Finally! There's a movie version of Kirk's leadership lessons.

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 22:47

Taking note this morning of August Turak?s leadership post espousing the virtues of Zen Leadership. Fascinating article which is based in simple logic and heart at the same time. Zen Leadership: The Toughest (Best) Business Decision I Ever Made ? Forbes. We tend to dismiss the sensitive side of such methodology as woo woo. It?s ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 15:27

B. Riley analyst Bill Ong this morning picked up coverage of the LED lighting sector with a generally bullish outlook. He starts Veeco, Aixtron and Cree with Buy ratings, while starting Rubicon with a Neutral. Here are some of the details on his call: Veeco: He sets a $42 target on the LED equipment maker; ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 18:55

Helped by a better than expected earnings report and by positive comments from Fitch, the stock of Lennar reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday morning trading at $27.91???well above its 200, 100, and 50-day moving averages, gaining 45 percent for the last three months, and 42 percent for the last six months. Based in ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 18:56

Corruption is a problem throughout virtually the entirety of post-Communist Europe due, in large part, to unavoidable problems associated with the rapid privatization of previously state-owned assets. When an economy that was entirely state dominated becomes ?privatized? in the course of a few months, or at most a few years, it?s a virtual guarantee that ...

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 17:24

? People seem so shocked by bills introduced into state legislatures.?? Lately they have had to do with reproductive issues, which is so vulgarly 21st Century.?? Gone are the days when some things went unmentioned and were left up to the imagination.?? Now everything comes under the jurisdiction of the government (we wanted it this ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 18:23

Two rules for money management: Pay hourly fees and buy widely traded securities.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 22:55

Bernstein Research analys Toni Sacconaghi this morning cut his rating on printer maker Lexmark to Market Perform from Outperform, while slashing his target on the stock to $38, from $46. LXK closed Friday at $34.28. In a research note, Sacconaghi asserts that ?material stock outperformance appears unlikely in the face of flat to declining revenues ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 19:26

Li & Fung beat analysts? estimates with a 24% jump in last year?s earnings as a result of its strong performance in the U.S. The consumer goods giant reported a profit of $681 million for 2011, against a consensus forecast of $617 million from analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Li & Fung is controlled by ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 12:56

Hong Kong businessman , Asia's wealthiest person, on Friday publicly backed??the struggling candidacy of Henry Tang in the March 25 election for chief executive??of the former British colony. ??"His experience and work in the administration are good for Hong Kong," the South China Morning Post quoted Li as telling a local television station in remarks??outside ...

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 13:19