Category: Global Marketplace

Nov 01 2010

Did someone say recovery?

Yeah, not for you, so much. Small Business Trends has the disturbing, although predictable, news that small businesses have not been included in the admittedly weak recovery that the United States h…

Jul 20 2010

5 Myths About Job Searching

Here are 5 myths about job searching:

Myth: Jobs can only be obtained by networking.

The fact is, most people are still landing jobs by seeing an ad, writing a resume, and interviewing. There ar…

Jul 19 2010

Job Market Grows Sharply In U.S. Capital

According to Businessweek.com, the jobs have grown the greatest in Washington D.C., based on a survey of the 100 largest metropolitan areas across the country regarding their hiring forecasts during t…

Jul 02 2010

A Good Time to Buy BP?

The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico transcends monetary frameworks. It can't be measured in terms of dollars. And anyone who thinks it can be measured primarily in terms nickels and dimes is, we…

Jun 19 2010

Looking for the Next China? Call India…

For a decade now people have been telling me to invest in China. You know the reasons: cheap labor, tremendous growth, regulators that are often willing to wink and nod and look the other way. It a…

May 28 2008

Learning with the Fuwa

I had never expected that the China initiative would come to fruition in the form of a Ping-Pong team. -Richard M. Nixon

Have you met the Fuwa? No? Well the Fuwa are the "Official Mascots of Bei…

May 06 2008

Searching for Bargains

"It's just as unpleasant to get more than you bargain for as to get less" – George Bernard Shaw

The business needs some new equipment and the need is not pressing. So, I keep my eye out…

Mar 26 2008

Tata Buying Jaguar

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made! -Albert Einstein

In 1619, Sir Thomas Roe was given the right by the Mug…

Nov 26 2007

What Could You Do With $700?

With rising gas prices, inflation and economic hardship; $700 won't go very far. It probably won't buy an ad in the paper or an Advo run. You can't buy much of a computer or pay the sala…

Jan 02 2007

A 2007 Media Forecast

2007 will be a tale of Two Cities for the media industry. The year has the potential to be an age of wisdom, but also an age of foolishness as well.

Most traditional media companies are working like …