More Fantasy Business, Really!
September 18, 2009
Fantasy Football Open Championship Awards First-Ever Million Dollar Grand Prize | www.reuters.com
Last year the first-ever million dollar prize for a Fantasy Football league was awarded, indicating that this fantasy business is becoming big business. Since 1998 our firm's FMPartnersOnLine holdings have engaged in providing sports content via Internet affiliates. Sign-ups for the 2009 fantasy football season began on Jan. 12 - and are still being started since the beginning of the NFL season.
September 17, 2009
Lending in Europe continues to shrink | www.ft.com
Banks across Europe have insisted in recent months any decline in lending is due to a falloff in demand, not supply. Supply is not useful if the line or rate does not make any sense.
Kraft Continues Portfolio Shuffle
September 15, 2009
Kraft Under Pressure as Bid Value Slips | www.flex-news-food.com
Kraft Foods bid for Cadbury makes a lot of strategic sense and will allow them to increase their growth in international markets.The key to the deal is utilizing Cadbury's extensive distribution and sales network to further drive growth of existing Kraft products.Faced with the likelihood of having to increase the all cash portion of the bid Kraft will be looking at additional brands to divest and help pay for the acquisition.
September 11, 2009
Banking On Fantasy | www.forbes.com
Several top Institutional Investors have equity invested (albeit a extremely low percentage of capital invested), along side longtime directors, executives and investors in CASCADE BANCORP.
Location, Location, Location... & Transparency
September 9, 2009
Cascade Bancorp enters into agreement with FDIC | www.bizjournals.com
With the recent history of global & US banks equity stripping, and US banks closed by the FDIC, it is due time for Bank Holding Company management to provide clear and concise press releases on a very urgent and timely basis.
US Credit Line Draw Down, Down
September 8, 2009
Banks swamped by a wave of personal debt | business.timesonline.co.uk
Recent studies indicate that the US consumer and small business usage of their existing lines of credit has declined.
All hands on deck, full steam ahead
September 7, 2009
Cascade Bancorp enters into agreement with FDIC | www.bizjournals.com
Both the FDIC and the board supporting executive management of Cascade Bancorp are doing their job to the best of their abilities.
China Sovereign Wealth Fund Looking Outside China
August 31, 2009
MV Weather Report: China's Winds Unable to Propel US Sails | webmail.aol.com
The investment guru's that run the China Investment Corporation (CIC), the $200 billion ($241bn USD) state-run sovereign wealth fund, are feeling the effect of the US Market's dog days of summer as well as being cautious of their own markets.
August 27, 2009
Has AT&T Bailed on Motorola’s Android Phones? | digitaldaily.allthingsd.com
Android phones are off-strategy for AT&T. The other carriers need them to combat iPhone. As long as AT&T has exclusivity on that iPhone, that's where the focus is. And, why not?
Smartphone Market Summary & Predictions
August 12, 2009
Apple impresses as smartphone sales grow | www.infoworld.com
While overall sales of mobile phones declined during 1H09, sales of Smartphones increased 27% during 2Q09. This increase is expected to continue through the remainder of 2009 and into 2010. Within the past year, the astounding growth in the Smartphone area has come from Apple's iPhone. In 2Q08, iPhone held only a 2.8% share of the Smartphone market. In 2Q09, Apple held 13.8%*.
SOPA and the wisdom of Yogi Berra
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Larger wafers present a growth opportunity for LEDs
January 6, 2012
Smartphones threaten digital camera industry
December 1, 2011
Google music launches: The end of the end for the music industry
November 22, 2011
The move to the cloud will impact multiple industries
November 17, 2011