Description: Ignore the takeover rumors, ailing cell phone maker Nokia won’t be acquired anytime soon. In fact, now is probably the time to bail. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: June 14, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/06/14/investing-bz-nokia.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussion: Summarize the analysis and recommendations presented by the reporter. Do you agree? What would you advise Nokia… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Management Issues
Rajat Gupta Convicted Of Insider Trading By U.S. Jury
Description: Rajat Gupta, who reached the pinnacle of corporate America as managing partner of McKinsey & Co. and as a director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. (PG), was convicted by a federal jury of leaking inside information to hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Jun 15, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-15/rajat-gupta-convicted-of-insider-trading-by-u-s-jury.html… Read more »
Stanford President: Bubble? Maybe
Description: Stanford University president John Hennessy says there may be a tech bubble going on right now, but not a “catastrophic” one. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: June 07, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/06/06/ctd_stanford_president.fortune/ Questions for Discussion: What role does Stanford University play as an incubator of new technologies? Why does the arrangement work so well?… Read more »
Profits aren’t the only consideration for newspapers
Description: It might make sense for some newspapers in some cities to quickly switch to digital. It doesn’t make sense in New Orleans. Source: Fortune.com Date: Jun 07, 2012 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/07/profits-arent-the-only-consideration-for-newspapers/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for Discussions: Describe the financial scenario facing the newspaper business. What steps would you advise financial managers of these businesses take?
How to buy stock like a company insider
Description: Follow the money when executives spend their own. When CEOs or corporate directors plunk down cash to buy shares of their company, it can speak volumes. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: June 07, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-buy-stock-like-a-company-insider-2012-06-08 Questions for Discussions: What does the article say about insider buying behavior? Do you believe their behavior is a good… Read more »
Short-Sellers Find Friends in Banks
Description: As Facebook’s underwriters were frantically trying to shore up Facebook’s share price following the company’s IPO, managers at the same firms were helping short-sellers bet that the newly minted stock would fall. Jonathan Cheng has details on digits. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: May 25, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/short-sellers-find-friends-in-banks/7960CBE8-4D5A-49EF-9739-A678CB652384 Questions for Discussion: Summarize the… Read more »
Facebook IPO Seen Deepening Investor Distrust Of Stocks
Description: Facebook Inc. (FB)’s initial public offering, plagued by trading errors and a 16 percent drop in the share price, will push more individual investors out of a stock market they already distrust after the financial crisis. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: May 26, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-25/facebook-ipo-fallout-deepens-investor-distrust-of-stocks.html Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about investors’… Read more »
Fishing Industry Aids Iceland’s Recovery
Description: Three years after a spectacular financial collapse, Iceland is coming back, largely on the strength of its strong exports. Video and reporting by Charles Forelle from the island of Vestmannaeyjar. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: May 18, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/fishing-industry-aids-iceland-recovery/E1ED2AC5-D98B-4760-844E-67F8BA64A136 Questions for Discussion: What does this report have to say about economic recovery… Read more »
Facebook Fails To Make Day-One Pop, Lags Behind Google
Description: The 8-year-old social-networking site run by co-founder Mark Zuckerberg closed 0.6 percent higher at $38.23 in New York yesterday. That compares with Carlyle Group LP (CG)’s lackluster 0.2 percent day-one increase on May 3. It pales in contrast with Google Inc. (GOOG)’s 18 percent jump in its 2004 initial public offering, Visa Inc. (V)’s… Read more »
Mayo: Banks too big to regulate
Description: After news of JPMorgan’s multi-billion dollar loss, Mike Mayo reaffirms his stance that incentives are misaligned at big banks. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 11, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/05/11/n-mayo-jpmorgan-banks.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussion: Summarize the opinions expressed by Mike Mayo. Do you agree with his assessment, particularly about risk? What would you advise regulators?… Read more »
