Americans secretly admire French style and wine but publicly deride French fries – so its particularly unsettling that a French credit downgrade is affecting Wall Street and millions of Americans' retirement savings. And then you have the London riots where Prime Minbister Cameron is talking about learning how the leadership in Boston (USA) and BelfastContinue reading “Organizations get global but Governments struggle local : French downgrade and London riots”
Category Archives: Stock Market
The “stability predictability” challenge : why the Fed’s action might help jobs
The stunning decline of the stock market on Monday after the S&P downgrade left one wondering as did the waiting with bated breath of the stock market to the Fed announcement. Coming out and saying that interest rates will not change till 2013 does a lot to help both the market and organizations feel less Continue reading “The “stability predictability” challenge : why the Fed’s action might help jobs”
A town level SEC for investing in local small business
With globalization it is easier and easier to buy stocks in a variety of growth markets or in large US companies who are under pressure to turn a profit and therefore outsource jobs for lower costs. Meanwhile the most stellar small businesses have a hard time in finding small money to finance a website upgrade,Continue reading “A town level SEC for investing in local small business”
US Innovation: A High-Tech small sector led growth is the answer ?
Where can US Innovation lead to jobs is a question on everyone's minds. A clue is from today's stock rally, spurred in part by the Fusion-io IPO, after six days of stock market losses. Fusion-io makes flash memory storage and its largest customer is Facebook who use their infrastructure to manage all those millions ofContinue reading “US Innovation: A High-Tech small sector led growth is the answer ?”
Linkedin IPO success could mean dis-intermediation of the headhunter/recruiter
The enormous success of the Linkedin IPO is shocking to some as Linkedin revenues for 2010 was $243 million with a profit of only $15 million and the company is valued at almost $9 Biliion! Half of the Linkedin revenues came from recruiter advertising and it sure means changes for the recruiter/headhunter businesses. Don't getContinue reading “Linkedin IPO success could mean dis-intermediation of the headhunter/recruiter”
Linkedin IPO and Granovetter’s “Strength of Weak Ties” job seeker
The Linkedin IPO is expected to go public on Thursday – so why should we remember Granovetter's 1973 article on "The Strength of Weak Ties"? Mark Granovetter is a Stanford sociologist, who wrote by some accounts, the most influential sociological article ever in "The Strength of Weak Ties". Keep in mind that the article cameContinue reading “Linkedin IPO and Granovetter’s “Strength of Weak Ties” job seeker”
Deja vu 1982- well not entirely for Tylenol with FDA consent decree
The makers of Tylenol have a consent decree with FDA who will be additional supervisors at three of their plants for primarily following good manufacturing practices. No one has died but sort of brings back memories of the 1982 Tylenol crisis that had almost passed onto history in marketing classrooms. This time the situation seemsContinue reading “Deja vu 1982- well not entirely for Tylenol with FDA consent decree”
“Privacy” and social media -SEC to track Facebook and Twitter
The SEC is going (back in 2011) to track Facebook,Twitter,Linkedin postings. Consider this imaginary scenario, more plausible as the Facebook generation grows up.
[ Note: This post from March 9, 2011 was updated for formatting issues on May 31, 2021]
Innovator or Innovation first ? Steve Jobs and the iPad2.
There was a standing ovation (posted March 3, 2011) for Steve Jobs as he walked in from sick leave to unveil the new and dramatically improved iPad2. You would look at the iPad2 and say “wow” to its reduced thickness,reduced weight,two cameras,long battery life and same price as the iPad.
Warren Buffet annual letter- America’s best days are ahead
Warren Buffet’s annual letter to shareholder’s is here. The stock market has taken positive note of the Oracle of Omaha‘s views and here is my favorite para from the top of page 4, with the last line in bold: …..Throughout my lifetime, politicians and pundits have constantly moaned about terrifying problems facing America. Yet ourContinue reading “Warren Buffet annual letter- America’s best days are ahead”