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RIPPLE EFFECT
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012
Looking for the surprise domestic economic hot spots of 2012? Search for states with auto plants. The Center for Automotive Research notes that a 3rd shift typically requires about 1,000 direct workers and creates an additional 7,850 ancillary positions ranging from police to restaurants to construction to day care workers.
Building on two years of 10%+ [...]
HOTELS: THE NEXT TECHNOLOGY VICTIM?
Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011
We caught up recently with a friend who is an executive at a large (250,000-ish employee) multi-national corporation. Extolling the wonders of their new video conferencing system, he told us the goal was to reduce corporate travel costs by 40%. That brought to mind President Obama’s November 9th press release in which he discussed ways [...]
THE QUESTION NOT ASKED
Monday, Aug 1, 2011
Two years into the recovery GDP is up 8.3%, personal consumption expenditures +8.5%. Although no one is excited about the pace of this recovery there have been no challenges to NBER’s decision to call the economic bottom as June, 2009.
Which makes the nearby survey, received today from a major auto manufacturer, very interesting, if only [...]
REALITY CHECK
Monday, May 2, 2011
We downloaded an app that at the very least should provide a reality check and at best could change the face of polling in many positive ways. Show of Hands uses the power of social networking for poll questions. Responses are presented on national and state levels with breakdowns by sex, age, income [...]
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