Description: Five years after Katrina destroyed the city, New Orleans is rebuilt and flowering into a ‘green’ hub of the South. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 03/17/2011 Link:  http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2011/03/17/sbiz_green_new_orleans.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the green energy renewal effort in New Orleans. How can this serve as a model for other communities? Do you think… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Financing Management (p566)
General Mills Nears $1.1 Billion Deal to Buy Half of Yoplait
Description: The owners of Yoplait, the French yogurt maker, said Friday that they were in exclusive negotiations with the company’s longtime American partner, General Mills, to sell just over a 50 percent stake for about 800 million euros ($1.1 billion). Source: NYTimes.com  Date: 03/18/2011 Link: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/general-mills-set-to-buy-yoplait-stake-for-1-1-billion/?ref=business Questions for discussion: Do you think that General… Read more »
Apple, Google May Profit on a Tax Holiday
Description: Those companies and others say they’ll bring home billions in earningsâ€â€but only if they get a big tax break Source: Businessweek.com Date: 03/17/2011 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_13/b4221064108107.htm Questions for discussion: Summarize the basic arguments surrounding this topic. What are the factors favoring allowing tax-free repatriation and those against?
BullHorn: SXSW: Who’ll be the best?
Description: Foursquare and Gowalla were big hits last year at the technology conference in Austin, Texas. Are they takeover targets now? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 03/10/2011 Link:  http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/03/10/mkts_bh_sxsw_bsft_fnsr.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the analysis presented about each company. Do you think any one of these companies has an advantage in the developing technologies… Read more »
Pro Sports vs. the Web Pirates
Description: Leagues from the NFL and NBA to Ultimate Fighting are finding it nearly impossible to block pirate video sites from streaming live events. Source: Businessweek.com  Date: 02/24/2011 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_10/b4218066626285.htm Questions for discussion: Summarize the problems described in this report? How has the industry responded? Besides the legal and technological solutions, what are some… Read more »
American dream still home ownership
Description: KB Home CEO Jeffrey Mezger says recovery is taking place in California and Texas and foreclosed homes are finding buyers. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 02/18/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/02/17/n_kb_home_lookahead.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Do you agree with the analysis presented in this report? How would investors be expected to react to the forecasts presented for… Read more »
BullHorn: Apple bull charging ahead
Description: If worries about Steve Jobs’s health don’t derail Apple’s run, what will? Amazon and Disney are smokin’ too. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 02/18/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/02/18/mkts_bh_aapl_dis_amzn.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion:  Summarize the analysis presented for each company. Do you agree with them? Do you agree with the view that some of these companies are… Read more »
Buffett Says Pricing Power Beats Good Management When Evaluating Companies
Description: Warren Buffett, the billionaire chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he rates businesses on their ability to raise prices and sometimes doesn’t even consider the people in charge. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 02/18/2011 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-18/buffett-says-pricing-power-more-important-than-good-management.html Questions for discussion:  What does Warren Buffet have to say about the importance of management and the ability… Read more »
The Stock Market Is Calm. You’re Warned
Description: Stocks haven’t risen this much with such narrow price swings since 1971. This puts equities at risk for short-term losses.  Source: Businessweek.com  Date: 02/17/2011 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_09/b4217045129476.htm Questions for discussion: Summarize the concerns about the current state of the stock market? How should a prudent investor behave if they were in agreement with this… Read more »
The risk of Egypt and Mideast stocks, post Mubarak
Description: Investing in a troubled region with a long-term perspective Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 02/11/2011 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-risk-of-egypt-and-mideast-stocks-post-mubarak-2011-02-11?dist=afterbell Questions for discussion: What does this article have to say about the risks associated with investment and investment in Egypt and the Middle East in particular? Do you agree with these views? What are some good reasons to be… Read more »
