Adam Hartung
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McDonald's & the ghost of Christmas
How would you recognize signs of a troubled business? Often the key indicator is when leadership clearly takes "more of ......
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Will Steve Ballmer be a good LA Clippers leader?
Anyone who reads my column knows I’ve been no fan of Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft. On multiple occasions ......
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How Google stole the show from Apple
The three highest valued publicly traded companies today (2/3/16) are Google/Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft. All 3 are tech companies, and ......
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Apple's debacle – why growth is all that matters
Apple announced earnings for the 4th quarter this week, and the company was creamed. Almost universally industry analysts and stock ......
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How telltales told you not to own Wal-Mart, and continue to do so
Wal-Mart market value took a huge drop on Wednesday. In fact, the worst valuation decline in its history. That decline ......
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Why Tesla could be the next Apple – and put a hurt on Exxon
A recent analyst took a look at the impact of electric vehicles (EVs) on the demand for oil, and concluded ......
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Why PayPal is worth more than eBay
eBay was once a game changer. When the internet was very young, and few businesses provided ecommerce, eBay was a ......
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Bigger is not always better – why Amazon is worth more than Walmart
This week an important event happened on Wall Street. The value of Amazon (about $248 billion) exceeded the value of ......
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A $7.6B write-off plus layoffs is never a good sign, Microsoft
Microsoft announced today it was going to shut down the Nokia phone unit, take a $7.6B write-off (more than the ......
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Costolo should not have been fired – Twitter investors worry
Dick Costolo was let go from his role as CEO of Twitter, to be replaced by a former CEO that ......
