eBay’s Auction Woes

Business Week reports that eBay’s auctions business model is being increasingly overlooked for fixed price transactions. Ease of use is a primary driver. Another is the ubiquitous presence of comparison shopping engines.

Germany and Renewables

Here’s another good piece from Business Week on Germany’s Renewable Energy efforts: The Wind at Germany’s Back : Cutting-edge tech and government incentives have made it a world-beater in renewable energy. Some excerpts:

Offshoring Secrets: Why Small Tech Companies Should Offshore

By Utkarsh Rai, Guest Author, Author of “Offshoring Secrets” I came across this article in Business week July 2007 “Why Small Tech Companies Aren’t Outsourcing”. There are multiple reasons mentioned in the article which are portrayed as hindrances for small tech companies to outsource. I do not agree with the article and here are my

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WSJ’s Subscription Business Can Go

Business Week has a good analysis of the prospective demise of WSJ’s subscription business under Murdoch’s regime. “For The Wall Street Journal Online, going free will come at a high cost. The daily financial newspaper is one of the few major publications to successfully charge for access to most of its online content, earning roughly

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The Last Rajah

Business Week has a wonderful profile of Ratan Tata, titled The Last Rajah. It is simply incredible what Tata’s acquisition of Corus and the more recent bid for Jaguar/Land Rover is doing for the image of India, Inc. Reminds me a bit of the time when India defied the international powers and did the first

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Financial Media Comparison Chart

I did some digging into the various business and financial media sites last night, and here are some stats. Alexa Ranks: (Yahoo! Finance and MSN Money are not included in this list, because I cannot find Alexa ranks for them.) * CNNMoney.com: 76 * Forbes.com 483 * Marketwatch.com 1,032 * WSJ.com: 1,043 * Businessweek.com 1,310

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Did Digg Just Dump FM?

Digg has announced a deal with Microsoft. In a big win, Microsoft will manage their ad inventory as exclusive provider of banner, display and paid search advertising, replacing Federated Media and Google. FM will continue to provide other types of advertising on Digg, including integrated campaigns and sponsorships. What are we seeing here? Is FM

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Design To Move: Apple’s Genius Bar

As the iPhone mania rages, it is a good time for us to pay tribute to the most spectacular innovation in retail store design, The Apple Store. From Business Week: “On a square-foot basis, each of Apple’s 142 stores brings in almost three times the sales generated by each Best Buy store.” And some Apple

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