Posts Tagged ‘management’

IG says lax management allowed tea party targeting

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog is blaming ineffective management at the Internal Revenue Service for allowing agents to improperly target tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status. Tweet This Post

Karl Rove Suggests Stephen Colbert May Need ‘Anger Management

Karl Rove, Fox News contributor and former Deputy Chief of Staff for President George W. Bush, says of Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert’s interactions with Rove’s bespectacled canned ham likeness, ‘Ham Rove,’ “He’s an entertainer so he gets to be funny and exaggerate things and so… Tweet This Post

[video] Cardinals Elect New Crisis Management Director

The word ‘innovate’ is said over 24 million times at SXSW, NASA designers release a flirty new spaceskirt, and the next episode of ‘Girls’ to feature Lena Dunham shitting herself during gyno exam while eating a burrito. The Onion Tweet This Post

Dutch finance minister wants management of rescued bank held accountable

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch finance minister said on Sunday he will look at whether those responsible for the mismanagement of SNS Reaal can be held accountable following last week’s 10 billion euro rescue of the country’s No. 4 bank. The troubled banking and insurance group was nationalized on Friday after it failed to meet [...]

Lagardere says backs EADS management after BAE merger talks end

PARIS (Reuters) – French media group Lagardere, owner of 7.5 percent of EADS, on Wednesday renewed its support in the management of the Airbus maker after its merger talks with Britain’s BAE Systems failed. “Lagardere notes the end of tie-up talks between EADS and BAE Systems and renews its faith in the management of EADS,” [...]

IMF’s Lagarde praises GCC’s management of oil prices

RIYADH (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Saturday praised Gulf Arab countries’ good management of oil prices and reserves. Lagarde was speaking at a news conference after meeting with senior officials from the six oil exporters in the Gulf Cooperation Council. She predicted “sustainable growth but at slightly reduced rates in [...]

Romney: No role in Bain management after 1999

His credibility under attack, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday that he had "no role whatsoever in the management" of a private equity firm after early 1999, and demanded President Barack Obama apologize for aides who allege otherwise. Tweet This Post