A CEO's Dilemma: When Is it Safe to Hire Again?

摘要

President Barack Obama's 2011 charm offensive aimed at American business leaders is ready to roll. The President plans to travel outside the Washington cocoon more often to talk up the recovering economy and exhort U.S. companies, now sitting on a pile of cash, to hire and hire some more. After a contentious 2010, Obama is also extending an olive branch to business leaders with White House staff changes, a Feb. 7 address to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and talk of reforming corporate taxes-all in hopes of bringing down the unemployment rate.