Global factory growth nearly stalled in April: PMI

Global factory growth nearly stalled in April: PMI

Article Featured on Reuters Global manufacturing growth almost stalled last month as rising price halted a pick-up in new orders, a survey showed on Tuesday. JPMorgan's Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), produced with…
ValueAct Pays a Price for Its Supporting Role at Valeant

ValueAct Pays a Price for Its Supporting Role at Valeant

Article Featured on New York Times | By Andrew Ross Sorkin Bill Ackman gets a lot of ink and a lot of criticism as one of the largest investors behind the crisis-ridden Valeant Pharmaceuticals. But another activist investment firm with a…
Three Big Questions on the Job Market

Three Big Questions on the Job Market, and How January’s Numbers Answer Them

Article Featured on The New York Times | By Neil Irwin Get used to jobs numbers like those newly reported for the United States Friday morning — if we’re lucky. It’s not that the new data blew the lid off expectations or pointed to…
What’s Eating Silicon Valley

What’s Eating Silicon Valley

Article Featured on Quartz turtix / Shutterstock.com Like most people, I look up to and admire the heroes of Silicon Valley (the real ones, not the ones from the TV show). They’ve given rise to services (e.g., Google, Facebook, Uber,…
Why The Star Wars Franchise Is Worth Nearly $10 Billion

Intergalactic Finance: Why The Star Wars Franchise Is Worth Nearly $10 Billion To Disney

Article by Aswath Damodaran | Featured on Forbes.com | Featured Image Credit: pio3 / Shutterstock.com I saw the newest Star Wars movie recently and it brought back memories that stretch back almost four decades. Watching Harrison Ford…
Intangibles make up the top 9 value drivers in the digital age

Intangibles make up the top 9 value drivers in the digital age

Article by Samantha White | Featured on CGMA In today’s digital economy, intangibles are more important than ever to the success of a business. New CGMA research found that the top nine drivers of value in the digital age are intangibles,…
Theory of Disruption

Clay Christensen says everyone misunderstands his theory of disruption — here’s what it really means

Article Featured on Business Insider | By Richard Feloni The terms "disruptive innovation" and "disruptive technology" are at risk of becoming meaningless buzzwords, according to Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who…
The Missing Boom in Small-Business Sales

The Missing Boom in Small-Business Sales

Photo: Gary Morrison, 60 years old, wants his Skokie, Ill., printing company to hit certain growth and sales goals before selling it. PHOTO: Taylor Glascock for Wall Street Journal By RUTH SIMON | Featured on WSJ An expected rush in…

And Then There Were Fresh Hops

Article by Jeff Alworth | Featured on Willamette Week | Photos by Willamette Week Why Oregon is central to the most important beer trend of the last decade. Editor's note: Last month, internationally known Portland beer writer Jeff…
Network Like a Pro

7 Ways to Network Like a Millionaire

Article by DANIEL ALLY | Featured on Entrepreneur.com As I was giving a speech in Washington, D.C., a well-dressed man approached me to ask a question. After our interesting discussion, he reached deeply into his pockets and pulled out…