Not too long ago the prevailing corporate buzzword was “synergy.” Combine one business with another, eliminate redundancies, and watch the profits accumulate. Not all mergers would succeed, of course, but two heads would usually prove better than one, particularly at companies where revenue and innovation had stagnated. In 2011, however, a growing number of large companies are challenging the synergy gospel by spinning pieces of their business off into independent entities.
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Our listless recovery has run into a series of obstacles lately — a double dip in housing prices, dismal job growth, a downbeat consumer, and budget debacles on both sides of the Atlantic.
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The Republican senator talks about how he’d fix government waste, what to do about government employees, and how Americans know how stupid Congress is.
