Items by By HARRY HURT III
NYT > Business
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Off the Shelf: The Pain of Change at Boeing
Posted: November 20th, 2010, 12:00pm EST by By HARRY HURT III
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“Turbulence,” a new book by four authors, uses employee surveys to examine a stressful period of change at the Boeing Company.
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Off the Shelf: Big Banking, Southern Style
Posted: September 19th, 2010, 3:27am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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Rick Rothacker, author of “Banktown,” attributes part of Charlotte’s initial success with large banks to aggressive executives.
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Off the Shelf: The Longer View of Lehman Brothers
Posted: August 14th, 2010, 11:10pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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A look at a bank’s rise and fall over 164 years of financial evolution.
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Off the Shelf: ‘The Climate War’: Going to the Mat on Global Warming
Posted: July 17th, 2010, 4:32pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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“The Climate War,” by Eric Pooley, details the economic and political aspects of the global-warming debate.
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Off the Shelf: Perspective on the Oil Spill (Before It Began)
Posted: June 19th, 2010, 11:20pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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A new book by Tom Bower offers a global view of the oil industry over the last two decades.
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Off the Shelf: ‘Age of Persuasion’: A Look at Advertising’s Might
Posted: April 17th, 2010, 6:07pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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A new book by Terry O’Reilly and Mike Tennnant says advertising and marketing are increasingly dominant and defining forces in society.
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Off the Shelf: ‘The Road From Ruin’: How to Avoid Another Crisis
Posted: March 20th, 2010, 6:21pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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In a new book, Matthew Bishop and Michael Green say that “toxic ideas,” not toxic assets, caused the financial crisis.
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Off the Shelf: In Practice, Stock Formulas Weren’t Perfect
Posted: February 20th, 2010, 6:07pm EST by By HARRY HURT III
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Advanced mathematics shaped trades that bolstered profits on Wall Street, a new book says, but then the bottom fell out.
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Off the Shelf: The Wealthy as Crusaders for Justice
Posted: December 20th, 2009, 12:16am EST by By HARRY HURT III
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In more than 733 pages in “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!”, Ralph Nader imagines the Ross Perots reshaping the world to benefit the regular Joes.
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Off the Shelf: Can Public Aid Really Help Business?
Posted: November 14th, 2009, 1:55pm EST by By HARRY HURT III
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In a new book, Josh Lerner says that “far more often than not, public programs have been failures” when it comes to entrepreneurship, but that many of those failures could have been avoided.
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Off The Shelf: The Search for a Hero on Wall Street
Posted: September 20th, 2009, 2:35am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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A biography of Jamie Dimon, the chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, describes him as a powerful force during the current financial crisis.
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Off the Shelf: The Little Economy That Couldn’t
Posted: August 15th, 2009, 3:23pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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A new book about Iceland’s economic plunge may provide a cautionary tale for much larger countries.
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Off the Shelf: China’s Wide Reach in Africa
Posted: July 19th, 2009, 3:09am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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In a new book, two journalists examine an economic partnership that has grown dramatically in recent years.
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Off the Shelf: The Wide, Messy World of Sports
Posted: May 16th, 2009, 3:16pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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Fans and taxpayers support professional sports but do not share in its financial benefits, the economics professor and author Stefan Szymanski argues.
NYT > Sports
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Off the Shelf: The Wide, Messy World of Sports
Posted: May 16th, 2009, 3:16pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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Fans and taxpayers support professional sports but do not share in its financial benefits, the economics professor and author Stefan Szymanski argues.
NYT > Business
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Off the Shelf: Free-Market Flaws, Exposed
Posted: April 18th, 2009, 3:10pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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In a new book, Robert J. Barbera, a veteran Wall Street economist, offers causes and possible remedies for the financial crisis.
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Off the Shelf: India’s Potential, Seen From the Inside
Posted: March 14th, 2009, 3:47pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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In “Imagining India,” Nandan Nilekani, a founder of Infosys Technologies, offers guiding ideas on the transformation of India.
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Executive Pursuits: Balancing Needles and Cigars
Posted: February 21st, 2009, 1:09am EST by By HARRY HURT III
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An executive turned to acupuncture to quit smoking cigars.
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Executive Pursuits: The Inaugural Glamour as Seen From a Taxi Stand
Posted: January 24th, 2009, 12:39am EST by By HARRY HURT III
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An executive pitched in at the Four Seasons for a historic day in Washington.
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Off the Shelf: A Sweeping Tale of Four Giants of Texas Oil
Posted: January 17th, 2009, 9:13pm EST by By HARRY HURT III
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In “The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes,” Bryan Burrough focuses on the Big Four oil barons of the mid-20th century.
