Imagine the scene: It's a closed Starbucks in a strip mall in Cupertino, Calif. The windows have been shut for privacy. In the room -- 's Steve Ballmer, Apple's Steve Jobs, and 's triumvirate of Eric Schmidt, Sergei Brinn and Larry Page. And they're all on a mission to keep their top talent from jumping ship. "Guys, we have a problem," Ballmer says. "Some of our best employees are job-hopping like locusts, feasting on the higher wages and better perks from our competitors -- that would be you... read more
