Companies with top golfing CEOs: good buy or bad buy?
Golf Digest posted its ranking of America’s golfing CEOs. Sun Microsystems‘ CEO Scott McNealy topped the list with a 0.3 handicap.
The question is, are companies whose CEOs appear prominently in the list a good buy or a bad buy? On the one hand, maybe they golf a lot with other CEOs, cementing deals and turning on the schmooze, or perhaps relaxing after a busy day at the office. On the other hand, these CEOs can’t be doing that much work while they’re golfing. Is there a correlation between CEOs who are good golfers and their companies’ performance? Golf Digest’s annual ranking could very well be every bit as important an investing tool as the annual report.
Posted on August 8th, 2002 in finance - No Comments »
HTML form elements in RSS items break Radio
If an RSS feed to which you are subscribed decides to put an HTML form element (eg. SELECT, INPUT, etc.) in an item, the Radio news aggregator will fail badly when you try to delete items:
[Macro error: Can't coerce the string "nameprfx" into a number because it contains non-numeric characters.]
I learnt this when this item appeared in my aggregator.
Posted on August 8th, 2002 in computers, internet - No Comments »
Recognise same-sex marriage already
In true Canadian style the federal government has handed the issue of gay marriage to a committee. Never mind that a Canadian court has “found that the restriction of legal marriage to heterosexuals is unconstitutional” (GAM) or that a majority of Canadians think that same-sex marriages should be recognised. Save the courts’ time and the taxpayers money and just recognise same-sex marriages already.
Posted on August 8th, 2002 in culture - No Comments »