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Weekly roundup: BU experts on Buffet Rule, Romney, Obama, and Marco Rubio
Below is a sampling of quotes by BU experts on the road to power: Why the GOP loves to hate the Democrats’ Buffett rule (Christian Science Monitor): “Just by calling it the ‘Buffett rule’ that’s sort of puts the ball more in the Democrats’ court. Fairness will be further defined as we get out of [...]
Sony CEO pledges “revival”
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai has outlined a turnaround strategy which will have the company focusing on mobile devices, games and digital imaging. BU’s School of Management professor N. Venkat Venkatraman offers the following comment: “Sony is part of a pack of companies that are struggling to make the transition from the age of [...]
BU experts on JPMorgan, Facebook passwords, Groupon, luck in business, Research in Motion
Below is a sampling of quotes by experts from BU’s School of Management on recent issues impacting the business world: Dimon Vows Fight Moynihan Lost Over Claims From Loans: Mortgages (Bloomberg): “They were in the same businesses as everyone else. If everyone around them is basically settling, it’s hard for me to think that there’s [...]
Kevin Gallagher discusses World Bank presidential nominees
The World Bank will announce their selection for president within the next few days. Boston University international relations professor Kevin Gallagher is a globalization expert and the author of The Dragon in the Room: China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization. He discusses the nominees and why he feels former Colombian finance minister Jose [...]
Campaign 2012: The enthusiasm gap
The following opinion piece was written by journalism professor Fred Bayles, a former USA Today and AP reporter. He is also the director of BU’s State House Program. Now that the seeming inevitability of a Romney nomination has, according to the media pundits, progressed to inevitability (until Santorum wins another primary and dashes the predictions [...]
James Murdoch out at BSkyB
James Murdoch has stepped down as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting. Murdoch had been a key figure in the phone hacking scandal that brought down the company’s tabloid News of the World. Journalism professor Elizabeth Mehren, a former reporter with the Los Angeles Times, offers the following comment: “James Murdoch is the obvious fall guy [...]
