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April 19, 2004
Antiwater
Scientists Create "Water" That Isn't Wet [from 0xDECAFBAD]: "The chemical has all the firefighting properties of water, yet it will not cause the damage to items that is usually associated with water."
Posted by sam at 02:23 PM | Comments (0)
McDonald's
McDonald's CEO Dead, COO Takes Helm: "McDonald's Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Jim Cantalupo died of an apparent heart attack on Monday in Florida and the company named Chief Operating Officer Charlie Bell to replace him as CEO."
Is this type of risk reflected in the stock price? You have to assume that: 1) company officers are largely older men; and 2) their diets are perhaps not ideal from a nutritional standpoint . So there may be a succession issue at Mickey D's - executives in their prime happen to be prime candidates for heart attacks. I wonder if this is taken into account by long range planners at the company.
Posted by sam at 11:13 AM | Comments (3)