Stock Conference Calls:
Delta Airlines on January 18th at 10:00AM EST
January 20: Fifth Third Bancorp at 9:00AM, Advanced Micro Devices at 5:00PM
Business News of the Week:
Microsoft is stating that they sold 8 million Kinect devices over the holiday season. Initial forecasts at product launch were 5 million. With a bill of materials at $56 and Small Business Podcast estimated $20 of labor, for every Kinect sold, Microsoft makes $74 for a profit (discounting R&D and Marketing) bringing the total amount made on this toy to $592 million.
Starbucks is dropping the words Starbucks and Coffee from its iconography.
The Consumer Electronics Show took place last week in Las Vegas. Microsoft shows a push towards more mobile friendly devices by placing its Windows operating system onto an ARM based processor machine. Dell unveiled a new smartphone running and a tablet PC running Android OS. Sony unveiled a portable hand-held 3-d camcorder for $1,500.
The US Economies Trade Deficit fell to $38.3 billion, or 0.3 percent, according to the Commerce Department. The decreasing value of the dollar, due in part to efforts such as QE2, has made it easier for American goods to compete abroad.
Large Business Brilliant Move of the Week:
Goldman Sachs is selling shares privately of Facebook at a minimum bid of $2 million dollars. This avoids SEC investigations as long as the number of private owners stays below 500; due in part to a 1934 law. Goldman Sachs is brokering the deal, but in a brilliant fine print business move, Goldman Sachs says that it will not tell its clients when Goldman dumps its shares. Leaving the last ones out holding onto the bag.
Topic of the Day
Freemium vs Paid
Customer Service of the Moment/Rage of the week?
Daniel's USPS shipping story and its resolution
Government and You
Incandescent Bulb phase out and CFL replacement leading to higher bulb prices and the export of all light related jobs to China.
Weekly MBA
Variable vs. Fixed Costs
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
January 6, 2010 Show Prep
Stock Conference Calls: Intel Q4 2010 on January 13th at 5:30pm EST
Business News of the Week:
Microsoft is stating that they sold 8 million Kinect devices over the holiday season. Initial forecasts at product launch were 5 million. With a bill of materials at $56 and Small Business Podcast estimated $20 of labor, for every Kinect sold, Microsoft makes $74 for a profit (discounting R&D and Marketing) bringing the total amount made on this toy to $592 million.
Starbucks is dropping the words Starbucks and Coffee from its iconography.
The Consumer Electronics Show is taking place this week in Las Vegas. Microsoft shows a push towards more mobile friendly devices by placing its Windows operating system onto an ARM based processor machine. Dell unveiled a new smartphone running and a tablet PC running Android OS. Sony unveiled a portable hand-held 3-d camcorder for $1,500.
Large Business Brilliant Move of the Week:
Goldman Sachs is selling shares privately of Facebook at a minimum bid of $2 million dollars. This avoids SEC investigations as long as the number of private owners stays below 500; due in part to a 1934 law. Goldman Sachs is brokering the deal, but in a brilliant fine print business move, Goldman Sachs says that it will not tell its clients when Goldman dumps its shares. Leaving the last ones out holding onto the bag.
Topic of the Day
Freemium vs Paid
Customer Service of the Moment/Rage of the week?
Daniel's USPS shipping story
Government and You
Incandescent Bulb phase out and CFL replacement leading to higher bulb prices and the export of all light related jobs to China
Weekly MBA
Variable vs. Fixed Costs
Business News of the Week:
Microsoft is stating that they sold 8 million Kinect devices over the holiday season. Initial forecasts at product launch were 5 million. With a bill of materials at $56 and Small Business Podcast estimated $20 of labor, for every Kinect sold, Microsoft makes $74 for a profit (discounting R&D and Marketing) bringing the total amount made on this toy to $592 million.
Starbucks is dropping the words Starbucks and Coffee from its iconography.
The Consumer Electronics Show is taking place this week in Las Vegas. Microsoft shows a push towards more mobile friendly devices by placing its Windows operating system onto an ARM based processor machine. Dell unveiled a new smartphone running and a tablet PC running Android OS. Sony unveiled a portable hand-held 3-d camcorder for $1,500.
Large Business Brilliant Move of the Week:
Goldman Sachs is selling shares privately of Facebook at a minimum bid of $2 million dollars. This avoids SEC investigations as long as the number of private owners stays below 500; due in part to a 1934 law. Goldman Sachs is brokering the deal, but in a brilliant fine print business move, Goldman Sachs says that it will not tell its clients when Goldman dumps its shares. Leaving the last ones out holding onto the bag.
Topic of the Day
Freemium vs Paid
Customer Service of the Moment/Rage of the week?
Daniel's USPS shipping story
Government and You
Incandescent Bulb phase out and CFL replacement leading to higher bulb prices and the export of all light related jobs to China
Weekly MBA
Variable vs. Fixed Costs
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