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Roger O. Crockett

Roger O. Crockett

Roger Crockett is the Chicago deputy bureau manager for BusinessWeek, a position he assumed in 2006. He is responsible for covering telecommunications and technology, the Internet and e-commerce, and race and cultural issues in business. Previously, he was a Chicago correspondent. Prior to BusinessWeek, Crockett was the technology and telecom reporter for The Oregonian, covered the cereal industry for The Battle Creek Enquirer in Michigan, and was a reporter/researcher at Newsweek. Crockett is a graduate of UCLA and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

Recent Articles by Roger O. Crockett

November 10, 2009

Motorola's Set-Top-Box Unit: A Hard Sell

During Motorola's last attempt to sell off a big business, the company was forced to take a detour. The company hopes a new effort—this time, to find a buyer for its ...

October 29, 2009

Motorola's Promising Comeback

Is Motorola (MOT) back? The mobile-phone giant has struggled for years as rivals from Nokia (NOK) to Research In Motion (RIMM) to Apple (AAPL) have stolen away its ...

October 29, 2009

P&G Beats Forecasts and Sees Growth

In Bob McDonald's first full quarter at the helm of Procter & Gamble (PG), the world's largest consumer-goods company reported fiscal first-quarter results that were ...

October 2, 2009

The New Class of Black Directors: Where Are All the Black Directors?

African American executives under 60 are ready to step into top corporate board roles

September 10, 2009

Will Social-Network Smartphones Boost Motorola?

Two years ago, Motorola's Rick Osterloh made a pitch to his bosses that almost got quashed before he left the room. In a 12th-floor conference room at Motorola's ...

August 5, 2009

Household Chores for P&G's Incoming CEO

Procter & Gamble's (PG) new CEO, Robert McDonald, steps into power just as the consumer products company faces a price gap with competitors—and a need to regain turf ...

July 30, 2009

Motorola: Don't Call It a Comeback—Yet

Holy qwerty keyboards, Wall Street. Struggling Motorola (MOT) posted a profit—albeit a small one—for the first time in a year. The Schaumburg (Ill.) handset ...

July 23, 2009

Motorola Signs Up Verizon and T-Mobile

It wasn't that long ago that Motorola (MOT) played hardball with the wireless carriers that sell its phones. Back in the 1990s, when Motorola was top dog in the ...

July 23, 2009

Motorola Has a Lot Riding on Android Phones

Sanjay K. Jha's odds of turning around Motorola's (MOT) beleaguered mobile-phone business appear to be growing longer, as the company's upcoming crop of phones that ...

June 9, 2009

How to Succeed at Procter & Gamble

Ask pundits to cite the reigning rock star of management, and most will name A.G. Lafley. The chief executive of Procter & Gamble (PG), who turns 62 this month, has ...