HSBC bank has agreed to pay $62.5 million to bilked investors in Bernie Madoff’s fund, but it does so without any admission of wrongdoing or liability. That is for the lawyers. Unfortunately, it doesn’t help HSBC’s reputation that is not subject to the letter of the law. People will think that with such a large […]
Posted on June 8th, 2011 by admin
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What can you say when your company is involved in an historic disaster, is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and whose stock price has crashed? This is the conundrum facing Tokyo Electric Power Company for whom the costs of the nuclear plant disasters is coming due. Talk of delisting the stock has further spooked […]
Posted on June 6th, 2011 by admin
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It doesn’t take much to destroy a carefully crafted image. One helicopter ride will do it, as the governor of New Jersey has discovered. The governor portrays himself as a cost cutter. He has fought with one group, especially teachers, after another to bring the budget in control. He hasn’t been nice about it either. The […]
Posted on June 3rd, 2011 by admin
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Smart phone photography offers users a set of near professional grade tools thanks to the continual “bigger/better/faster/more power at less cost” evolution of technology. In this post, I’m singling out iPhone apps as that’s my mobile device (don’t be a h8r). And I’m not even touching on Instagram as it merits its own post.A slew […]
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by admin
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Does a symbol mean anything if people laugh at it? That is what the Democrats were doing to the Republicans during and after the House vote on raising the debt limit ceiling. Democrats called the vote a “charade” and even Republicans were careful to alert Wall Street that it wasn’t to be taken seriously. So, […]
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by admin
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Intel’s “Museum of Me” Project is being dismissed as “narcissistic” by Mashable and creepy by nearly everyone reporting on it. But the seamless execution combined with how it plays into individual Facebook users’ personal world to make its point is why I think it’s a total win. Seamless ExeuctionThe design and technology combine into seamless user experience. I clicked a […]
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 by admin
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How delicate is reputation? A company can lose its entire business with one false accusation. Just ask Spanish farmers who were accused of shipping to Germany cucumbers tainted with e coli bacteria. Germany now admits that it was wrong but there are hundreds of tons of Spanish produce piling up weekly and rotting. There […]
Posted on June 1st, 2011 by admin
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