Description: By saying in a regulatory filing that investors may not get cash back from the Alibaba transaction, Yahoo Inc.’s new chief executive sends the company’s shares lower after hours and stirs up chatter about a major M&A deal. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: Aug 09, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yahoos-mayer-sends-a-strange-signal-2012-08-09 Questions for Discussions: Summarize the activity surrounding Yahoo!… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Management Issues
How U.S. discourages foreign investors
Description: Panasonic North America CEO says that foreign companies need political consistency and tax incentives to invest in the U.S. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Aug 02, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/08/02/n-panasonic-manufacturing-jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize commentary in this report about direct foreign investment. Do you agree with the assessment? How is globalization a factor? What… Read more »
The Real Crash is dead ahead as 2008 is forgotten
Description: Commentary: Ironically, you’ll win by buying banks now. “Facebook will become the poster child for the current social-media bubble,†warns economist Gary Shilling in his latest Forbes column, “just as Pets.com was for the dot-com bubble.†Yes, Wall Street is repeating the 2000 dot-com crash as today’s social-media bubble crashes and burns. Source: Marketwatch.com… Read more »
Bank bailout failed homeowners
Description: Former TARP Inspector General Neil Barofsky says the program failed to protect Main Street from Wall Street. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 25, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/07/25/n-Barofsky-TARP.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize commentary in this report about the failure to manage TARP. Do you believe the criticism is fair? What are the economic prospects… Read more »
Housing: A Long Way From Normal
Description: Remember suburban Phoenix, home of empty subdivisions with green swimming pools and roving coyotes? It’s booming again. A house in Glendale got 95 offers and eventually sold for 17 percent above the asking price. “This is not something we would see in a normal market,†says Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real… Read more »
Walgreen finally gets good news
Description: Walgreen reached an agreement with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, giving its shares a much needed boost. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 19, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/07/19/investing-bz-Walgreen.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize and explain the recent financial performance of Walgreen. How much of the problem facing the company can be attributed to management, in… Read more »
Slowing sales put out Chipotle’s fuego
Description:  Chipotle is still growing rapidly, but investors were disappointed that revenues missed lofty forecasts. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report com Date: July 20, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/07/20/investing-bz-Chipotle.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financials for the company. Why has the stock fallen so much? Would you be a buyer or seller at this time?
How to save RIM. Really
Description: Despite the many grim signs suggesting otherwise, it can be done. Here’s how. Source: Fortune.com Date: July 20, 2012 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/20/how-to-save-rim-really/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for Discussions: Summarize the recommended strategy. Do you agree with this thinking? How will it impact financials at the company during the transition? How would you expect investors to respond to a… Read more »
Spain financial woes worsen as bank bailout approved
Description: Spain’s financial woes deepened ominously Friday after a heavily indebted region asked Madrid for help and the government predicted more recession next year, prompting investors to dump stocks and government bonds. Source: GlobeandMail.com Date: July 20, 2012 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/european-business/spain-financial-woes-worsen-as-bank-bailout-approved/article4429366/ Questions for Discussions: Explain the cause of the Spanish stock market drop? How are interest… Read more »
Ireland Bulldozes Ghost Estate In Life After Real Estate Bubble
Description:Â Ireland is opting for bulldozers rather than bankers as it starts to clear the legacy of the housing boom whose collapse brought the economy to its knees. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: July 19, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-19/ireland-bulldozes-ghost-estate-in-life-after-real-estate-bubble.html Questions for Discussions: How did over-supply undermine the real estate market? Who is to blame for this fiasco? How… Read more »
