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Harvard professor chronicles firms that serve society and the bottom line

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a Harvard Business School professor specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change, is the author or coauthor of 18 books. Her latest is “SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good.’’ She talked about her new book at the business school recently with Globe reporter Robert Weisman. (Boston Globe, 11/7/09)

Bank of America’s travails put Boston duo into spotlight

Charles K. Gifford and Thomas J. May seem like an unlikely pair. A product of a patrician family and Princeton, Gifford is the more garrulous, long the civic face of Boston’s business community. May is from middle-class Connecticut and modest Stonehill College, and despite his outwardly quiet demeanor, is known as a formidable executive. (Boston Globe, 11/7/09)

Citizens parent posts $3b loss for quarter

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group said it lost $3 billion in the third quarter, amid continuing loan losses, including at Citizens Financial Group here in the United States. (Boston Globe, 11/6/09)

Consumer credit falls for eighth month

WASHINGTON - US consumer credit fell in September for an eighth straight month, the longest series of declines on record, as thousands of Americans lost their jobs and banks tightened access to loans. (Boston Globe, 11/6/09)

State Street adds $250m to legal reserve fund

State Street Corp. yesterday said it added $250 million to a legal reserve, and revised its third-quarter earnings results downward to reflect the change. (Boston Globe, 11/6/09)