Tag: globalization

 

Earnings shocker: Google (GOOG) beats the Street

Published on October 17, 2008

So far, this earnings season has remained fairly tame. Most major companies have been able to meet expectations. Many have even beat Wall Street estimates. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) sure did. But is it good news?
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): All across the nation, companies that rely on advertising dollars to stay in business are desperately searching [...]

Foreign Investment: China is decoupling

Published on April 25, 2008

“This place is one big construction site. You cannot turn around without finding scaffolding, piles of materials, construction equipment and the like [no matter where you look] here.” — Keith Fitz-Gerald
by Mike Caggeso
Baltimore – (TFN): When Asia expert Keith Fitz-Gerald first returned to this country a week ago, he was [...]

A National Problem: Politics and the “human scale”

Published on January 3, 2008

"How is it that a reasonably intelligent man can perfectly well drive through traffic without killing himself, but ask the same man his thoughts on global warming, the war on poverty or public education… and what you get is such preposterous nonsense you can barely believe your own ears?" — Bill [...]