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Chinese electric car maker thinks green and Go America

Chinese electric car maker thinks green and Go AmericaIf the Chinese can do it, why not GM? This is the car that GM should build,NOT the super expensive Volt.RE: Chinese electric car maker thinks green and Go AmericaWe'll see how great these cars are after they're loaded down with all...

Tags: electric car maker, Go America, Chinese Workers, electric car

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

RIM set to roll out BlackBerry in China

RIM set to roll out BlackBerry in ChinaWho cares about ChinaSick of China...And we're told Chinese workers can't afford these things?America is definitely obsolete at this point.And the Chinese workers are easier control, thanks to a freedom-hating - oops, control loving government.Not that I don't mind control. I like...

Tags: Handhelds, Chinese Workers, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2006-05-11

Dell aims for rapid growth in China

Dell aims for rapid growth in ChinaExplosive Growth??Considering that Dell sells substandard machines with substandard service at an exorbitant price, I can't imagine how they could hope to bolster their sales. I guess this means Michael Dell will be boosting his knowledge and practice of the dark arts, as...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, PC, Chinese Workers, Dell Computer Corp., General Motors Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-02-13

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U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%

Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...

Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4G (updated)

VentureBeat reports via News reports coming out of China that 25 year-old Sun Danyong committed suicide on July 9 after a fourth-generation iPhone prototype he was responsible for went missing. Danyong worked for Foxconn in Shenzhen in Guangdong province near Hong Kong which manufacturers iPhones for Apple. According to VB...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 4G, Apartment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., Suicide, Worker, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...

Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green Dam

China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green DamM$ and the Chinese gov are working against GoogleWhen they can't compete they sue or create laws to stiffle inovation.Is Green Dam a block on trade too?I'm starting to wonder if Green Dam is not so much a block on...

Tags: Green Dam, Google U.S., Google Inc., Chinese Government

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employee

GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employeeProfit is easy.When all you have to do is print more money.Google and MicrosoftMaybe it just takes more people to do what Microsoft does then Google? Microsoft actually make things, Google just sell ads and fool around with some...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., tech firm, MSFT

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

Atoms or electrons: How does Hasbro make money?

The global supply chain reaches all the way from Rhode Island to China and back.  Tonka trucks, GI Joe action figures and my Little Pony are all real products sold to real kids.  People who obsess about "good manufacturing jobs" fret about how nothing is made in the USA anymore, and toys...

Tags: Supply Chain, Hasbro Inc., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, AMR Research

Blog posts 2009-05-01

General Motors: It's Time for a Rebranding

General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingHave You Been To A Dealer Lately?Look at the Saturn Aura, Chevy Malibu, Pontiac G6 and Saab 9-3. They are all on the same platform Epsilon. Do they all look alike?RE: General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingI guess you don't realize that the...

Tags: Branding, American Auto Industry, cost difference, General Motors Corp., car, Cadillac

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

China and IP: the piper will get paid

China and IP: the piper will get paidThe poetic justice is this....Our greedy US corporations sent all of their manufacturing to the far east and thus trained them on how to create these knock-offs. When you lay down with dogs....Chinese government is not just looking the other way, they are...

Tags: IP, Federal Reserve Board, intellectual property

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

(Gallery: $2,000 Tata Nano to go on sale)

(Gallery: $2,000 Tata Nano to go on sale)Can't wait to see it on Top Gear. :) [nt][nt]RE: (Gallery: $2,000 Tata Nano to go on sale)I say get US automakers to produce similar cars and have a middle slow lane on all our highways so that people can drive...

Tags: Benefits, Tata, Nano, Gallery, car

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

News to know: Green Silicon Valley, Napping datacenters, Craigslist prostitution, Clearwire

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Harry Fuller: Silicon Valley seeing green Chris Jablonski: "Napping" data centers could cut energy use by 75% ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Larry Dignan, Craigslist, Mozilla Firefox, Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Clearwire Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Web Browsers, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Tablets, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies

Blog posts 2009-03-06

News to know: Green Silicon Valley, Napping datacenters, Craigslist prostitution, Clearwire

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Harry Fuller: Silicon Valley seeing green Chris Jablonski: "Napping" data centers could cut energy use by 75% ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Larry Dignan, Craigslist, Mozilla Firefox, Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Clearwire Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Web Browsers, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Tablets, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Peanut recall and supply chain worries

As the Peanut Corp. of America scandal rolls on, a new bit of information has thickened the plot: Chinese organic peanuts may have been the source of another Salmonella outbreak at PCA back in 2006.  Now that China is part of the story we have a full blown worst practice...

Tags: China, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management, Kevin O'Marah

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Report: China's IT spending remains strong

Report: China's IT spending remains strongYes, spam never stopsntSure, they have our jobs!Tides of turned. People in the USA are fed up with "made in china" and are beginning to boycott. The power is in the hands of the US consumer and we're getting louder and louder about...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, made-in-China, job, IT-spending

Discussion threads 2009-02-06

What is American?

What is American?hear hearI agree wholeheartedly, JohnCompletely agree! Great post.I completely agree with your post, John. I hate it when people try to impose what being an American means. Being American means being someone who is willing to learn and word hard to achieve his dreams, not someone who thinks...

Tags: H-1B program, H-1B

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Intel: The industry is 'resetting;' Quarter weak; Inventory swells

Updated: How bad is business in the PC industry? Intel reported a dreadful fourth quarter and CEO Paul Otellini told analysts on a conference call that it was "only the second time in 20 years where revenues declined in the fourth quarter from third quarter. Last time was 2000." Nevertheless,...

Tags: Finance, Intel Corp., Larry Dignan, Operational Accounting, Paul Otellini, Revenue

Blog posts 2009-01-15

Microsoft study debunks phishing profitability

Do phishers actually make money, or is phishing an unprofitable business, scammers lose time and resources into? Taking the economic approach of generalizing how much money phishers make, a recently released study by Microsoft researchers Cormac Herley and Dinei Florencio (A Profitless Endeavor: Phishing as Tragedy of the Commons), states...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-01-08

GM takes its bailout case to...Yahoo Finance

GM takes its bailout case to...Yahoo FinanceWhy won't bankruptcy help?It worked for the airlines. They got all kinds of leverage to break / renegotiate labor contracts and pay only pennies on the dollar for old debt, and they're still in business.So WTH?RE: GM takes its bailout case to...Yahoo FinanceI...

Tags: Financial accounting, bailout case, General Motors Corp., Yahoo Finance, finance, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-19