It must have been a slow news week. So much attention was given to a series of news items related to employers requiring applicants and employees to turn over their Facebook username and passwords to them. It seemed to be an outrageous privacy incursion, but on closer examination it turns [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 02:32

The average Jane and Joe's guide to this week's Obamacare hearings before the Supreme Court.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 01:28

Hunger Games is blowing away all the skeptics with its $155m weekend opening.  Hunger Games is in the center of conversations among my kids, their friends, and the world. Hunger Games will end up being the biggest hit for Lionsgate ever.  Why is it such a runaway hit? Let me share the story of Hunger [...]

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 23:05

Can you always resist that chocolate cake or bacon-burger just because you want to look good on vacation next month? For most, no is a frequent answer. In fact, consistently following any long-term strategy is not easy. Consider the trader who loses money chasing an impulse buy promising immediate gain. [...]

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 21:37

Video (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The pharmaceutical giants look remarkably similar to the IBM of the late 80's and early 90's. For those of us who remember the IBM of that era, this is bad news. They can continue the path of the railroad industry early in the 20th century. Alternatively, they [...]

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 20:19

There was a lot of concern about brand Linsanity when the New York Knicks fired head coach Mike D'Antoni on March 14. But the value of Lin's brand, which I estimated to be worth $14 million in mid-February, keeps growing as the guard has continued to play well under new [...]

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 16:00

Worries about slowing growth in China intensified on Thursday after a disappointing purchasing manager index report.  What businesses in the country still look promising for investors? To find out, I sat down earlier this week at a Starbuck’s on swank Nanjing West Road here in Shanghai with JP Gan. JP is a managing [...]

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 05:23

They weren't saying anything about it at her swellegant party Saturday night, but the word is Clive Davis and Aretha Franklin are teaming up again. So far it's all hush hush, but Davis sat right next to Franklin at her swanky 70th birthday party dinner at the Helmsley Park Lane [...]

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 04:59

  Former US Vice President Dick Cheney (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering from a heart transplant to treat end-stage heart failure -- an often misunderstood disease that is one of the most costly health problems in America. According to the New York Times: Mr.

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 04:38

There are rumors that Apple is going to incorporate some form of tactile interface to the iPad's screen that would use some form of "advanced haptics." The most immediate idea is that this kind of technology could allow users to find screen features, like buttons, by touch and to get tactile feedback (like clicks and buzzes) from those features. [...]

pubblicato il: 25/03/2012 - 01:52