I’m a big believer in markets but every once in a while, something happens in our economy that demands more than a pure private sector response. This article from the Wall Street Journal (below) highlights the need for such a response in one critical area of the U.S. economy–namely, the need for rare earths that […]…
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AT&T Is Not Your Grandfather’s Ma Bell Anymore
Repost of author’s article as written in Chief Executive magazine | August 18, 2015 by William J Holstein AT&T’s purchase of DirecTV could transform the entire phone and television industries, and serves as a lesson in digital transformation for all CEOs to watch and learn from. Usually when the CEOs of large incumbent companies launch […]…
BBC and NPR do a takeout on GM in China
And who ya gonna call? That’s right. Here it is: http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-26/chinese-drivers-love-buicks-and-thats-why-gm-concerned-about-their-economy Here is an exercept from the link above: William Holstein knows all about that. He wrote the book, “Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon,” and spent time in Shanghai researching the company’s operations there. He says it’s way too […]…
A breakthrough in solar power
I’m a big believer in Natcore for several reasons: I think and hope that solar power can emerge as a major alternative to other forms of energy. I think and hope that the United States can play a leading role in this new field and prevent the Chinese or others from dominating it. I also […]…
This Is Nuts! Letting the Chinese Take Over Micron?
After my last pre-vacation posting a couple of weeks ago, I am stunned to read that a Chinese state-owned company is proposing to buy Micron Technology, based in Boise, and a giant in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Micron is one of the world’s largest memory-chip makers. Those are not the very high end of the […]…
