US Credit Line Draw Down, Down
September 8, 2009
Banks swamped by a wave of personal debt | business.timesonline.co.uk
Recent studies indicate that the US consumer and small business usage of their existing lines of credit has declined.
All hands on deck, full steam ahead
September 7, 2009
Cascade Bancorp enters into agreement with FDIC | www.bizjournals.com
Both the FDIC and the board supporting executive management of Cascade Bancorp are doing their job to the best of their abilities.
China Sovereign Wealth Fund Looking Outside China
August 31, 2009
MV Weather Report: China's Winds Unable to Propel US Sails | webmail.aol.com
The investment guru's that run the China Investment Corporation (CIC), the $200 billion ($241bn USD) state-run sovereign wealth fund, are feeling the effect of the US Market's dog days of summer as well as being cautious of their own markets.
August 25, 2009
New Zune Undercuts Apple's iPod Prices | online.wsj.com
In my opinion, Zune has an uphill battle to try and capture the digital music market from Apple. Zune has significant challenges that will be very hard to over come. The primary challenge is a powerful thing called "brand" that drives every mass market trend and wallet.
August 11, 2009
Carlisle Companies Rebound With Economy | seekingalpha.com
For so many years (perhaps even decades) the US manufacturing cost of various materials have been more expensive than other countries. Using actual bottom line profit as a metric, Carlisle is returning an offshore operation back to the US.
why forprofit EDU's are growing
August 4, 2009
why forprofits are growing | www.forprofitedu.com
All student interests and motivations are not at all the same, you need to understand their motivations to understand the market. You need to not think about yourself here as you are NOT the typical student growing to these schools.
Small volume sellers, extremely vulnerable to dysfunction and fraud
July 27, 2009
new ebay program aims to reward good sellers | www.ecnmag.com
eBay is making a progressive move to help its solid but low-volume sellers, by providing incentives to keep feedback numbers high. Both Amazon and eBay provide a facility for buyers to leave feedback on transactions.
Borat and Bruno - not withstanding - Kazakhstan means business
July 18, 2009
only fools and doping cops would doubt lance armstrong -- fanhouse | jay-mariotti.fanhouse.com
The venerable (arguably a true legend in his own time) Lance Armstrong is placing his long standing career back on the line.And Lance Armstrong's team is Team Astana Cycling Team.
Desperate times, desperate measures
July 18, 2009
American Express halts UK pension payments | business.timesonline.co.uk
The value of due diligence, and buyer beware has never before in financial times been so important. There are definitely two sides to this issue. We are faced with commitments made based upon invalid assumptions of risk management techniques.
July 13, 2009
goldman says it has ‘no material exposure’ to cit (update1) - bloomberg.com | www.bloomberg.com
The latest news regarding CIT is not good. Fitch Ratings downgraded its ratings for CIT Group Inc. deeper into junk status on Wednesday. From my personal experience and public information, CIT is the third big-bank lender to destroy small-business access to credit.
Switzerland sues Google over Street View privacy concerns
November 13, 2009
Here Come the Droids! A brief review of Verizon Wireless' new Droid line-up.
November 11, 2009
October 30, 2009
Vodafone Orange Iphone Deal Ends Two Years Exclusivity Of O2 In UK
October 5, 2009
IPhone Coma Mode puts Apple in the ICU
September 19, 2009