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Business Hyundai schools us on Relationship MarketingHyundai has produced commercials to create awareness about its new Hyundai Assurance Program. I don’t watch much television, so the fact that I’ve seen these commercial a few times is indicative of a strong marketing campaign. [...] By Walter | February 17th, 2009 | 5 Comments | Read More » |
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Business Ben Franklin on compound interest…“Money makes money and the money that money makes makes more money”. I think I like this guy. Photo credit kimberlyfaye. [...] By Walter | January 31st, 2009 | No Comments | Read More » |
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Business Porsche’s Short SqueezeThe CFO over at Porsche must be a genius. He practically cornered the market on Volkswagen stock, making a move that caused the VW stock price to jump from 210 Euros/share to 918 Euros/share in less than a week. In 2008, Porsche booked $11.6B in profits with only $10.2B in sales revenue. Yes, you [...] [...] By Walter | January 28th, 2009 | No Comments | Read More » |
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Business Designer suits and macroeconomics…Take a look at this suit. Take a good look. Is it worth $40K? Some people seem to think so. More importantly however, is that at least 30 of these Brioni Vanquish II suits have sold in the midst the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. So what does this fantastically priced suit have to [...] [...] By Walter | January 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Read More » |
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Business Bank of England: Hurry up and do nothing.On a return flight from London, the passenger next to me kindly let me read her paper. I don’t normally read foreign papers but, being the dedicated EMBA student, I went straight for the The Daily Telegraph’s business section. The front page of the business section was full of gloom and doom. Almost every story was [...] [...] By Walter | June 22nd, 2008 | No Comments | Read More » |
