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Atlanta Candidates Offer No Plans for Using Budget to Generate Growth

June 22, 2009

Analysis of:Reed Urges End to Furloughs | www.ajc.com

 This article is important because it gives the investment community some insight into how Atlanta’s political environment may impact the city’s growth.  The article also provides some insight into how each mayoral candidate plans to address increasing unemployment in the city.

A Raisin in the Sun: Can the Public Rights-of-Way be Used to Send Speech to Certain Communities

March 5, 2009

Analysis of:Cable Companies Target Analysis to Audiences | www.nytimes.com

The article raises a couple points.  First is privacy.  When determining who will receive certain ads, how will demographic information be protected and distributed.  Second, can a cable operator use the public rights-of-way to send certain messages to certain groups?  While this may be cost effective from the advertisers view point, some civil rights groups may challenge the practice if they perceive that the public rights-of-way is being used to limit access to opportunities.  Such attacks on the practice may limit the increased revenues target advertising is expected to generate in addition to a cable operator or advertiser incurring legal and regulatory costs from defending the practice.

Initial Steps Local Franchising Authorities Will Take toward a Charter Bankruptcy

December 30, 2008

Analysis of:Financial Stress Likely at Charter | atlanta.bizjournals.com

Local franchise authorities want to know the impact that a bankruptcy will have on continued service in their areas.  LFAs will also want to know whether they will have a seat in the creditor's committee.

FCC Prepared to Implement Economically Unsound Access Charge Policy

December 1, 2008

Analysis of:FCC to Consider Intercarrier Compensation Reform | www.fcc.gov

Given that minutes of use on the switched access network is decreasing, the price per minute of access should reflect the reduced calling volume.  Also, given that volume is declining, the FCC cannot assume that the marginal cost of terminating de minimis.  Its probably the opposite.

Portfolio Diversification Main Weapon Against Bankruptcy

September 12, 2008

Analysis of:Bankruptcy filings up 28.9 percent | www.dispatch.com

This article is important because it emphasizes an urgent need for Americans to have a diverse stock of wealth.  While making payments on a mortgage, which in a number of cases were beyond the consumers' budgets, consumers failed to accumulate any savings.  A pool of wealth outside of the equity in the home may have helped offset mortgage defaults and bankruptcy filings.  The article also provides evidence supporting government consideration of designing and implementing policies that providing greater incentives to save and invest.  

Cable Operators: Victims or Perpetrators of Anti-trust Violations

September 24, 2007

Analysis of:Blecher & Collins, P.C. Announces Consumers File Antitrust Class Action Challenging Media Industry Refusal to Offer "A La Carte" Programming to Cable and Satellite Subscribers | biz.yahoo.com

Class-action law suits alleging tying arrangements between cable programmers and cable operators fail to acknowledge that cable operators are also subject to the same lack of choice that consumers allege in their suits.  Given the growing alternatives for distribution as well as the creation of video programming, cable operators have no choice but to accept the packages offered by cable programmers.   

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