Amtrak has put its reputation at risk based on the number of accidents it has had recently. Some were not its fault — hitting a garbage truck on the tracks that didn’t belong there. Others are due to maintenance and human failure. At least one was egregious. Train travel is supposed to be safe. The […]
Posted on February 8th, 2018 by admin
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This and this have led to this. President Trump’s unfeeling deportation of long-time Americans and his flagrant ignoring of the meaning of special days have among too-numerous-to-tell other outrages led to a slumping reputation. One would think he would be worried about it, but he doesn’t seem to be. He basks in the love of a minority […]
Posted on January 17th, 2018 by admin
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When one loses his reputation, people abandon him — even if he is on the cusp of victory. That is the case here. Five women have now come forward and claimed that Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate from Alabama, had molested them as teenagers. Moore is refusing to leave the race even though Republican […]
Posted on November 14th, 2017 by admin
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Whole Foods supermarkets, also known as Whole Paycheck because of their high prices, are cutting consumer costs under new ownership. Amazon, the owner, is seeking an image change for the chain and based on wide news reporting, it just might succeed. Amazon can afford to cut prices and go for market share. It can also […]
Posted on August 29th, 2017 by admin
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The US Navy is working fast to regain its reputation after accidents in the 7th fleet. It removed the admiral in charge who was destined to retire anyway. The act forcing a step down is a symbolic gesture. It would be hard to know whether a commander at that level is indeed responsible for lapses […]
Posted on August 24th, 2017 by admin
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Hyundai has tackled one of the most difficult tasks in the auto market – establishing a new luxury brand. It is called Genesis, and it has most if not all the features of vehicles costing $15,000 more. In other words, the vehicle is a good deal for someone looking for ride comfort. The difficulty is […]
Posted on March 3rd, 2017 by admin
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BP has put a final number to the cost of cleanup for its oil rig blowout in the Gulf — $61.6 billion. The hard part for the company is that it isn’t going to win back its good standing even with the payout. Regulators and governments will take a close look at its drilling projects […]
Posted on July 18th, 2016 by admin
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How costly is a bad reputation? In the data world, post Snowden’s revelations about the National Security Administration, it means that data is frozen in the EU. It might have been difficult in any event to continue data transfers between Europe and the US, but NSA’s bad reputation for snooping sealed the decision. This […]
Posted on October 7th, 2015 by admin
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A company that can’t get its numbers right has a fundamental crisis of reputation. Consider Toshiba. It has delayed its annual results a second time because it continues to find more errors in accounting. One asks what kind of company is it that has to do that. It is clear now that Toshiba had been […]
Posted on September 1st, 2015 by admin
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Puerto Rico is Greece — a bankrupt nation unable to pay its bills. Unlike Greece, Puerto Rico potentially can rely on the US government to help restructure debt and get out of a hole dug deeply into the earth. Like Greece, however, and Argentina, Puerto Rico has damaged its reputation as a fiscally conservative country. […]
Posted on July 17th, 2015 by admin
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