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Must ... be ... optimistic

In digesting the latest NFIB sentiment survey, Belmont's Jeff Cornwall stays true to his New Year's Resolution to take appropriate note of the positive economic data beginning to trickle out. But man, it's hard sometimes.

Jan 13, 2010 7:58 AM

Chin up, small biz

Jeff Cornwall says it's easy to rant and rave, but actively acknowledging the good things happening these days will help us make it to the next boom in better spirits and better shape.

Jan 7, 2010 11:07 AM

When potentially good statistics go bad

Gotta call foul on this Conference Board survey that purports to highlight how unhappy we are at work now versus 22 years ago. You know, 1987, the fifth of seven straight years of real GDP growth of at least 3 percent. The year the unemployment rate dipped below 6 percent for the first time since 1979. The year the S&P — even after the October crash — would rise 2 percent and be more than 20 percent above its end-of-1985 close. Tell me again why work force sentiment statistics from those days are relevant to today's economy?

Jan 6, 2010 9:31 AM

Meet the new boss...

Frustrated with the banking sector not changing its ways even though its main players have received billions of bailout dollars? Look no further than the corner office.

Jan 4, 2010 12:38 PM

Nashville's optimistic

A recent survey by the local chapter of the American Marketing Association shows that one in five Middle Tennessee firms will add people in 2010. Respondents also say they're being paid up to 20 percent more than the national average and more than half got bonuses this year. And right now, a few of you are channeling your Church Lady: "Well, isn't that special?"

Dec 22, 2009 1:24 PM

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Gibson atop worst-places-to-work list

Gibson Guitar has hit another sour note. After the unwelcome attention it received from federal investigators last month, the company has now been rated the worst large company to work for by users of career site Glassdoor.com.

Dec 22, 2009 8:07 AM

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Ky. workers of bankrupt local hospital company to get paid

More than 150 employees of a Northern Kentucky hospital formerly managed by Associated Healthcare Systems have been told they can pick up their paychecks from a three-week period two and a half years ago. Associated filed to restructure its finances in the fall of 2007.

Dec 21, 2009 9:29 AM

Methinks the corporate governance cops won't like this much

Corrections Corp. of America has given recently retired CEO John Ferguson — who still chairs the prison manager's board — a pay package with a base salary that is only 10 percent smaller than his successor's.

Dec 16, 2009 8:27 AM

And the lesson is: You don't win by hiding

Pali Research analyst Sheryl Skolnick gives kudos to LifePoint CEO Bill Carpenter, who didn't take his ball and go home after she came out swinging two months ago. Instead, Carpenter made himself and his team available to chat, a strategy that seems to have mollified Skolnick, who'll be in town for a sit-down soon.

Dec 15, 2009 12:40 PM

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Where next year's ad dollars will flow

Don Roy says companies plan to ramp up their marketing spending on new products and services in 2010, suggesting a greater risk appetite and faith in an economic rebound.

Dec 15, 2009 12:12 PM