‘International’ Archive

Nike vs Adidas: The battle for buzz in the World Cup.

by Adam Anderson, June 25, 2010, 10:28 am

All right, all right World Cup. Take it easy. It took a while, but you finally won me over.

For starters, those weird, eerie South African horns (vuvuzelas) were annoying. Turns out they might …

Better put an American in charge. BP’s new oil spill strategy

by Stuart Hampton, June 7, 2010, 2:43 pm

With British BP CEO Tony Hayward’s “I’m Deeply Sorry” ads blanketing TV airwaves this last weekend, you might be forgiven for assuming that the company plans to make him the face …

What will Steve Jobs reveal?

by Jeff Dorsch, June 7, 2010, 6:01 am

This morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take the stage of the Moscone West convention center facility in San Francisco and will likely hold aloft a new model of the …

BP’s slick responses

by Stuart Hampton, May 25, 2010, 8:18 am

BP executives aren’t exactly winning the hearts and minds of Gulf Coast communities, state and federal officials, and Americans at large with what seems to be a cavalier approach to handling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill …

New hope for NUMMI’s plant

by Jeff Dorsch, May 21, 2010, 3:32 pm

Lots of interesting topics today — the FTC cleared Google’s acquisition of AdMob, thanks to Apple; people are deserting Facebook because of privacy concerns; …

Microsoft: No longer evil, nor an empire

by Jeff Dorsch, May 7, 2010, 2:51 pm

There’s no doubt that Microsoft remains a very powerful company, reaching deep into corporate enterprises with its application software, operating systems, and (it hopes) …

Volcano halts traffic in Europe as airline industry wonders why it even tries anymore

by Adam Anderson, April 20, 2010, 4:15 pm

Lately I have been wondering why airlines even try to make money. It just seems the deck is stacked against them. As a carrier, you have to put up with the inexorable headaches involved in varying fuel prices, …

That’s all there is for NUMMI

by Jeff Dorsch, April 9, 2010, 3:15 pm

Little attention was paid last week when the last auto assembly plant in California closed, apparently forever.

A red Toyota Corolla sedan was the last vehicle produced at the New United Motor Manufacturing, …

British Airways and Iberia set to merge. No seriously it’s going to happen. Stop snickering.

by Adam Anderson, April 8, 2010, 12:04 pm

Just read this WSJ article that appeared in my inbox this morning.

Two major European flagship airlines agreed to merge. One, British Airways (BA), is a major global player in the industry, serving 150 destinations …

More than 300K iPads sold on first day

by Jeff Dorsch, April 5, 2010, 12:30 pm

 

The first day of sales for the iPad saw more than 300,000 of the new Apple tablet computers sold, including pre-orders and deliveries to channel partners, the company reported. The first buyers also …