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Ballmer Resigning – Next?

The market started going mobile 10 years ago. As Apple and Google promoted increased mobility, Microsoft tried to defend & extend its PC stronghold.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Bah Humbug Investors in Retail: as Goes Sears, So Will Go Most Traditional Retailers

Sears recently announced it is closing another big batch of stores.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Baffle ’em With Bulls**t – Forget Kraft

Kraft’s CEO Irene Rosenfeld is splitting the company after years of acquisitions failed to drive real growth or innovation.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Back in Kazakhstan, finally

Kazakhstan is the world’s largest landlocked country.

Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025

Baby IQ: How to Build Intelligence?

Every parent’s job is to do whatever it takes to build the best brain possible for their child.

Justin James Kennedy · 29 April 2025

Avoiding a Crash – Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier

The reason to really be wary of Boeing isn't just this one plane.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Avoid the 3 Card Monte – Sell Abbott

The pharmaceutical company, (gee, I thought that's what Abbott was?) yet to be named, will spin out on its own

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Avoid Value Traps – Sell Dell and Hewlett Packard

The argument is as simple as both companies were once growing, but growth slowed and now they are more mature companies migrating from products into services.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Avoid Succumbing to Conventional Wisdom – Target & Pershing Square

The worst thing Target could do is try to be Wal-Mart. Nobody can beat WalMart at being WalMart. And WalMart has its own troubles, including saturation of its stores as well as declining customer interest in its low-cost format.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Avoid Javelins

old CEO returned – and he’s doing exactly the opposite of what the company needs.

· 29 April 2025

Avoid Gladiator Wars – Invest in David, Make Money Like Apple

In 2000, Apple could have chosen to keep pouring money into the Mac.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Averse To or Accommodating Risk

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

Attacking Culture to Address Problems – British Petroleum

That scenario is a death sentence. We haven't yet seen what new regulations, taxes and restrictions – nor the eventual cost of 20 years of dead seas charged to BP and its industry brethren – will cost.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

As Immelt Leaves Ge, Investors and Employees Have Little to Cheer

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

As Goes Apple So Goes the Nation – the Rise of the Digital Service Economy

Tesla has done something everyone thought impossible.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Are you in the business of customer experiences?

Are you continuously re-thinking, re-shaping the definition of what business you are in?

Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025

Are you adaptable like facebook?

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Are the Cloud and Iot Making Pcs, Laptops and Tablets Irrelevant?

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Are the Cloud and IoT Making PCs, Laptops and Tablets Irrelevant?

The adjustments offer a fix to IDC's historical underestimates of PC and tablet sales declines, while simultaneously underestimating sales growth in smartphones.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Are You the Retiring Type?

The pension Challenge affects us as individuals. It requires we as individuals find some White Space to rethink our retirement plans.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Are You a Player, or a Spectator? – Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Intel

Tech is shifting from PCs to mobile and cloud. Adapting early is key to staying competitive and innovating.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025

Are You Taking Advantage of the Innovation Shortcut?

Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025

Are You Tackling Your Innovation Blockers

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

Are You Relevant? – Xerox, United, Airlines

Companies lose relevance without growth. Focus on future markets and innovation to stay competitive.

Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025