Steve Jobs has announced his departure from Apple. And while the timing was a surprise, the resignation was not.  The market has been preparing for this moment for quite some time. Yet in the wake of the announcement, Apple’s stock was impacted not because of company performance but as an emotional response from the market to the departure of a dynamic leader. An iconic figure, Job’s signature black turtle neck and jeans are...

Quick – name that logo. If you said “Chevy,” you’re right. . . and you’re wrong. Technically speaking, this is the logo for Chevrolet. And in a memo leaked last week, General Motors showed that it’s more concerned about technicalities than about its customers’ love for this well-known brand. Check out these excerpts from a company memo, as quoted in a New York Times story: “We’d ask that whether you’re...

The explosion of social media use is hard to miss – everyone’s tweeting, Digging, Stumbling Upon, and becoming a Facebook “fan” of everything from Britney Spears to sleeping. Personal and professional are also merging, as your Facebook status updates automatically appear in your Twitter stream, you’ve discovered what type of actor, color and cheese all your friends and clients are and how to easily spend 2.5 hours a day watching...