Business articles - Links list

- Starbucks publishes 31 percent increase in first-quarter net income - all you Starbucks fans (will they finally open a store in Ashland Mass ?!) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6872393/ - Is this the perfect time to refinance your mortgage ?! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6865971/ - Procter & Gamble to buy Gillette in $57B deal http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6878219/ - Is agriculture the new startup ? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6408023/ - Apple, Ikea, Al Jazeera among top global brands Interesting to read what makes specific brands considered as "top" ... www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6887075/ - Will Jet Blue have to descend just before they ascend ?? hoping for the best... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6876464/ - B.S.R Engineering - My uncle, who is an entrepreneur, an engineer and owns a big civil engineering company in Israel - started a huge project in Philly, high rise appartment complexes on the Delaware river shore. The project sold from itself as high rise appartment buildings in Philly are pretty rare and have a great demand , not to mention the fact their location is fantastic ... http://www.waterfrontsquare.com/ http://new.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=734114&fid=1124 http://www.themarker.com/eng/archive/arc_article.jhtml?ElementId=hl20050112_04e&origin=ibo - Medical bills make up half of bankruptcies - I think this is just so sad .... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6895896/ - Despite the *not so great* report mentioned above - productivity in the last three years climbed in the fastest pase in a half century - perhaps this is the reason for the jump in personal income reported on economic indicators report this week(salary raises, incentive payments etc' ) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6906639/ - Ex-Boeing exec gets 4 months in prison.This is another example of top-management not being able to escape responsibility for misconduct. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6993477/ - Times flys when you're having fun and Martha is coming out of jail next week :- ) what's going to happen to the company ? read here : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7018946/ - Good news for Dell -I thought this article is just relevant to the stuff we read at the beginning of chapter 7 - did Kreitner predict the future ? ;-) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7013008/ - Should Wal Mart start worrying ? I wonder if this merger will succeed. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7042048/ - Chrysler gives bonuses for profitable 2004 Nearly 10,000 managers to be awarded, I thought this article is relevant to what we learned about the changes in workplaces, and how management motivates employees by rewarding them. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7130520/ -Dell workers walk off job over prayer dispute I thought this article was interesting because it concerns some cultural diversities which we have discussed several weeks ago. This issue may come up in the future again and more often that we think, as according to the article "The question of how to integrate Islamic prayers into the American workplace is becoming more common" ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7160832/ - New Sony CEO may signal strategy change http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7109049/ This article is relevant to what we discussed a couple of weeks a go - management strategies and open systems. This is the first time that Sony nominates a foreign CEO, hoping to change the company's strategy and increase sales. With great competition from low-cost Asian electronic companies - Sony is looking for a way to be more innovative, and bringing a foreign CEO into the company may do the job ... - Another issue of Ethics ... CEOs cash in despite results . Poor performance doesn’t stop lucrative payouts. There's heavy criticism on the subject but also some explanations - read it here : www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7261422/ - Oracle buys Retek http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7264407/ - Several AIG executives ousted from the board of directors Due to conflict of interests http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7379324/ - Traders with intense emotions tend to perform the worst This is an interesting article about the impact of emotions on business performance. Not all of us manage to develop an "elephant skin" when it comes to work under stress... but those of us who do - certainly have an advantage... read it here :http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7432209/ - In the Internet's High-Speed Lane. Interesting article about the widespreading adoption of broadband access among 25 year olds. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2005/tc2005045_7077_tc206.htm - Nike enters the world of deep discount chains This article brings some news about Nike, now selling their products at WalMart discount stores. Nike takes a piece of the value-market, yet maintains its classy profile as a high-end sneaker maker. Their shoes are sold at almost $40 a pair which is almost twice as much as a standard sneaker shoes sold at discount stores. (I especially liked the expression " The BMW in the Target parking lot" ... ) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7475091/ - Amex CEO - very refreshing ! I found this article on the money section of USA Today . Apparently not all nice guys finish last, and the story of Amex CEO is the proof for that. I thought it was very refreshing to read about such an executive. It makes me feel there's still hope... http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2005-04-24-chenault-usat_x.htm - "I heard it through the grapevine..." Watercooler stories from the small biz section of http://www.businessweek.com/ http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D89NMPNG0.htm?campaign_id=apn_sbiz_up Do nice workers finish last, too ? Further to my article about Amex CEO. http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Custom/MSN/CareerAdvice/517.htm?siteid=cbmsnhp4502&sc_extcmp=JS_wi1_april05_home1&GT1=6505&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=026e4632033f419c971f29e7f5a9d1bc-168259134-xm-2 Study: Stay-at-home moms deserve high pay Mothers' work seen valued at over $130,000 a year http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709166/