Description: Rebecca Jarvis and Barrons associate editor Michael Santori discuss the recent increase in private sector jobs and what we can expect in the future. Source: BNET.com – video report Date: 11/12/2010 Link: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/video/jobs-outlook-looking-better/481539/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the reasons companies are starting to hire back more workers now? What does this say about these… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Start a small biz with $500
Description: Tweezerman founder Dal LaMagna says his company grew by being frugal with money and keeping stakeholders interests at heart. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report  Date: 11/11/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2010/11/11/sbiz_tweezerman_dal_lamagna_500_dollars.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Explain the global success of this game? What does its success suggest about consumer behavior? What need does this product satisfy for… Read more »
Newsweek’s Printing Press Was a Top Draw for Diller
Description: Barry Diller, who has spent the better part of a decade amassing a collection of Internet companies  a search engine here, a dating Web site there  has figured out how to help make the Internet work a little better for him. He is going into the magazine business. Source: NYTimes.com  Date:… Read more »
A Pistachio Farmer, Pom Wonderful, and the FTC
Description: California philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick own a pistachio empire twice the size of Sacramento. Now they’re facing lawsuits over water control and the health claims of Pom Wonderful. Source: Businessweek.com Date: 11/11/2010 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_47/b4204068352545.htm Questions for discussion: Summarize the business, legal, and moral issues in this report? Who do you side with in… Read more »
RIM Taps Teens’ Messaging Mania to Top Apple in Latin America
Description: The iPhone was an also-ran for Monica Amilpas when she chose her first smartphone last year. She opted for the BlackBerry Curve because it had an instant- messaging feature the Apple Inc. device lacked. Source: Bloomberg.com  Date: 11/11/2010 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-11/rim-taps-teens-messaging-mania-to-top-apple-in-latin-america.html Questions for discussion: Why is RIM’s Blackberry more successful in this market? What… Read more »
The slaying of the Celtic Tiger
Description: Anglo Irish Bank’s unfinished head office pokes into the sky on Dublin’s North Wall Quay, a silent testimony to the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger. Source: TheGlobeandMail.com  Date: 11/12/2010 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/the-slaying-of-the-celtic-tiger/article1797583/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the history of the Irish economic experience. What do you think will happen to Irish markets… Read more »
75 years later, Monopoly rolls on
Description: A special look inside the Monopoly factory as the legendary board game celebrates its 75th anniversary. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report  Date: 11/05/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/11/05/n_monopoly_birthday_factory.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Explain the global success of Monopoly? What does its success suggest about consumer behavior? What need does this product satisfy for consumers? How do you… Read more »
Wall Street Soars After Election
Description: Business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis explains why Wall Street is doing well while unemployment is still high. Source: BNET.com – video report Date: 11/05/2010 Link: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/video/wall-street-soars-after-election/481308/?tag=col1;fd-banner-roto  Questions for discussion: Summarize the key points presented in the report. Why did the stock market respond so favorably? What do you think will happen to markets… Read more »
Chasing Pirates: Inside Microsoft’s War Room
Description: AS the sun rose over the mountains circling Los Reyes, a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán, one morning in March 2009, a caravan of more than 300 heavily armed law enforcement agents set out on a raid. Source: NYTimes.com  Date: 11/06/2010 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/technology/07piracy.html?ref=business Questions for discussion: Summarize how Microsoft deals with… Read more »
Federal Reserve to buy $600 billion in bonds
Description: The Federal Reserve pledged on Wednesday to start a controversial new $600 billion bond-buying spree to rescue the economy from its current doldrums. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 11/03/2010 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-to-buy-600-billion-in-government-bonds-2010-11-03 Questions for discussion: How does this action by the Federal Reserve help stimulate the economy? What are the consequences associated with this action in the… Read more »
