Monthly Archives: October 2013

Unlike traditional stock investments, I came across an interesting article regarding investing in a professional athlete. Arian Foster, running back for the Houston Texans has an IPO on himself and surprisingly, a company called Fantax has already bought 20% shares for $10 million. You might wonder how you make money from investing in athletes. When a shareholder buys a stock on Foster, they own a piece of Foster’s lifetime football related earnings. Those earnings depend heavily on Foster’s performances and […]

I read a blog recently by Calvin that had to do with Burger King changing their name to Fries King. My first thought was laughter. Then as I realized that this was happening, I couldn’t help but feel for the marketing department in Burger King. Every business knows that a brand is just as important as the item it sells. For example, people buy Nike shoes simply because they are Nike. Even if the design was same and another company […]

Recently, Walmart has faced criticism for their low hourly pay. A report, revealed by Bill Simon, the president and CEO of Walmart has 525,000 full time employees make less than $25,000 a year. If your curious, $25,000 a year equates to roughly $12 an hour on a full time job Monday to Friday from 9AM to 6PM. $25,000 is however, well above the poverty line in the United States but why would there be complaints for the low wage? A […]

IBM a business giant was awarded the 2012 Gold Medal award for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development. The company was recognized for its dedication and effort to making environmental friendly products. Why would a business, whose revenue exceed well over $100 billion, care so much about the environment that it goes to great lengths and spends millions of dollars to developing and creating environmental products? Realistically, IBM does not have to commit millions into environmentally friendly products, they just […]