Chief Executive (U.S.)

Every half-century or so, it seems, America must come to terms with some addictive behavior that has become a public nuisance. In the Depression era, it was alcoholism, and the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous was America's answer.In the 1990s, maybe...

To Asian and European business and political leaders the debate in the U.S. over the merits of the planned North American Free Trade Agreement is bizarre. Regional economic integration is a global phenomenon. Beyond the EC, there are the recently formed...

With protective tariffs in Mexico on the wane, Cementos Mexicanos CEO Lorenzo Zambrano had visions of being swallowed by foreigners unless he moved quickly to make some acquisitions. Thus in 1989, he shelled out $800 million for cement companies in Mexico,...

In Monterrey, the redbrick Cuauhtemoc brewery dates from 1890, financed partly by booty local businessmen accumulated smuggling goods to the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. The brewery remains in operation today, part of the operations of Fomento...

When Washington and Ottawa signed a free trade agreement in 1989, Mexico's president, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, seized an opportunity: He proposed extending the U.S.-Canadian Free Trade Agreement to include Mexico. The North American FTA, awaiting ratification...

In the 1980s, the chief executive of a major home building products manufacturer bought the REIT stock of New York's Rockefeller Center. In the rough-and-tumble world of equity REITs, this was the bluest of blue-chip holdings: The stock was yielding...

Given the sluggish performance of some corporations today, it follows that a number of CEOs are overpaid. That's why the Clinton Administration has pushed to strengthen the link between executive pay and performance. Few chief executives would dispute...