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Tuesday Feb 12 2013 Years ago comic strip cop Dick Tracy sported a wrist radio. No such thing existed but it set him aparts. Apple has already produced a weraable iPod. Now rumors suggest an iWatch. Sony already produces such a product (who knew?). But Apple could make everyone want one, something that escapes Sony's marketing dept. …
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Wed January 16 2013 For the last couple of semesters I have noted that insiders at LULU are furiously selling shares while the stock advanced 60 % this past year. Howard Davidlowitz, always animated and entertaining, likes the shares which continue to post good earnings. Or as I have said in class, thanks to LULU…
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Monday January 14 2012 About twelve years ago Mike Dell suggested that Apple should just collapse the company and distribute what cash it had. Now Dell considers going private himself. The problem is that is also expensive. One would have to buy off all the sharehodlers and where would that money come from. Twelve years ago…
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Weekend Dec 23 2012 Robert Gordon argues we are up against the limits of innovation. This is a topic of fascination to me and I am frankly surprised has taken this long for someone to write about it. Gordon's next book is Beyond the Rainbow, the American Standard of Living Since the Civil War. I…
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Sunday Dec 16 2012 As usual Kirk Tuck puts his finger on the nature of art. Here he reflects that the passion is in the risk. I also enjoyed his observations that we are not so much travelers any more as overnight visitors, just pulling what we need in a wheeled carry on. Trains are a…
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Thursday Dec 13 2012 Here is an interesting site, the WSJ Photos of the Year. One can pick a country or subject or time of the year. Great stuff and cameras are just getting better and better.
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Tuesday Dec 11 2012 Colorado and Washington state have legalized individual use of marijuana. My writing class in at UT Austin had the investigative assignment of whether marijuana would be legalized in such time that companies should consider production at some point, growing marijuana or producing a final product. Well that only took five four…
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Tuesday December 11 2012 Here is a great example of globalization. Turkish Airlines hires a Soccer Star and a US Basketball player to compete for a young boy's autograph seeking attention. It is well done and has a clever ending. Here isa combo of international sports, travel,and well just plain winning over the customer of any age,…
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Tuesday Dec 4 2012 Apple is one of those companies able to leapfrog its own technology. As this article suggests computers have gone from occupying entire air conditioned rooms to desktops to laptops to the palm of our hand and now to what is likely to be head mounted displays we carry everywhere. Google has…
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Monday Dec 3 2012 Try as they might, MSFt has yet to dent the Apple juggernaut. And then there is the Google Android Chrome juggernaut. I see Google Chromebook for $249. A few years ago everyone assumed that Wal Mart and Dell and HPQ were here to stay. Now Dell and HPQ are in or near single…
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