Issue: February 21 - March 5, 2012

Briefing

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Topic: From the editors

From the editors: Old age security reform needs a plan By James Cowan | February 14, 2012 The old age security program requires reforms far greater than simply changing the age of eligibility.

Topic: Strategy / Investing / Communication, Media, and Marketing

The Bay's Bonnie Brooks leads Lord & Taylor By Matt O'Grady | February 16, 2012 Can the Bay's dynamic CEO turn around a fusty American department store?

Topic: Strategy / Technology / Technology

Creo: The digitization printing company that could have saved Kodak By Michael McCullough | February 16, 2012 Kodak ruined the one company that might have saved it.

Topic: Technology

Nortel's "cookie-jar" accounting reserve becomes focus of trial By Matthew McClearn | February 15, 2012 Will the Crown's odd strategy nab Nortel convictions?

Topic: Investing / Transportation

Investor activism good for CP and its shareholders By Jacqueline Nelson | February 16, 2012 Investor Bill Ackman called it a “CP Rising,” and asked investors to use a May proxy vote to push for a management change. “Ask yourself who is most likely to lead the company to its maximum potential,” he said.

Topic: Strategy

Huffington Post tests global media brand strategy in Canada By Jeff Beer | February 15, 2012 Arianna Huffington's Canadian experiment sets the stage for expansion.

Topic: Strategy

CEO Poll: How well is Canada curbing fraud? February 16, 2012 Are we doing enough to combat corporate fraud? CEOs offer their two cents.

Analysis

Topic: Strategy / Technology / Communications

Facebook's IPO motives: domination of the web By Navneet Alang | February 15, 2012 It isn't just trying to be a bigger company—it wants to become a cultural norm.

Topic: Strategy / Lifestyle / Communication, Media, and Marketing / Communications

ROI: The marketing value of social media By Bruce Philp | February 16, 2012 Marketers are questioning the value they get from Facebook and other social media.

Topic: Strategy / Manufacturing

Caterpillar closes plant because of economics, not unions By Mike Moffatt | February 15, 2012 Unions aren't to blame for the Caterpillar plant closure—they're collateral damage.

Topic: Lifestyle

Richard Branson on office romance etiquette By Richard Branson | February 13, 2012 You can't stop employees falling in love with each other—so celebrate it, like I do.

Marketing Mavericks February 16, 2012 Advertising that wows for all the right—or wrong—reasons

Topic: Technology / Investing

9 reasons why Facebook is a risky investment February 16, 2012 The social media company took a major leap toward becoming a publicly traded company, but its own documents point toward an uncertain future.

Topic: Best & Worst

Winners & Losers (February 21 - March 5, 2012) By Conan Tobias | February 16, 2012 Millionaire painters and billionaire johns. Plus: Disney rip-offs, killer farmers' markets and a farewell to pink slime.

Topic: Technology

The Feud: Amazon vs. Indigo February 16, 2012 Indigo is boycotting any books released from Amazon's new publishing arm. Here's why.

Features

Topic: Technology / Research In Motion

New RIM CEO Thorsten Heins's stay-the-course plan By Joe Castaldo | February 14, 2012 Critics say Thorsten Heins is a company man without vision. But there's only one issue that really matters: can he save RIM?

Topic: Strategy / Lifestyle / Communication, Media, and Marketing

Tim Hortons' new coffee cup: why the supersize? By James Cowan | February 14, 2012 How Tim Hortons is tricking us into buying more coffee.

Topic: Strategy

Thomson Reuters' Eikon fails to unseat Bloomberg By Joanna Pachner | February 14, 2012 In 2010, Thomson Reuters took on the mighty Bloomberg with a new trading terminal of its own. It was to be a bloody fight—but it's already over.

Topic: Energy / Energy

Oilsands in Canada: no apologies By Michael McCullough | February 14, 2012 Without oil, our economy would fall apart from coast to coast. It's time to take pride in our country's greatest resource.

Topic: Investing / Stocks, Bonds & Commodities

Investing in sin stocks By Bryan Borzykowski | February 14, 2012 Think dividend stocks are too pricey? Try tobacco, booze and gambling.

The Big Picture February 16, 2012 A Super Tuesday victory still doesn't guarantee Romney a nomination.

Performance

Topic: Lifestyle

Q&A with fighter pilot Kirk 'Rambo' Soroka By Matthew McClearn | February 16, 2012 The wing operations officer talks call signs, close calls and finding your true calling.

Topic: Lifestyle

Book review – Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking By Jordan Timm | February 16, 2012 How introverts can survive and thrive in an extroverted world.

Topic: Lifestyle

Book review – Latin Lessons By Jordan Timm | February 16, 2012 Financial Times correspondent Hal Weitzman reports on what the White House must do to re-engage with South America.

Topic: Lifestyle

Book review – The Wrong Answer Faster By Jordan Timm | February 16, 2012 The inside story of computerization on Wall Street, from the man who made it happen.

Topic: Lifestyle

Book review – Going Solo By Jordan Timm | February 16, 2012 Sociologist Eric Klinenberg looks at the implications of single-person households in his latest book.

Topic: Lifestyle

Google changing how humans think By Melissa Edwards | February 16, 2012 As we rely more on the Internet for facts, we may be getting dumber. But that’s not necessarily bad.

Topic: Strategy / Lifestyle

How to boss around your friends By Jacqueline Nelson | February 16, 2012 Got a promotion? Lucky you—except your work pals now report to you. Here’s how to keep the peace.

Topic: Strategy / Lifestyle

How to measure your productivity with free apps By Michael McCullough | February 16, 2012 Want to know how productive you’re being at work? Well—wait for it—there’s an app for that.

Topic: Lifestyle

Spring break fashion advice By Rebecca Tay | February 16, 2012 Spring Break will be here before you know it. Grab the kids, get away and relax with these smart essentials.

Trailing Indicator

Topic: Strategy

Corporate fraudsters: Middle-aged and mostly male By Matthew McClearn | February 16, 2012 He's relatively young, holds a finance role in senior management and has been at your company longer than a decade. Check out this infographic of the "typical fraudster."

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