Description: Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris says advanced manufacturing is coming back to America and will drive our economy. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 25, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/01/25/n-davos-dow-chemical-ceo-manufacturing-jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Why is manufacturing so important to overall economic development and activity? Why has manufacturing declined in North America? Is there a solution… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2013
The Story Behind Smosh, Youtube’s Number One Smash
Description: Smosh President Barry Blumberg talks with Bloomberg’s Jon Erlichman about how Smosh has become a Youtube sensation. They speak on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Jan 24, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/WpPwpk#ooid=w2eGFwODoME4dzTmiBSK3q8HKQLcTu91 Questions for Discussions: How is YouTube different from television? How has the growth in YouTube audience share… Read more »
To Fix Overproduction, China Wants to Supersize Industries
Description: China aims for super big when it comes to its industrial enterprises. China’s bureaucrats announced plans this week to push mergers in nine key sectors including steel, cement, shipbuilding, autos, and aluminum, and also set targets for just how consolidated they should become. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 25, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-25/to-fix-overproduction-china-wants-to-supersize-industries#r=hp-ls Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
Forget a broker, invest based on the Super Bowl results
Description: In fewer than two weeks, the two best teams in the National Football League will face off in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII. The winning team will receive the Lombardi Trophy, along with rings, hats, T-shirts and perhaps even a victory parade in its home city.But could the outcome also tell investors what’s… Read more »
This Year, All Publishers Go Mobile
Description: Mobile readership offers publishers new circulation revenue sources.Media businesses have already gone through a first wave of digital transition, and in the last few years, mobile has been the next frontier. Publishers have been tasked with deciding whether to offer their content on the smaller-screen devices—and how. Source: eMarketer.com Date: Jan 25, 2013 Link:… Read more »
Lance Armstrong’s financial fallout
Description: From legal fees to paying back bonuses for his victories, Lance Armstrong may have significant bills to pay if he admits to doping. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 15, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/01/15/n-lance-armstrong-doping-drugs-sponsorships.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What are the financial implications pending for Lance Armstrong? How will this story play out in the… Read more »
Video: Lee’s Music puts focus on innovative guitar manufacturing with Riversong Guitars venture
Description: Lee’s Music was simply a retail store with a specialist repair arm until Lee’s son, Mike Miltimore, came up with an innovative technique for building stronger, better guitars in a fraction of the time. The company has big plans for its patent-pending design, and is tooling up a manufacturing plant to scale up production…. Read more »
Ad legend bashes Coke, Pepsi in Super Bowl return
Description: Most Super Bowl ad stories focus on the advertisers. But the gee-whizzer for SodaStream — an upstart maker of home carbonation machines — may be the guy who is creating its Big Game commercial. Source: USAToday.com Date: Jan 15, 2013 Link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/01/15/soda-stream-super-bowl-commercial-alex-bogusky/1836061/ Questions for Discussions: Do you think the SodaStream “concept” is a more… Read more »
Harry Winston to Use Swatch Cash for Diamonds Purchases
Description: Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (HW)’s $1 billion sale of a luxury unit to Swatch Group AG (UHR) provides the cash to invest more in diamond mining, a business that last year was more than twice as profitable as jewelry. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Jan 15, 2013 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-15/harry-winston-to-use-swatch-cash-for-diamonds-purchases.html Questions for Discussions: Explain the logic of… Read more »
Mobile users look to phones to instill habit
Description: January is the month when many New Year’s resolutions stand or fall. This year, people are bringing a new ally to the fight to keep their resolve: their smartphones. A December survey by Prosper Mobile Insights found that more than one in four US smartphone or tablet owners—24% of men and 30% of women—planned… Read more »
