Eavesdropping on Business-Speak, by John Stodder
Posted in Dolan Media, Sports, Taxes on Mar 5th, 2008
By a 62-38 margin, voters in Oklahoma City today approved a sales tax increase to pay for remodeling of the Ford Center, where city leaders hope the NBA’s Seattle Supersonics will move. The Journal Record has been all over this story, especially via its new blog, The Journal Record’s Hot Topic. Turnout, blogger […]
Posted in Dolan Media, Sports, Tourism, Trends on Nov 9th, 2007
With the Veteran’s Day weekend upon us, let’s do a surprise inspection of some of Dolan Media’s business and legal stories this week….
New Orleans City Business has a story about yet another lasting change to the city after Katrina: The inability of elderly residents to get back home. Reporter Richard A. Webster […]
Posted in Health Care, Pharma, Sports on Nov 2nd, 2007
What does it mean for the FDA’s drug-approval process if, as this Economist article implies, the placebo effect is responsible for the apparent effectiveness of some of the drugs it approves?
The story triggering this thought is about sports medicine. It describes a study comparing painkilling effects of morphine with a placebo on athletes. […]
Forests might be burning in California, glaciers might be melting at the poles, but take heart: In the Rocky Mountains, there’s already two feet of snow, according to Colorado Springs Business Journal’s Amy Gillentine. That’s a big business story for U.S. tourism:
With millions of dollars spent for renovations and improvements, Colorado’s ski resorts are […]
If you’ve been watching the World Series, you know that Taco Bell, the subsidiary of Yum Brands Inc., has figured out a way to get millions of Americans visit Taco Bell, the fast-food joint, next Tuesday. For the cost of one seasoned beef taco (retail price 77 cents, cost probably half that), they get a […]
Posted in Professional Services, Sports on Oct 22nd, 2007
For some of us, the upcoming World Series will be compelling enough drama, but there are many fans who will fret away the next few weeks wondering: “What’s A-Rod going to do?” If you root for a team that has an opening at third base or shortstop, needs a power hitter, and has a big […]
The New York Yankees’ graceless firing of Joe Torre today struck me as a cluster of classic PR mistakes organizations so often make — substituting talking points for common sense, “thinking outside the box” without first looking in the box for a more time-tested approach, and believing one’s own spin.
The Yankees fired him passive-aggressively. […]
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