Bruce Watson
Features Writer
Bruce Watson is a senior features writer for DailyFinance, focusing on the political and cultural effects of economic events. His publications include Military Lessons of the Persian Gulf War, A Chronology of the Cold War at Sea, and Primal Picnics. You can reach him by e-mail at bruce.watson@teamaol.com or follow him on twitter at @bruce1971.
Recent Articles
| 12:32 AM 6/5/2012
With all the talk about Mitt Romney's worth -- as much as $255 million, we learned Friday -- we were intrigued by Monday's report on the holdings of Queen Elizabeth II. Turns out they have more in common than you'd guess, and the candidate could learn a thing or two from the monarch.
| 3:40 PM 6/4/2012
Two years ago, Joel Manby, CEO of Herschend Family Entertainment, went incognito into his company's amusement parks on Undercover Boss. This month, he released Love Works, a guide to effective business leadership. And unlike some bosses, it's clear he really gets it.
| 9:21 AM 6/4/2012
Why did banks give this little girl credit cards, home mortgages, and car and boat loans? And how did she keep getting them after defaulting time and time again? The answers should be a warning for every parent in America.
| 5:20 PM 5/30/2012
The ongoing saga of Facebook's post-IPO tumble is a classic, Greek-style tragedy of hubris, epic overreach, and equally epic failure, and the media can't get enough of it -- even though large chunks of it are essentially fictional.
| 10:05 AM 5/30/2012
What? You think personal assistants are only for the rich and famous? Yes, that's how it used to be, but a couple of companies are now offering the same sort of customized service by the hour, at prices that everyday folks can afford.
| 5:15 PM 5/25/2012
The average CEO of an S&P; 500 company brings home almost $13 million -- but some earn much more. The AP's list of the 10 highest-paid CEOs highlights where the biggest paychecks went -- and what America's companies got in return.
| 5:30 AM 5/25/2012
New grads get a ton of cliched advice; we wanted to offer something different. So we tapped some more unusual folks -- like Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs, and Tim Zagat of the Zagat guides -- to share the best and worst advice they got, and offer their best tips for the class of 2012.
| 5:00 AM 5/24/2012
Facebook's first few days as a public company have been a rocky road. Moving ahead, Mark Zuckerberg would do well to recall the lesson of two other iconoclastic company founders: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. The tale of Ben & Jerry bears a bracing similarity to his own.
| 10:05 AM 5/23/2012
For the past few months, reports have repeatedly affirmed that the economy is slowly improving. However, as one recent study highlights, some areas are recovering much faster than others.
| 5:24 PM 5/22/2012
Facebook has ended its third trading day and the world is falling apart -- again. The stock closed Tuesday at $31, down 19% from the $38 IPO price, lead underwriter Morgan Stanley is under fire, the SEC is ready to investigate, and analysts are blaming everyone. Oh, and the fundamentals? Those haven't changed a bit.