The economy in bad, people are depressed, and no one is shopping.   Busy is terrible.  There are layoffs galore.  Maybe it is time to start a business. According to an article on AdAge CNBC Television has placed Donny Deutsch’s nightly business show on indefinite hiatus.  The show related to entrepreneurial success and provided what it [...]

For several blog pieces now I have taken note of the slaughter in the media industry.   The news industry, especially, has been decimated by layoffs and publication failures.   For every media group, it seems, laying off a thousand employees or more is only a start in the cost cutting.   Marty Pompadur, the exiting Chairman of [...]

There is nothing like an economic downturn to think about doing a business makeover.   You might want to consider the business model itself, your branding, logos, colors, symbols, and especially your marketing and merchandising efforts. Pepsico is doing a total business makeover.  To the tune of $1.2 Billion over the next three years.  A recent [...]

U.S. Treasurer announced the the United States government will buy equity in U.S. Banks.   The government hopes that will hope stem the economic downfall.   We shall see. A few days ago, I wrote about the very controversial billionaire, George Soros, being the one who first proposed this very plan.  It was pooh poohed at first, [...]