GLG News in Consumer Goods & Services

This advertisment looks like a marketing tectics and promotion from Tiffany's. US govt. wants to stop all the type of earning sources from Myanmar Govt.

   The ban will harm  only the poor.    The Junta will be unaffected.    The Democratic process will not be moved forward.    This is an ill informed policy decision based on ignorance of the real   situation in Myanmar     

This is all hype for free advertisement by the national media This will have zero effect on the jewelry gemstone business

Congressional action to ban the Import of Burmese gemstones could mean higher gross margins for Tiffany.  Here's why.

GM, and Ford, are the victims of too much focus on the American market, for far too long, at the expense of the world market. GM, and Ford, must continue to shift away from, and write down production and assets focused on truck and SUV production. How much will GM and Ford have to give up, to survive?

On the one hand, a Mervyns' bankruptcy could be just another closure of a region department store chain typical of 30 years of store consolidation in the US. On the other, it could be an opportunity to revive a regional name in a market that is quickly rejecting 'cookie cutter' retailing that offers poor service, merchandise sameness, and mediocre quality.

With Chrysler's announcement on Friday that it was going to stop offering leases through its lending facility, every domestic car dealer felt the tremors.

Faced with a $8.7 billion loss, a $2.1 billion write-down on its lease portfolio with Ford Motor Credit, Ford plans to bring some of its hot selling European products to the U.S. But that's not the only answer.

The results that ahve been produced by WYNN for the last quarter is going to be indicative of what we see in the near term future.

Money has a way of raising concerns for most new construction in Las Vegas. Colony Capital will have to make the decision along with their partners ( the Fertita family) if the timing is right for early 2009. The money is there, however, will they pay the inflated price to get financed?