David Magee

811-840 (out of 1260) David Magee is the author of 12 books, including Jeff Immelt and the New GE Way, How Toyota Became #1, and The John Deere Way. A former columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press and a daily newspaper news editor, he has been a frequent guest on Fox Business and CNBC.

Hurricane Irene 2011: Mighty Storm Path Takes Aim at New York, Northeast Corridor

Unusually large and powerful, Hurricane Irene is moving slow but plodding on a path pushing the massive storm toward possible landfall on the North Carolina coast Saturday before assaulting the Northeast's I-95 corridor late Sunday. With hurricane force winds of at least 74 miles per hour currently extending 70 miles from its center, and tropical-storm force winds extending another 255 miles in all directions, the Category 3 storm is packing winds of 115 miles per hour and forecasters say the...

Hurricane Irene Path: Storm Posing 'Extreme' Threat to New York, Northeast U.S.

Hurricane Irene is threatening to become one most impacting storms to ever strike the Northeast U.S., possibly striking major cities including Philadelphia, New York and Boston at hurricane strength late into the weekend. After lashing the Bahamas on Wednesday, Irene is moving up the U.S. East Coast as a major Category 3 hurricane, packing winds of 115 miles per hour. Irene is centered about 65 miles east-northeast of Nassau, Bahamas and moving northwest at 13 miles per hour.

Hurricane Irene: Storm Strengthening, Targeting U.S. East Coast

Hurricane Irene is cutting its way toward a direct hit on the U.S. East Coast, threatening to wreak havoc in major cities along the highly-populated I-95 corridor late this weekend, including Philadelphia, New York, Hartford, and Boston. After lashing the Bahamas on Wednesday, pummeling small outlying Caribbean islands, the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season is posing an extreme threat to the U.S. East Coast -- with potential to become historic before it sweeps away from...

Steve Jobs Resigns: Five Reasons He Made Apple Great

Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, and now it's time to reflect back on what made the skinny college dropout one of the best innovators in the history of modern capitalism. News that Jobs resigned may be a surprise in timing, but everybody knew this was coming sooner rather than later. Jobs has been battling pancreatic cancer for years, and had a liver transplant two years ago, after all.

Steve Jobs Retires: Five Lessons to Learn from Apple's Great CEO

Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple's leader. The move has been speculated because of questions over Jobs' health. He was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant two years ago. Speculation has focused on when Jobs might retire, but even though the timing might come as a surprise, Jobs' impact as a 21st century leader is clear. Here are five reasons Apple's Steve Jobs made his mark as one of the greatest CEO's ever.

Lenovo's New ThinkPad Tablet Aiming at Business Market

Lenovo's new ThinkPad tablet is aiming at unconconquered territory -- the business and IT tablet space. The 10.1-inch ThinkPad is built around the Android system, the most competitive tablet platform to Apple's iOS used in the iPad tablet. The ThinkPad is also geared toward the business market, not the consumer market. Lenovo introduced its first business-class Android-based ThinkPad Tablet on Tuesday.

Hurricane Irene 2011: Category 3 Storm Puts U.S. East Coast on Alert

Virtually the entire U.S. East Coast is on alert late Wednesday for a possible impact from Hurricane Irene, threatening to blaze a trail from eastern North Carolina northward to New England by Monday. By the time the storm departs the East Coast late Monday, it will likely have lashed with significant impacts from the Bahamas, where it is currently located, to eastern North Carolina, and up through the northeast U.S. -- possibly making a direct hit on Long Island, New York late Sunday.

HP's TouchPad Sells Out, Lenovo Releases ThinkPad: Is iPad's Advantage Slipping?

Apple's iPad has been crushing the com[etition in the tablet market, but suddenly HP's discontinued TouchPad is red hot and Lenovo has entered the market with the first ThinkPad tablets that are now available. The 10.1-inch ThinkPad is built around the Android system, the most competitive tablet platform to Apple's iOS used in the iPad tablet. The ThinkPad is also geared toward the business market, not the consumer market. Lenovo introduced its first business-class Android-based...

HP TouchPad Fire Sale Ironically Renews Company's WebOS Commitment

HP thought its webOS system was a bust, so the company decided to kill webOS devices, including the TouchPad tablet and smartphones. But once HP discounted the slow-selling TouchPad to $99 just seven weeks after launching the product consumers flocked in, selling the tablet out of stock.

Hurricane Irene: Batters Bahamas, Aims at New York Area

Hurricane Irene became a major storm on Wednesday, upgraded to Category 3 as it battered parts of the Bahamas with 115-mile-per hour winds and took aim on the New York area. Forecast models show a high threat level for eastern North Carolina to New England, and models showed Long Island holds potential for a direct strike.

New York Earthquake: A Manhattan Shake and a Hurricane in One Week?

People said the daily commute and long working hours would be the hardest part of adjusting to life in New York. Seems somebody forget to mention earthquakes and hurricanes. But that's the reality I'm finding, as the earthquake shook New York Tuesday and forecast models show Hurricane Irene is making its way toward the metropolitan area for a possible Sunday strike at Category 1 strength. Suddenly, the daily commute to work doesn't seem like such a difficult task.

Hurricane Irene Takes Aim at New York

One day after New York was shaken and rattled by an earthquake, forecast models show that Hurricane Irene has taken aim at America's largest metropolitan area. The latest forecast models show Irene could make landfall late Sunday at hurricane strength, packing winds of 80 miles per hour or more.

FDIC Reports Good News: Fewer U.S. Banks Troubled

As Bank of America's stock dropped to a 52-week low in trading Tuesday and UBS became the latest bank to announce jobs cuts there's good news from the financial services industry -- a quarterly report from the FDIC shows that banks' finances are improving.

USPS Deficit: Five Problems Plaguing America's Postal Service

A cash crisis is driving the United States Postal Service toward insolvency. Postmaster James A. Farley is asking Congress for help, threatening that the postal service will default in September if something isn't done. Here are five problems plaguing the USPS.

Hurricane Irene Update: Storms Strengthens, Path Leading to U.S. Strike

Hurricane Irene has grown stronger, and the storm is expected to further strengthen and strike the U.S. southeast coast by the weekend, possibly as a Category 3 or Category 4 storm. More than 60 million people from Florida to New York and Massachusetts could be impacted by the powerful storm.

Sarah Palin is NOT Running for President (Not Yet, Anyway)

Sarah Palin is not running for president. Repeat: Sarah Palin is NOT running for president. Not yet, anyway. Former Bush advisor Karl Rove stirred speculation that Palin might soon announce her candidacy for president on Sunday with statements on Fox News suggesting it appears more likely than not that Palin will run. But the former Alaska governor and VP presidential candidate turned conservative spokesperson and celebrity issued a different statement Tuesday through her Sarah PAC Web site. Pal...

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