Bernanke defends tenure in quest for 2nd term

Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:01:04 -0500

Bernanke defends tenure in quest for 2nd term

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke puts on his boxing gloves
and fights to defend his tenure and the central bank from charges it
is beholden toWall Street.

GOLDNER SCRIPTS A BLOCKBUSTER AS HASBRO'S CHIEF TRANSFORMER

Breaking into the movie business is never easy. Doing it with a
1980s-vintage action figure is the ultimate outsider challenge. But
for Hasbro Inc. CEO BrianGoldner, the pitch for Transformers turned
into a Hollywood robots-to-riches story.

LIFELONG HAMBURGER GUY MAKES HAY AT TOP OF MCDONALD'S

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- McDonald's Corp. Chief Executive Jim Skinner
isn't pretentious. Like the company he runs, there is a sense of
familiarity and friendliness about him, like a guy one might strike up
a conversation with at the local pub or golf course -- or enjoy a
double-cheeseburger with at lunch.

IGER WINS OVER WALL STREET AND MAIN STREET

It may seem like an obvious, logical move now, but even those who work
for Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger initially
thought buying Pixar Animation Studios was a big gamble.

CEO ED ZANDER BRINGS BACK THE MOTOROLA MOXIE

By making Motorola Inc. cool again with consumers,
Chief Executive Ed Zander has made the phone maker hot with investors.