lawyering: A Realistic Approach to Legal Practice" (1979).
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November 27, 2012
Charlie Rose interview with Jeff Bezos: Brick-and-mortar stores for Amazon?
Answer: Maybe. Maybe not. But listen to Jeff Bezos's reasons for opening up a chain of physical book stores--or not opening them up. Charlie Rose interviewed Amazon's founder and CEO on November 16. Their discussion is especially instructive for professionals and other service providers deciding whether or not to expand into new areas. Hint: Don't go into a new line only because you can.
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November 26, 2012
Argentina v. Argentina's bondholders: Will SCOTUS step in on debt restructuring?
See at Reuters this morning "Argentina Playing Last Cards in Court Battle with Bondholders". We have two additional questions: Is the resources-rich, highly-educated and diverse nation of Argentina ever going to emerge from its especially disappointing last twelve years of recession, high inflation and false starts? Is the U.S. Supreme Court really about to enter the brave new world of global debt restructuring?
Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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Evan Schaeffer's "How to Feed a Lawyer": The Perfect Gift for Lawyers, Clients and Actual Humans.
Trial lawyer, writer and Blawg Father Evan Schaeffer has a few secrets for us. Do buy and begin to read--as I am doing--his new book "How to Feed a Lawyer--and Other Irreverent Observations from the Legal Underground".
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November 25, 2012
In Sweden, Customers Now Drive Selling with Extreme Cat-Diving Ad Campaigns.
It could happen--and it did. See Sarah Etter's piece in Monetate.
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