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Executive Pursuits: With an Instructor’s Hand, a Miracle on Ice
Posted: January 10th, 2009, 12:28am EST by By HARRY HURT III
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A trip to a rink for figure skating lessons in pursuit of exercise ends with a graceful note.
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Off the Shelf: A Generation With More Than Hand-Eye Coordination
Posted: December 21st, 2008, 1:19am EST by By HARRY HURT III
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In “Grown Up Digital,” Don Tapscott tries to shatter the negative stereotypes of the so-called Net Geners, who currently range in age from 11 to 31.
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Executive Pursuits: A Rookie Reports From the Syracuse Sidelines
Posted: November 28th, 2008, 9:31pm EST by By HARRY HURT III
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Harry Hurt III takes a turn at sportscasting for ESPN during a football game between Syracuse University and the University of Connecticut.
NYT > Sports
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Executive Pursuits: A Rookie Reports From the Syracuse Sidelines
Posted: November 28th, 2008, 9:31pm EST by By HARRY HURT III
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Harry Hurt III takes a turn at sportscasting for ESPN during a football game between Syracuse University and the University of Connecticut.
NYT > Business
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Executive Pursuits: The Weekend Winemaker, Savoring Time at the Vineyard
Posted: November 15th, 2008, 12:12am EST by By HARRY HURT III
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A vintner of the year leads a novice, Harry Hurt III, in making a custom wine.
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Off the Shelf: Down and Out, With a Typewriter
Posted: October 18th, 2008, 3:21pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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In “Breakfast at Sally’s: One Homeless Man’s Inspirational Story,” Richard LeMieux recounts his descent into homelessness.
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Executive Pursuits: A Columnist Walks Into a Bar ...
Posted: October 18th, 2008, 1:13am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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Harry Hurt III tries his luck at being a stand-up comedian in a bear market.
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Executive Pursuits: Dinner, From Hook to Fork
Posted: September 20th, 2008, 12:38am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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If I happen to die a happy man, it will be in no small part because of the serendipitous seafaring expedition I took with Arma and Matt on the afternoon of our feast at the American Hotel.
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Off the Shelf: A Journalist in B-School Wonderland
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 2:11am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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“Ahead of the Curve” is a cautionary tale for those who believe that the grass would be greener if only they could jump the fence into the rarefied world of the Masters of Business Administration.
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Off the Shelf: Who Wants to Retire Later? (Don’t Laugh)
Posted: July 19th, 2008, 8:22pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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In their new book, Alicia H. Munnell and Steven A. Sass argue that we may have to work longer and retire later if we want to avoid a decline in our standard of living.
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Executive Pursuits: Drag, Water, Repeat: Caring for Major League Dirt
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 1:57am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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The ostensibly blue-collar pursuit of groundskeeping takes on much higher importance when it is applied to tending the field at Shea Stadium.
NYT > Sports
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Executive Pursuits: Drag, Water, Repeat: Caring for Major League Dirt
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 1:57am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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The ostensibly blue-collar pursuit of groundskeeping takes on much higher importance when it is applied to tending the field at Shea Stadium.
NYT > Business
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Off the Shelf: The Business of Intelligence Gathering
Posted: June 14th, 2008, 11:45pm EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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In “Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing,” the author writes about the government’s intelligence gathering.
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Executive Pursuits: A Classroom Where the Teacher Really Wants That Apple
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:28am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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The mission of the Horse Institute in Ancramdale, N.Y. is to give managers a chance to improve a variety of skills by observing and performing exercises with horses.
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Executive Pursuits: For a Dancer in the Moment, the Past and Future Converge
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 12:14am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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Known among enthusiasts as “the hobby,” Colonial-era re-enactments are practiced by fewer than 5,000 people in the United States, and Colonial-era dances are practiced by even fewer. -
Off the Shelf: Some Mutual Fund Numbers Look Great, but for Whom?
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:51am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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The public stock markets are in the throes of one of the biggest and most egregious financial scandals in modern history, according to author Louis Lowenstein’s new book. -
Executive Pursuits: Bartender, I’ll Have a Lesson in What You Do
Posted: April 19th, 2008, 1:48am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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At my station inside the New York Bartending School, I knew at once that this was my kind of classroom. -
Executive Pursuits: Ping-Pong as Mind Game (Although a Good Topspin Helps)
Posted: April 5th, 2008, 5:59am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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Best known as the crossword puzzle master for The New York Times, Will Shortz is also a nationally ranked table tennis fanatic.
NYT > Sports
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Executive Pursuits: Ping-Pong as Mind Game (Although a Good Topspin Helps)
Posted: April 5th, 2008, 5:59am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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Best known as the crossword puzzle master for The New York Times, Will Shortz is also a nationally ranked table tennis fanatic.