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The recent crash of an Air demonstrates just how quickly word-and video footage-of a tragedy can cross the globe. A spotless reputation one minute, one marred by question marks the next-one disaster can quickly plunge even the most revered of companies into jeopardy. In such an image-conscious and media-frenetic world, a CEO’s ability to tread carefully, yet respond rapidly in crises is critical. But it’s no easy feat. For a close-up look at grappling with the aftermath of tragedy, CE goes behind the scenes with Alaska Airlines CEO John Kelly, who has been besieged by federal probes, lawsuits, and scandal-hungry media since the January crash of Alaska Air Flight 261. 

These days, CEO pay is more closely aligned with shareholder interests than ever before. But too many compensation committees blindly follow competitive practice and ignore the potential unintended consequences of highly leveraged compensation. The result? Squandered company resources-and some very cranky shareholders.

Let the stock market gyrate. The Longaberger Co., based in Newark, OH, is as far removed, figuratively, from the maelstrom as it’s possible to get.

Last year more than 20,000 U.S. companies paired up to add value. The result? They’re barely surviving the morning after.

The typical CEO spouse once came straight from central casting-a nonworking Mom who hosted corporate gatherings and supported her husband’s career at every turn. And today? She-or he-is just as likely to be a successful professional in her or his own right. CE talked to 12 husbands and wives about the evolving role -and the reality us. The perception of life as a CEO spouse.

Walk into the headquarters (A Ping An Insurance Co. and look up and you’ll see a bust of Confucius-not at all surprising in this Chinese

Taking over a 74-year-old family business isn’t going to be easy anytime, but Alexandra Lebenthal took the helm of retail municipal bond specialist Lebenthal &

175 years ago, Baltimore Gas and Electric produced the very first annual report. Some companies, it seems, might need another 175 years to get it right. CE’s 16th annual assessment of which companies are delivering knouts and which are down for the count.

In June, Avnet announced it would acquire Marshall Industries in a deal valued at$830 million. The $6.3 billion distributor of electronics parts reported that the

None of us would have been surprised if Dr. Robert Shillman  showed up for our interview in the brilliantly colored outfit of a court jester