Is there any good business news to report these days? Frankly, there is not. Even if there were it would pale in comparison to steep decline we’ve seen on Wall Street in the past two days. Sadly at this point the only people the American people have less sympathy for than politicians is folks on Wall Street. [...]
For the past few years businesses have made a concerted effort to utilize the incredibly fertile and ever growing world of social networking for their advantage. It is a fantastic marriage when done correctly but far too often businesses exploit these practices in ways that make them unappealing to the vast majority of people using [...]
I’ve been thinking recently about investing in Pandora. It’s reliable, easy to use, and it has the capability to become really powerful. Especially if picked up by the big four Google’s Schmidt listed: Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google. But Apple has its own tricks up its sleeve and everyone’s waiting till next business week to [...]
Global business and business to business trading has not suffered much from the ongoing Jasmine Revolution, despite fears that oil will push up to $120 per barrel. As rebels have taken control of important oil ports, the price of crude has dropped. If the rebel offensive can successfully navigate through Sirte, Gadhafi’s hometown, hopes are [...]
Unrest in the Mideast has spread. There are a number of countries, including Yemen, Iran, Libya learning lessons from Tunisia and Egypt’s Jasmine Revolution. Part of the reason for this is the fact that nearly half the population of all the Arab League is 25 or under. These kids know more about Twitter and Facebook [...]
A fascinating article in the Economist discusses a new business on the brink: 3D printing. It’s just as it sounds. If you have the software capability and know-how to design a certain product, or even the ability to download a design off the internet, you can press print and cut out the manufacturing industry to [...]
The latest in news media is being put forward by News Corp. for iPads only. Rupert Murdoch says it’s supposed to make print media more viable in the digital age. It costs 99 cents a week of $39.99 annually. This may help to solve the problem of offering free online access that many news companies [...]
Default looks imminent for Greece. How will this affect the Euro business? The benefits of the continent accepting the Euro have been great: about 10 to 15% GDP greater trade growth than it would have been otherwise. But the cons – namely, economic inflexibility – have been also. Wage cuts have been met with protests, [...]
Looking for a competitive MBA program? Here is the Economist’s global top 10 and their North American top 10. Meanwhile Facebook joined forces with Goldman Sachs’ business, which invested half a billion dollars into the social media company this week. They also have a plan to sap $1.5 billion from investors to inject into Facebook. [...]
Jobless claims fell to their lowest rate in two years, evidencing further optimism for the new year. John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo, expect about 160,000 jobs to be added monthly in 2011 as compared to 90,000 monthly in 2010. Even so, it will take years to recover the 8.4 million jobs lost in [...]
