Mad Dog 21/21: Estranged Here In A Strained Land
November 5, 2012 Hesh Wiener
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“Kafka,” said my doctor, checking for existential and inguinal strains. I was in satisfactory shape, he observed, which is more than one can say about Dell or Hewlett-Packard. Dell’s eponymous chief Michael is straining in vain to lift sales and profits; the way things are going he could end up with a financial hernia. Meg Whitman, HP’s boss, has similar difficulties; she might suffer a fiscal hisnia. I’m probably late pointing this out, because this very topic became the cover of the October 20 Barron’s magazine, and usually cautious Barron’s is more often a coincident reporter or |
