The sweet scents of women’s cosmetics and the stench of politics are an unlikely blend. Yet few corporate boards are more politically active than that of Estee Lauder.

John McCain rearranged his inner circle yesterday, putting political veteran Steve Schmidt in charge. Although Rick Davis will continue to hold the title of campaign manager, Schmidt will have near total control of day-to-day operations.

You might view Philip Milne as one of the many casualties of the current financial crunch, another top exec who lost his job because of his company’s disastrous investments in subprime mortgages.

Is Charlie Black merely stating the obvious, or is he showing his roots?

Patti Solis Doyle today became the first high-profile member of Hillary Clinton’s organization to take an official role in Barack Obama’s campaign.

Few public companies have closer ties to Washington than CB Richard Ellis Group, the California-based commercial real estate firm.

How is the sandy-haired actor connected to the Iran-Contra figure?

We wish we had said it first. The Wall Street Journal’s Deal Journal made the observation Monday that investor Carl Icahn has adopted the Securities and Exchange Commission as his personal blog.

Never accuse Google co-founder Sergey Brin of failing to see the big-picture.

Pity the child with the silver spoon. No matter what he accomplishes in life, it won’t measure up to the achievements of mom and dad.