‘Differentiated content’ key to AOL strategy

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Description: AOL Brand Group CEO Susan Lyne discusses AOL’s strategy to deliver unique content in different ways and how CEO Tim Armstrong has ‘double-downed’ on video. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 25, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/11/25/fortune-leadership-ceo-susan-lyne-aol-video-ads.fortune/index.html Questions for Discussions: How is AOL attempting to distinguish itself in the online marketplace? How does this orientation… Read more »

Interns who sued now can’t find jobs

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Description: Former Hearst intern Diana Wang says her lawsuit over an unpaid internship at Bazaar has made it difficult to find a full-time job. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 18, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/11/18/n-asher-interns-sue-companies-job-prospects.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What are the ethical and legal issues surrounding internship working conditions and contracts? What are the potential… Read more »

BlackBerry shakeup: Third time’s a charm?

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Description: The Canadian phonemaker has seen three management regimes in as many years. Is this the one that will save the company from obsolescence? Source: Fortune.com Date: Nov 25, 2013 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/25/blackberry-shakeup-third-times-a-charm/?iid=F_F500M Questions for discussion: How important is a new management team for the firm at this time? How do think the introduction of yet… Read more »

What a Higher Minimum Wage Does for Workers and the Economy

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Description: Tom Wolfe himself couldn’t have imagined a better New York juxtaposition. Pizza, Pepsi, and hot chicken wings were out on the table one November evening at Strive New York, an agency in East Harlem that helps ex-convicts and other chronically unemployed people get and keep jobs. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Nov 27, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-27/what-a-higher-minimum-wage-does-for-workers-and-the-economy#r=hp-sf… Read more »

McDonald’s CEO: We will continue our expansion

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Description: McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson speaks with Bloomberg Television’s Betty Liu at Bloomberg’s The Year Ahead: 2014 conference at the Art Institute of Chicago. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Nov 21, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/18U53UH#ooid=5zNXBqaDreGgymOn83TY2NeE0R4Ff_Qy Questions for Discussions: What did you learn about CEO Don Thompson and his management style by watching this… Read more »

Facebook, Still Dominant, Strives to Keep Cachet

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Description: When Evan Spiegel peered into a crystal ball to divine a future for his company, Snapchat, he did not see Facebook. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 17, 2013 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/technology/facebook-strives-to-keep-its-cachet.html Questions for discussion: What does this report suggest about the future for social websites like Facebook and its partners? How do you think Facebook will… Read more »

The Golden Age of Watching Other People Play Video Games

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Description: It’s too soon to know whether Microsoft (MSFT) or Sony (SNE) will emerge victorious from this round of the great video-game console wars, but it may not be premature to name the real winner: Twitch.tv. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Nov 22, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-22/the-golden-age-of-watching-other-people-play-video-games#r=hp-ls Questions for Discussions: How is this development another step into social media? Who… Read more »

How Candy Crush took off

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Description: ‘Games Guru’ Tommy Palm from U.K. based King talks about why Candy Crush Saga is so popular and how the mobile game brings in so much cash. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 15, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/11/15/t-candy-crush-saga-king-tommy-palm-mobile-games.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Describe the business model? Why would players be motivated to “pay” at higher… Read more »

In a Bean, a Boon to Biotech

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Description: A new federal push to purge artery-clogging trans fats from foods could be just what the doctor ordered — not only for public health but for the unpopular biotechnology industry, specifically, two developers of genetically modified crops. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 15, 2013 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/16/business/in-a-bean-a-boon-to-biotech.html?ref=business&_r=0 Questions for discussion: What are the potential benefits to… Read more »

Super Cheap Tablets

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Description: Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (005930:KS) built big tablet businesses by appealing to early adopters with money to burn. Lenovo (992:HK) and other companies are working on sub-$100 tablets aimed at the lower end of the market. But starting next year it may be tough to compete on price with the Aakash 4, a 7-inch Android… Read more »