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BlackBerry and Apple: A Tale of Two CEOs

Andrea Plotnick | Posted 04.07.2013 | Canada Business
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Andrea Plotnick

The unthinkable has happened -- Apple's brand value has dropped for the first time. Meanwhile, equally improbable, BlackBerry is seemingly rising from the ashes. Yet, for their differences in fortune, the fates of both companies have been inextricably linked to the role played by CEO succession.

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Warlords: An Excerpt

Tim Cook | Posted 04.06.2013 | Canada
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Tim Cook

2012-02-06-CharlesTaylorreal.jpgWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King was a political survivor who consistently beat those opponents who underestimated him. He was a complex and canny man, and few realized how good he was as a political operator. King was safe, staid, even boring, like an elderly aunt, who never changed the fading lace and served watery tea in cracked china. Canadians at the time evidently took solace in him. What a surprise when, after his death in 1950, it was revealed that King had a robust spiritual life, found solace in séances with the dead, and kept a 30,000 page diary that was filled with deep revelations.

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'Life-Threatening' Apple App Stranding Drivers: Police

CBC | Posted 12.10.2012 | Canada Business
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Errors in Apple's mapping application on the iPhone are "potentially life threatening," Australian police warn after several motorists were led off-tr...

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Is Apple's Culture of Secrecy a Liability? Five Ways to Transparency

David Gebler | Posted 11.19.2012 | Canada Business
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David Gebler

Many industry experts speculate whether CEO Tim Cook can equal Jobs in taking Apple into the future. But maybe that's the wrong topic to be mulling over. The real issue seems to be whether Apple's high-performing but secrecy-riddled culture needs an overhaul. Here's how Apple can get the transparency it desperately needs.

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