AT&T wireless got poor consumer satisfaction ratings from Consumer Reports and was not allowed to buy T-Mobile as Government regulators and the public were skeptical. Well the good news is that AT&T dropped call rates have improved by 25%. This is a massive improvement – and yet the customer perception ratings have gotten to only"neutral.Continue reading “AT&T wireless improves service quality 25% – but still considered “neutral” carrier”
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Halloween snowstorm and the power outage
On Saturday night the north east USA was hit by a snow storm. Halloween was on Monday evening and there was no power, snow on the ground and a chill in every home and dark streets. Truly scary and towns advised that the festival which involves children going house to house to "trick or treat"Continue reading “Halloween snowstorm and the power outage”
Netflix to stream movies in all global markets, cut out postal services – grow movie industry
Netflix used the US Post to famously distribute movies in America after the founder Reed Hastings was charged late fees for late return of a rental movie to a movie rental store. Netflix involves a monthly subscription of under $10 and you can take as many movies you want, just use US Post and theContinue reading “Netflix to stream movies in all global markets, cut out postal services – grow movie industry”
Happy 4th of July and a globalized America
At a recent entrepreneurs meeting the speaker mentioned that if you can't succeed in America you can't really succeed anywhere else. The audience which was feeling somewhat down with earlier talk of the slow economy, got galvanized and started making active plans for the next thing they were going to do for their businesses. OnContinue reading “Happy 4th of July and a globalized America”
Dealing with nuclear power risks
http://abcnews.go.com/assets/player/walt2.6/flash/SFP_Walt_2_65.swf The Los Alamos wildfare is making headlines as concerns rise about damage to the nuclear lab. Wildfires are more predictable (brush,dry,summer) than earthquakes as in Fukushima,Japan.The question that the rest of the world is asking is if Americans and Japanese are scrambling to deal with natural disasters and nuclerar installations then what aboutContinue reading “Dealing with nuclear power risks”
New opportunity for roofers as Google invests $280 million in residential solar
The great thing about the weather folks is that they are able to predict sunshine better than oil folks can predict oil and gas. And Google's investment of $280 million in residential solar with Solar City seems to be a great move and a new opportunity for those in the roofing related installation business whoContinue reading “New opportunity for roofers as Google invests $280 million in residential solar”
Why Ford Motors strategy on emerging markets and small cars is great for 50% growth
Alan Mulally of Ford Motors sees 50% growth from the emerging markets of China,India and Africa. They are increasing small car models from five to fifteen in China and from three to eight in India.In an earlier post this blog had discussed about how Mulally reduced complexity at Ford and it seems that the currentContinue reading “Why Ford Motors strategy on emerging markets and small cars is great for 50% growth”
Antibiotic resistance across the food supply chain differs between developed and developing countries
A new study reports that over half the meat on US grocery shelves have high levels of bacteria and these bacteria are drug resistant. Seen with the news that the World Health Organization's 2011 theme is combating "Antimicrobial Resistance and its global spread," there are interesting food supply chain issues that are different in theContinue reading “Antibiotic resistance across the food supply chain differs between developed and developing countries”
Southwest airlines: does aircraft maintenance mimic auto maintenance behavior ?
During the great recession (2007-2009) people became more conscious about repairing their cars since they were not going to be buying a new car soon. Airlines too slowed down maintenance to cut costs ,if you think about it in the context of the cracks found in the Southwest Airline planes. Consider this : individuals notContinue reading “Southwest airlines: does aircraft maintenance mimic auto maintenance behavior ?”
19th century gas pipelines to be replaced in the US-needed for natural gas industry
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