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Why should the Mets owners the Wilpon’s have known about Madoff?
It’s no secret that New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon and his son Jeff have had ‘Madoff’ problems since the scandal broke a year and a half ago. Longtime friends and associates of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, the Wilpons had … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the World Today, Media
Tagged Bernie Madoff, Fred Wilpon, NY Met owners, Ponzi scheme, selling the Mets
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A LinkedIn IPO – this one could be a big winner
Yesterday in Kara Swisher’s allthingsd.com blog http://bit.ly/e5QFen it came out the LinkedIn.com will likely file an S-1 for an IPO. This was confirmed late Thursday – http://nyti.ms/hZTvLp . Some interesting stats from the article were that LinkedIn has more than … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing stuff, Media, Social Media, Technology
Tagged allthingsd, Computerworld.com, Facebook, Facebook IPO, how many LinkedIn members, Kara Swisher, LinkedIn IPO, Plaxo, Reid Hoffman, Twitter
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MySpace – is it going no place?
One report had MySpace with 66 million users as of June 2010. Another had MySpace with 110 million people that are monthly active users on MySpace.com including 1 in 4 Americans. While those numbers pale in comparison to Facebook’s nearly … Continue reading
Why are people still flocking to movie theaters?
If you’re like me you have well over 100 television channels available to watch at home whether you are a cable or satellite TV customer. Yet I find it remarkable that more often than not it’s difficult to find something … Continue reading
Online couponing sites are working – but for whom?
Andrew Mason of Groupon http://www.Groupon.com has received admiring and quizzical looks from people when he turned down Google’s offer of $ 6 billion for Groupon last month. It was a bold move in the style of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s … Continue reading
5 Things Americans don’t know about business in China
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is speaking this morning regarding China’s currency and the idea that it needs to strengthen. As many of my blog readers know, on behalf of CGSM, I have made a concerted effort to open business … Continue reading
Nothing left but the Crumbs?
The NY Times article this morning mentioned a possible new IPO – no not the much ballyhooed one for Facebook or even LinkedIn but for Crumbs Bake Shop http://nyti.ms/ibEzdz. A $ 66 million merger with an unnamed investment company would … Continue reading
Posted in Best business practices, Marketing stuff
Tagged Crumbs Bake Shop, Crumbs IPO, Hostess cupcakes, Krispy Kreme
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The Way I See It - Mark Kolier 