Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Juszkiewicz, chief executive officer of
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Juszkiewicz, chief executive officer of Gibson Guitar Corp., talks with Bloomberg Businessweek's Ben Austen about U.S. agents' raids of the company's plants in Nashville and Memphis last August and Gibson's response to accusations it had illegally imported ebony and rosewood from India to be used for fingerboards produced in its Tennessee factories. (Source: Bloomberg)
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Small drones provide U.S. ground forces
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Small drones provide U.S. ground forces with battlefield intelligence and have become more common. As of July of this year, according to the Defense Department, almost 7,000 small unmanned aerial vehicles were deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. An unlikely industry leader of this explosion of flying robots is a Los Angeles-area company called AeroVironment Inc. It produces 85 percent of the UAVs used by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department. Bloomberg Businessweek's Brad Stone reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Megan Hughes reports on a
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Megan Hughes reports on a Louisiana state law, supported by telecommunications companies, that has smaller cities like Lafayette struggling to provide fiber-optic cable to all homes. In its bid to provide municipal broadband, Lafayette fought against the law, which named telecommunications as a permitted city utility and imposed conditions on municipalities. Hughes reported on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack" on Dec. 2. (Source: Bloomberg)
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Investors and the public are seeking
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Investors and the public are seeking more information on companies' carbon emissions, water usage, workplace diversity and other factors. Bloomberg Businessweek's Karen Weise reports on ways to measure corporate sustainability and rating companies who are vying to be the arbiter of who's really green. (Source: Bloomberg)
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Professional soccer player Abby Wambach of
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Professional soccer player Abby Wambach of the U.S. women's soccer team discusses her technique for heading soccer balls to score goals while avoiding injury.ΒΆ Wambach, who has played professionally for nine years, is among a small group of soccer players whose lucrative sponsorship deals afford them a comfortable living. (Source: Bloomberg)
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, talks about how his grandfather might compare the concentration of wealth among the nation's largest financial institutions today to the "military industrial complex" he warned about in his 1961 farewell speech. Eisenhower's commentary is in the current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. He spoke August 24th at the Eisenhower Historic Site in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.(Source: Bloomberg)
Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Carl Icahn has announced 41
Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Carl Icahn has announced 41 campaigns to oust management or make other changes at U.S. corporations since 2006, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its Aug. 22 edition. Deirdre Bolton reports in today's Movers and Shakers on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Martin Feldstein, an economics professor at
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Martin Feldstein, an economics professor at Harvard University, talks about the risk of the U.S. economy slipping into a recession. Feldstein, speaking with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday," also discusses the interference of politics in crafting deficit reducing legislation. (Source: Bloomberg)
Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Businessweek Senior Editor David Rocks talks about the BBW50, a ranking of top-performing companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. (Source: Bloomberg)
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Former Republican Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming, who was co-chairman
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Former Republican Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming, who was co-chairman of President Barack Obama's U.S. deficit-cutting commission, talks with Bloomberg's Al Hunt about his disappointment with Obama's handling of deficit issues and Republicans' inability to consider tax increases as a way to balance the budget. Bloomberg's Lisa Lerer and John McCormick report on the Republican presidential race and the outlook for Florida's Jan. 31 primary. Hans Nichols discusses Obama's State of the Union speech. Commentators Margaret Carlson and Kate O'Beirne discuss Republican presidential candidates and the debates. (Source: Bloomberg)
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Harry Dent, founder of economic advisory firm HS Dent and author of "The
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Harry Dent, founder of economic advisory firm HS Dent and author of "The Great Crash Ahead," Dan Alpert, managing partner of Westwood Capital LLC, Jerry Webman, chief economist and senior investment officer with Oppenheimer Funds Inc., and Jonathan Tepper, founder and chief editor of Variant Perception, talk about U.S. stocks, the U.S. and Chinese economies, Federal Reserve monetary policy and their investment strategies. They speak with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock." (Source: Bloomberg)
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Russian billionaire Yuri Milner talks about his investment strategy
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Russian billionaire Yuri Milner talks about his investment strategy including technology in Brazil and e-commerce in China, and the outlook for Facebook Inc. and its possible initial public offering. Milner speaks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Source: Bloomberg)
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Kedrosky, author of the Infectious Greed Blog and a Bloomberg
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Kedrosky, author of the Infectious Greed Blog and a Bloomberg contributing editor, talks about the possibility that Facebook Inc. will file for an initial public offering. The largest social-networking site is aiming to file for its IPO as early as next week, two people with knowledge of the matter say. Kedrosky speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg)
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Sara Senatore, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., talks about the
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Sara Senatore, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., talks about the outlook for McDonald's Corp., Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and Yum! Brands Inc. She speaks about Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock." (Source: Bloomberg)
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Tony Kinn, director of Virginia's Office of Transportation Public-Private
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Tony Kinn, director of Virginia's Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships, talks with Bloomberg Government analyst Randolph Walerius about using private capital to build roads and other transportation projects. Kinn said he has eight major projects over four years that may seek private investors. Kinn's job is to develop and implement a statewide program for transportation project delivery. (Source: Bloomberg)
