When chief executives are not completely in charge
I take it that Howard Stringer and Ryoji Chubachi will not be taking any more baths together.
Sir Howard’s decision to shift Mr Chubachi aside from being his second-in-command at Sony and head of the company’s powerful electronics division, and take the post himself (in addition to being chairman and chief executive) reminded me of a piece in Fortune in 2006. Read more
On reading the Kindle’s instruction manual
It turns out that the main flaw I identified in reading newspapers on my Kindle has already been solved – I just did not realise it.
My complaint in the post below was: Read more
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John Gapper is an associate editor and the chief business commentator of the FT.
He has worked for the FT since 1987, covering labour relations, banking and the media. He is co-author, with Nicholas Denton, of 'All That Glitters', an account of the collapse of Barings in 1995.
Andrew Hill is an associate editor and the management editor of the FT. He is a former City editor, financial editor, comment and analysis editor, New York bureau chief, foreign news editor and correspondent in Brussels and Milan.
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