Description: Encana Corp. has launched an internal investigation after the State of Michigan said it is examining allegations that the company worked with rival Chesapeake Energy Corp. to avoid competing in state land auctions for shale gas. Source: GlobeandMail.com Date: June 26, 2012 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/encana-probes-collusion-accusation/article4368056/ Questions for Discussions: What are the financial implications for both… Read more »
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Linkedin’s management secrets
Description: Linkedin CEO Jeff Weiner explains how he and founder Reid Hoffman split responsibilities at the company. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: June 18, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/06/07/ctd-linkedin-weiner-hoffman.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: What does the interview tell you about leadership and managerial relationships in the firm? Do you think decisions about operations should belong to the… Read more »
Bayo in Hot Water Over Controversial Ads, Again
Description: Fashion brand Bayo’s latest ad campaign is causing a furor because of its racially charged content. Weeks earlier, the company had to pull an earlier phase of its advertising campaign. The WSJ’s Patrick Barta tells Deborah Kan what the controversy is all about. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: June 18, 2012 Link: http://live.wsj.com/video/bayo-in-hot-water-over-controversial-ads-again/B06B0867-917E-4A8A-8F2D-299DD51C900A.html… Read more »
Know Where The Money is Going Before You Ask For It
Description: Squarespace founder Anthony Casalena didn’t necessarily know he wanted to start a business, but he did have a clear concept of what he wanted. “I was trying to make my personal website and I wasn’t satisfied with any of the existing services” said Casalena in interview, “I had a very clear concept of what… Read more »
Want a 9% Raise? Hit the Gym
Description: Workers who exercise regularly earn 9% higher pay on average than those who don’t. Jack Hough on Lunch Break explains why. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: June 08, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/want-a-9-raise-hit-the-gym/175E5A0D-F5A3-4B43-A7D9-3FB63B74671C Questions for Discussions: Why do people who exercise earn more, according to the report? Can you suggest other reasons?
How Aetna Is Building a Social Media Presence
Description: In this video I interview Lauren Vargas, who is the Community Management Strategist at Aetna. Lauren shares how Aetna is to building a corporate presence on social media instead of focusing on a campaign approach in their marketing efforts as they have done in the past. Source: Socialmediaexaminer.com – video report Date: June 15,… Read more »
Pfizer Sees Harvard Collaboration As Spark For New Drugs
Description: When Hal Dvorak, a Harvard scientist whose ideas helped spur the advance of targeted cancer drugs, sought a partner recently to help him develop new treatments, he only had to walk two blocks to find one. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: June 15, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-15/pfizer-sees-harvard-collaboration-as-spark-for-new-drugs.html Questions for Discussions: Describe the relationships between educational institutions and… 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 Discussions: What role does Stanford University play as an incubator of new technologies? Why does the arrangement work so well?… Read more »
Behind the World’s Most Comfortable Thong
Description: Hanky Panky CEO Lida Orzek talks with Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle about the prospects for the company of which 90 percent of the customers are based in the U.S. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: June 06, 2012 Link: http://bloom.bg/L3aXso Questions for Discussion: Explain how this American apparel manufacturer has been able to maintain… Read more »
New Business: Six Pixels of Separation: Personal cost of social media is the subject of debate
Description: Has the Internet turned into a wasteland of hollow ideas and groupthink? Is it possible that in a day and age where any individual can have an idea and publish it in text, images, audio and video for the world to see – instantly and for free – that the true value of critical… Read more »
