Category Archives: Asian

Our Educational Future

September 28, 2008 – 2:59 pm

Now if you thought America’s near financial collapse and impending bailout from Congress was something, wait till you fully understand how far the U.S. lags educationally behind China and India as portrayed in this documentary, 2 Million Minutes.
So if future of American educational achievement is in serious trouble, how perilous do you think it is [...]

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Advertising Agencies and Diversity – Part 2

September 25, 2008 – 7:26 am

 
 
 
 
 
While the crisis on Wall Street has most people eyes glued to the television or your favorite newspaper’s business section, unbeknownst to most, there was another hearing held in City Hall (New York City) about the efforts to improve diversity at some of America’s biggest advertising agencies.
Some may remember that a similar hearing was called [...]

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Terrible Marketing

September 19, 2008 – 6:47 am

I can see why one of America’s top civil rights attorneys, Cyrus Mehri, has commissioned a survey of diversity in ad agencies. When agencies come up with creatives for these following commercials, it puts everyone on notice that there needs to be more voices, preferably ones of color, in the conference rooms on Madison Avenue.
I [...]

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New York Ain’t Go No Love For Obama?

September 15, 2008 – 5:15 pm

The staff at Phiscal Matters always joke about how mind-boggling it is to us that this presidential race is as close as it is. For many political observers, both passive and entrenched – and mainly on the left and/or, Democrat – this election should be a breeze. The Republican party really does not have a [...]

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For The Little (Business) Guy

September 7, 2008 – 1:02 pm

If you ask most Americans, the economy is the number issue in this presidential election. And for these next 8 weeks, both the Obama and the McCain campaigns will be on the offensive in touting their economic plans as best for the American worker and business. But what about the entreprenuer?
Business Week’s SmallBiz magazine ran [...]

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