It’s hard to miss Macy’s new $100 million fall ad campaign, called “The Magic of Macy’s,” all over TV and newspapers. But ”The Magic of Martha” may be more like it, as the 66-year-old blonde tastemaker is featured in all three of its …
Archive for September, 2007
Cheese it, youse guys, it’s da G-men!
by Jeff Dorsch, September 27, 2007, 6:59 amThe feds are after the chips, again. This time, they’re looking at pricing practices in the NAND flash memory market. Subpoenas went to Samsung Electronics, SanDisk, and Toshiba, and more party invitations are probably in the mail.
NAND flash memory is …
Wake me up when the GM strike is over … aw dang
by James Bryant, September 26, 2007, 2:15 pmLast weekend I spent 4 hours sitting in a car stereo installation place (that for legal reasons shall go unnamed) listening to the most repetitive, annoying, almost seizure-inducing techno music man has ever devised while waiting to have my truck made iPod compatible. That experience was like catching a 5-pound …
The Middle East: Where big business and big oil meet
by Patrice Sarath, September 26, 2007, 6:20 amMost Americans view the Middle East as a region covered in sand, camels, and oil wells — and dominated by Saudi Arabia. But a couple of intriguing stories lately dispute the common stereotypes.
First, United Arab Emirates government-owned investment firm …
I went to the US stock market and all I got was this lousy ticker
by Daysha Taylor, September 25, 2007, 2:23 pmMore than 50 foreign companies, including British Airways, BASF, Ducati, ICI, Fiat, and Royal Ahold, have packed up their tickers and made their grand exits from the New York and …
Tiny and deadly: Toy magnets attract spotlight
by Linnea Kirgan, September 25, 2007, 11:16 amMattel’s surprising apology to China about the toy recalls has spotlighted a dangerous toy flaw somewhat underplayed in recent headlines. The elevated lead paint issue has grabbed most of the attention, for good reason, but the truth about Mattel’s summer recalls is that, of the some 21 …
Loonie Tunes from the Federal Reserve
by Ryan Caione, September 25, 2007, 7:00 amThe big news from the Federal Reserve Board last week was the half-percent reduction in the federal funds rate. Ostensibly, the move was made to ease some of the high tension in the credit markets.
However, one consequence of the rate …
Boring and boring-er … in Detroit
by James Bryant, September 24, 2007, 10:23 amAs the Automotive Guy at Hoover’s, if there’s anything more boring and tedious than a Detroit-based automaker detailing its latest restructuring plan, it’s talk about strikes. Sure. Strikes seem exciting. “Oh, no! How will we maintain the flow …
AstraZeneca decides to outsource…maybe
by Kristi Park, September 24, 2007, 7:00 amAstraZeneca turned heads last week when its EVP of operations, David Smith, told the Times of London that the drugmaker is going to … stop making drugs. According to Smith, the firm intends to outsource all its manufacturing activities within the next decade, beginning …
A smile for the weekend from the makers of solar cells
by Jeff Dorsch, September 21, 2007, 11:48 amJA Solar Holdings makes, as you might imagine, photovoltaic solar cells. It is, then, mildly amusing to learn that the company has named as its new president and chief operating officer: Kang Sun.
No disrespect is intended toward Dr. Sun, an estimable technologist who has …
