August 11, 2009
Carlisle Companies Rebound With Economy | seekingalpha.com
For so many years (perhaps even decades) the US manufacturing cost of various materials have been more expensive than other countries. Using actual bottom line profit as a metric, Carlisle is returning an offshore operation back to the US.
Cost cuts will only take Motorola so far...
August 10, 2009
Motorola Breaks String of Losses, but Cellphone Sales Continue Slide | online.wsj.com
Cost cuts will only take Motorola so far. Eventually, the company needs to address handset market demand or fold.
The AppStore is a successful model for mobile applications
August 5, 2009
MOBILE APPS: "Are app stores stunting the growth of browser-based apps?" | www.fiercewireless.com
The AppStore model is not impeding development of web-based apps for mobile devices. Rather, it's generating a flurry of mobile app development, showing consumers and business users that mobile devices are capable of more than we ever imagined.
why forprofit EDU's are growing
August 4, 2009
why forprofits are growing | www.forprofitedu.com
All student interests and motivations are not at all the same, you need to understand their motivations to understand the market. You need to not think about yourself here as you are NOT the typical student growing to these schools.
Small volume sellers, extremely vulnerable to dysfunction and fraud
July 27, 2009
new ebay program aims to reward good sellers | www.ecnmag.com
eBay is making a progressive move to help its solid but low-volume sellers, by providing incentives to keep feedback numbers high. Both Amazon and eBay provide a facility for buyers to leave feedback on transactions.
Borat and Bruno - not withstanding - Kazakhstan means business
July 18, 2009
only fools and doping cops would doubt lance armstrong -- fanhouse | jay-mariotti.fanhouse.com
The venerable (arguably a true legend in his own time) Lance Armstrong is placing his long standing career back on the line.And Lance Armstrong's team is Team Astana Cycling Team.
Desperate times, desperate measures
July 18, 2009
American Express halts UK pension payments | business.timesonline.co.uk
The value of due diligence, and buyer beware has never before in financial times been so important. There are definitely two sides to this issue. We are faced with commitments made based upon invalid assumptions of risk management techniques.
July 13, 2009
goldman says it has ‘no material exposure’ to cit (update1) - bloomberg.com | www.bloomberg.com
The latest news regarding CIT is not good. Fitch Ratings downgraded its ratings for CIT Group Inc. deeper into junk status on Wednesday. From my personal experience and public information, CIT is the third big-bank lender to destroy small-business access to credit.
Capital Without Representation
June 30, 2009
Green groups to sue over RBS investments | www.ft.com
Very tricky investing when it comes to buying stock which can be revalued by the adjustment of the underlying security asset. Buying stock in a bank holding company is similar to buying options. Various issues develop from the government nationalization of previously held assets by the private sector. Obviously the first issue is the principal stripping (inevitable price valuation destruction), and the second issue is becoming; which controls are available to the existing private sector holders (those in at the beginning) and those new government (government of the people by the people) holders.
June 25, 2009
congress grills bernanke on bofa/merrill deal | www.reuters.com
Currently the U.S. Government is interrogating and receiving testimony from Mr. Bernanke. The overriding theme of the interrogation (which is BofA) has been obfuscated once again by semantics and Bill Clinton era speak.
SOPA and the wisdom of Yogi Berra
January 19, 2012
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