Description:  When countries post a 40% youth unemployment rate, you know something is terribly wrong. The last time developed countries experienced such an employment disaster was during the Great Depression, and it is a moot question as to whether the current period will prove to be worse for the southern European countries than the Great… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 6 Managing Financial Resources
The Business Of Lin
Description: From Knicks jersey sales to tickets on the road, many firms are profiting from Linsanity. But can it last? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 02/17/2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/02/16/n_jeremy_lin_business.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Explain the sudden financial changes to the various businesses mentioned in the report. Do you think this phenomenon can last? What strategic plans… Read more »
Stocks are up, but they’re still cheap
Description: Stocks are soaring, but investors who buy in now may still be getting a deal of a decade, based on metrics of how pricey the market is. Source: USAToday.com Date: 02/08/2012 Link:  http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/stocks/story/2012-02-08/stocks-still-cheap/53017416/1 Questions for discussion: Summarize the arguments made in this report? Do you agree with them?
The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message
Description: SEVENTY-TWO hours before Facebook’s big moment, Sheryl K. Sandberg was half a world away, hobnobbing with the likes of Bill Gates and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Source: NYTimes.com Date: 02/03/2012 Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/sheryl-sandberg-of-facebook-staying-on-message.html?ref=business Questions for discussion: How would you describe Sheryl Sandberg? Do you think her gender has helped, hurt, or made no difference in… Read more »
The cloud goes Hollywood
Description:  The major film studios think they’ve found a way to sell and deliver movies online. Will consumers buy it? Source: Fortune.com Date: 02/03/2012 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/02/03/ultraviolet-digital-movies-cloud/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for discussion: Do you think this format will be successful with consumers? How should the industry market the concept?
Bill Gates: Rich should pay more taxes
Description: The Microsoft founder and philanthropist says that the wealthiest Americans should pay a larger share of taxes than they do. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 01/26/2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/01/26/n_davos_gates_occupy.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the key points presented about economic activity, incomes, taxes, and the government’s role. What is Bill Gates’ position on the key… Read more »
‘I work for one of the 10 Best Companies’
Description:  Interesting assignments, unfaltering support, stints abroad: No wonder these folks love their workplaces. Source: Fortune.com Date: 01/27/2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/pf/jobs/1201/gallery.best-companies-employees.fortune/index.html Questions for discussion: What are some common characteristics of these businesses that seem to suggest why they rank among the “best� How influential is this status on employee behavior?
How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work
Description: When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president. But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke,President Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: what would it take to make iPhones in the United States? Source: … Read more »
Enhanced eBooks: Next Frontier or Passing Fad?
Description: A new crop of digital books comes loaded with videos, songs, animated shorts and pop-up graphics. Is this the future of publishing or just a passing fad? Alexandra Alter has details on Lunch Break. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: 01/19/2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/enhanced-ebooks-next-frontier-or-passing-fad/C6B97950-5E0F-4EBD-9986-3FB1369FE4AF Questions for discussion: Do you think this new concept in ebooks… Read more »
7 Charged as F.B.I. Closes a Top File-Sharing Site
Description: In what authorities have called one of the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought, the Justice Department and the F.B.I. have seized the Web site Megaupload and charged seven people connected with it with running an international enterprise based on Internet piracy. Source: NYTimes.com Date: 01/20/2012 Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/technology/megaupload-indictment-internet-piracy.html?ref=business Questions for discussion: What are the… Read more »
