Frank Brown spent 26 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, holding a number of top jobs, before becoming dean of Insead, the international business school south of Paris, in 2006. He spoke recently with Deputy Business Editor Rick Newman about the world's business hot spots, fading American dominance, and what it takes to get ahead as a global executive.
Arianna Huffington reports some interesting comments from former and possibly future presidential candidate Wesley Clark, via Prof. Stephen Bainbridge. Here are Clark's comments:
The Department of Homeland Security last week came one step closer to fixing a persistent hole that has plagued U.S. ports for years when officials announced the final details of their planned Transportation Worker Identification Credential, a long-delayed program that will provide secure identification cards to the more than 750,000 U.S. workers who need unescorted access to the secure areas of U.S. seaports.
AP - A wildfire fanned by Santa Ana winds destroyed four seaside mansions and significantly damaged four others as it spread over more than 20 acres in this celebrity enclave Monday, authorities said.
AP - In a blunt challenge to President Bush, the leader of the Senate's new Democratic majority said Monday he will "look at everything" within his power to wind down the war in Iraq, short of cutting off funding for troops already deployed.
A U.S. aerial gunship has attacked suspected al Qaeda targets in Somalia, a senior Pentagon official said Monday. An AC-130 flew its mission within the last 24 hours, the official said. Intelligence sources say al Qaeda terrorists accused in the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa are in southern Somalia and on the run after Islamist forces were defeated by government and Ethiopian troops.