Sorry to post all these in such succession, but this is one of the few times I have had to sit down and put things together. We obviously have landed safely and are preparing to head to bed before we start the week here in Shanghai. The city is incredible already, it is much more [...]
I chose to make these two entries separate so I could include photos with both while keeping it simple. The Olympic Village was one of the stops I had been looking forward to the most. On the way in on the very first day we were able to see the Bird’s Nest from the highway [...]
I write this as we are officially on our way to Shanghai. We are experiencing a little bit of turbulence, but a pleasant flight nonetheless. It also happens to be on of the few moments of downtime I have to share with you our incredible experiences thus far. The first week in Beijing was like [...]
The Birmingham Business Journal in Alabama says it is willing to train an “energetic and enthusiastic reporter” to cover business on its staff. An ad on Poynter.org indicates the weekly newspaper/website in the American City Business Journals chain is “looking for an experienced and accomplished journalist” who “loves to break news and beat the competition.” Business [...]
Late Thursday, the Senate passed its version of what’s being called the most intense financial industry reform since the Great Depression in the 1930s. The scope of the 1,500-page legislation is broad; it could end up covering everything from the arcane derivatives market to time payments made to orthodontists. We’ll soon know. The previously passed [...]
Major U.S. stock market indicators touched a three-month low Thursday, closing down nearly 4 percent just for the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average alone was down 376 points Pundits and financial journalists were back to uttering the F word – “fear” – to characterize Wall Street sentiment. You can bet that’s the prevailing emotion [...]
Are nail salons less crowded? That could be one indicator to check in gauging your local economy’s recovery. Photo by Flickr.com user ishane. Maureen Farrell of Forbes gives readers 15 economic indicators to follow instead of the stock market, unemployment and manufacturing data. She writes: “For enlightenment, we went looking for a slew of offbeat [...]
Sorry for the long break between posts, the downtime is slim to none. There is simply so much to do and see in two weeks in the biggest country in the world. Megan Thomas will be posting something shortly about a trip we recently made to the Bloomberg and Reuters offices here in Beijing. It [...]
Aaron Kremer Founder and editor Aaron Kremer has added a second reporter to his staff at Richmond BizSense, a niche website in Richmond, Va., that takes the weekly business journal model online. That second reporter is Michael Schwartz, who moved to Richmond from Hampton Roads, where he worked at The Virginian-Pilot and the weekly business newspaper, Inside Business. Kremer [...]
