Description: Best Buy was having a lousy 2014. But it’s no longer Amazon’s showroom. Price matching and excitement about new Apple products have helped the company rebound. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 20, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/11/20/best-buy-stock-soars.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Why has Best Buy stock rebounded in value? What does the report suggest was… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 6 Managing Financial Resources
iMazing: Apple worth $670 billion
Description: Apple is the most valuable company in the world. Could the company get to $1 trillion in the next few years? Or will Google or Alibaba beat it to the 12 zero mark? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 18, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/11/18/buzz-apple-worth-670-billion.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What is driving the stock values of… Read more »
JetBlue’s Investor-Friendly Plan to Start Crunching Knees and Charging for Bags
Description: As participants in “No-Shave November” and its counterpart for the mustachioed, “Movember,” many American men are dedicating this month to keeping sharp objects away from their 5?o’clock shadows and bushy beards. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Nov 19, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-19/jetblues-investor-friendly-plan-to-start-crunching-knees-and-charging-for-bags#r=most%20popular Questions for Discussions: What is JetBlue doing to improve its financial situation? What are the… Read more »
Are Amazon’s stock holders doubting Jeff Bezos?
Description: Fortune’s Andrew Nuska and Erin Griffith discuss the Amazon’s falling stock prices and the future of the company. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Nov 13, 2014 Link: http://for.tn/1v9BmP4 Questions for Discussions: Why have investors started to question the performance of Amazon’s management? Do you think earnings will emerge in the long-term from these… Read more »
Share a Coke with Green Mountain?
Description: Keurig Green Mountain is the best performing stock in the S&P 500 this year. Shares have nearly doubled thanks to a big investment by Coke. Should Coke buy all of it? Keurig CEO Brian Kelley used to work for Coke. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 30, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/10/30/investing-the-buzz-keurig-green-mountain.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
How a family brewery from Chipper Falls became a MillerCoors success story
Description: Jake and Dick Leinenkugel say their decision to sell to Miller Brewing Company 25 years ago gave them the chance to reach a national audience. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Nov 06, 2014 Link: http://for.tn/13MOLRO Questions for Discussions: What is special about this company that has allowed it to succeed and grow into… Read more »
Here are 10 malls with the most sales dollars per square foot.
Description: Here are the top malls ranked by sales per square foot. Find out how they do it. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Oct 30, 2014 Link: http://for.tn/1wJk6x6 Questions for Discussions: What are the common characteristics of the top performing malls? Do you think the industry will lose more “average performing” malls? How can… Read more »
Holy guacamole! Chipotle stumbles
Description: Chipotle’s stock had been hotter than a Serrano pepper. But investors aren’t happy about slowing growth. Is Qdoba, the burrito chain owned by Jack in the Box, stealing customers? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 21, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/10/21/investing-the-buzz-chipotle-qdoba.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Why did Chipotle stock drop off? Is this a good time… Read more »
CNNMoney Recap: The week’s biggest stories
Description: All the money news that matters to you this week: Stocks drop, then recover — why that’s a good thing, plus the cheapest gas in years is coming to your corner and why Facebook and Apple are reportedly paying for employees to freeze their eggs. Source: CNNMoney.com Date: Oct 17, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/10/17/cnnmoney-recap-october-18.cnnmoney/ Questions… Read more »
High-Efficiency Washers Put Soap Companies in Spin Cycle
Description: After buying a high-efficiency washing machine, Stephen Asbel found that adding his usual amount of detergent turned his family’s clothes into a sudsy mess. So he cut back on it. And then cut back some more. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Oct 15, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-15/high-efficiency-washers-put-soap-companies-in-spin-cycle.html Questions for Discussions: How has technology affected P&G? How have… Read more »
