Posts Tagged: Understanding Accounting and Financial Statements (p498)

Elon Musk: Robot software will make Tesla worth as much as Apple

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Description: Musk will put his machinery where his mouth is with Model 3, battery and solar panel production lines launching soon Source: MarketWatch.com – video report Date: May 05, 2017 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-robot-software-will-make-tesla-worth-as-much-as-apple-2017-05-04?siteid=nwtwk Questions for discussion: Compare the strategic thinking at Tesla and Apple? What has to happen for Tesla to reach a capital value of… Read more »

Six Pixels Of Separation – The Mirum Podcast – Episode #564 – Host: Mitch Joel

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Description: -. Piers Fawkes spends what seems like – an awesome amount of time searching out trends, building data, publishing reports and curating news from around the world. There is a focus and his work does split off into business related verticals like design, travel, retail, advertising and more. Still his daily e-newsletters provide a… Read more »

Subway Closed Restaurants for the First Time Ever in 2016

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Description: Don’t worry, there are still over 20,000 more. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: April 21, 2017 Link: http://for.tn/2oRvyvN Questions for discussion: Why should investors be concerned about any store closings? Why have sales declined? What would you advise management do about the situation facing the firm?  

How United could have avoided this fiasco

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Description: So what should United Airlines have done? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: April 12, 2017 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/12/news/companies/what-united-should-have-done/index.html?iid=ob_article_hotListpool Questions for discussion: Summarize the damage done to the company brand and shareholder value. What does the report suggest management at United could have done? Do you gree? What should the company and others in the… Read more »

Papa John’s Is Going Organic

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Description: The chain is piloting the program in Lexington, Ky. Source: Fortune.ca- video report Date: April 05 , 2017 Link: http://for.tn/2n7B4es Questions for Discussions: How has Papa John’s responded to competition? Do you think the move to organic will prove to be a major attraction for customers?

Jeff Bezos Says He Is Selling $1 Billion a Year in Amazon Stock to Finance Race to Space

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Description: COLORADO SPRINGS — Standing against the backdrop of his New Shepard rocket booster and a full-scale mock capsule for carrying humans into space, Jeff Bezos revealed on Wednesday that he was selling about $1 billion in Amazon stock a year to finance his Blue Origin rocket company. Source: NYTimes.com Date: April 5, 2017 Link:… Read more »

Just How Much Is a Medical Miracle Worth?

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Description: Years of costly treatments could give way to pricier one-shot cures like Spark Therapeutics’ blindness drug. But insurers aren’t ready. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: April 06 , 2017 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-06/just-how-much-is-a-medical-miracle-worth Questions for Discussions: Summarize the various pricing models presented in this report. What are the ethical and social considerations involved? How should the players decide… Read more »

Apple’s Journey to Becoming the First Trillion Dollar Company

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Description: It has some work to do. Source: Fortune.ca- video report Date: March 30 , 2017 Link: http://for.tn/2odQddI Questions for Discussions: What are the two ways Apple can continue to grow, according to the report? Who would you merge Apple with in order to continue the current growth rate? Do you think the firm can… Read more »

ESPN Has Seen the Future of TV and They’re Not Really Into It

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Description: As more fans cut the cord and go mobile, the network is busy protecting its cable-TV money machine. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Mar 30, 2017 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-30/espn-has-seen-the-future-of-tv-and-they-re-not-really-into-it Questions for discussion: How has the business model changed at ESPN? What can the company do to deal with these changes to operations?

Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: I’ve been obsessed with ‘a better way to design communities’

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Description: Airbnb co-founder, CEO and Head of Community Brian Chesky sits down with Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist and shares how the now-iconic company started with a set of air mattresses and has grown to a multibillion-dollar company that is disrupting the lodging industry. Source: NBC.com – video report Date: Mar 19, 2017 Link: http://www.today.com/video/airbnb-s-brian-chesky-i-ve-been-obsessed-with-a-better-way-to-design-communities-901488195794 Questions… Read more »