Facebook suffered its biggest one day drop this week since its inception on Friday. Pretty interesting article from Market Watch. Facebook is basically half of what it IPO’d at ($38), with some saying it could go as low at $10/share. Article Link below.
Market Watch – Is 20 The Floor for Facebook
A great series on China’s Rise on Hulu, video/link below. Watch Episode 5,2, and 1 (in that order). http://www.hulu.com/china-rises Episode 5 below follows 3 British entrepreneurs making their millions in China. They experience immense opportunity, unique challenges, and obscure environments. Also interesting to see entire cities dedicated to one product like zippers, underwear, or faucet [...]
The fate of Borders Bookstore will be determined this Sunday, July 17th (the deadline for them to either find a new buyer or face liquidation). With this being the case I wanted to illustrate the rise and fall of this brand name and found this great article located HERE. Additional information below:
Having watched the documentary film INSIDE JOB over the weekend it was interesting to stumble upon this video from CNBC. The video below details Goldman’s history and rise in becoming the premiere investment bank on Wall Street. However, it later becomes fairly biased (and redundant in regards to the financial meltdown), but there are some [...]
Biography’s profile of Tyler Perry. The title pretty much says it all. In my opinion this is one of the best videos Biography has done simply because Perry’s perseverance is so astounding. He had to deal with a physically abusive father and later became broke, living in his car (Just like Robert Kiyosaki). All this [...]
Below is a quick, very informative video detailing the history and various acquisitions of News Corp since it’s inception. Most interesting to notice is that the company’s origins came from Australia, and it’s first American asset was the San Antonio Express News. CEO/Chairman Rupert Murdoch then bought The National Star, New York Post, and 50% [...]
One of the books I really enjoyed reading recently was BAG THE ELEPHANT! by Steve Kaplan (New York Times’, Wall Street Journal’s, USA Today’s, and Business Week’s bestseller list). In seven years, Steve grew his marketing company SCA from a start up to $250 million in sales with offices in 14 countries. One of the [...]
To anyone who has not already seen it, this is a fantastic episode below hosted by CNBC and Fortune Magazine. Interviews are conducted with CEO’s from some of the fastest growing companies of 2009. It is a top ten list, David Letterman style. A wide spectrum of businesses is covered including fashion, food, oil and [...]
