| 1/4/2010 |
Women's Wear Daily |
Comments
on the government spending to prop up the economy. "They've spent so
much money and there's so much liquidity out there," Ghadar says.
"I think we've turned the corner, but it's just painful digging out of
the hole that we've dug ourselves into." (Gauging
Retail Shares: Challenging Year Ahead After a Buoyant 2009). |
| 1/13/2010 |
ComputerWorld |
Comments on the Google-China
standoff. "Dr. Fariborz Ghadar, director of Penn State's Center for
Global Business Studies, said Google's message to China is 'enough is
enough,' and the problems that China poses are not worth the damage to the
brand." (Google's China Problem Unlikely to
Deter Other Technology Companies). This article
was reprinted in the San Francisco Chronicle and in several other tech
publications. |
| 1/14/2010 |
Voice of
America |
Comments on the Google-China
standoff. "Google has to make a decision whether they want to basically
deviate from their vision mission statement that they 'do no harm' and stay
in China, or whether they have just had enough and they don't like the restrictions,
and they don't like the cyber attacks, and they're going to move out so as to
preserve their name and brand." (Google May
Leave Fast-Growing China). |
| 2/1/2010 |
GateHouse
News Service |
Comments on future of an Illinois
Cadbury plant after the Kraft takeover. "If this is Cadbury's only gum
plant in the country, these guys are probably safe unless Kraft has a huge
manufacturing site (with) much more capacity, or if they decide to get out of
the gum business altogether," Ghadar says. (For
Loves Park Cadbury Plant, Being an 'Only' Is Good). |
| 2/3/2010 |
U,S. House of
Representatives |
Expert Testimoney - Hearing before
the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs- House of Representatives. |
| 2/8/2010 |
Philadelphia
Metro |
Comments on the need for
international experience in MBA programs. "Even if you’re not doing
business internationally, your competitors probably are," Ghadar says. (Go Global with Business). |
| 2/12/2010 |
Minnesota
Public Radio |
Director of the Center for Global
Business Studies, interviewed regarding U.S. Policy on Iran on the program
"Midmorning." |
| 2/15/2010 |
Agence
France-Presse, |
Comments on U.S. relations with Iran. "When
you rely on the power of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to remain in
power, it is only a matter of time before the regime becomes a paramilitary
dictatorship—it is about time we realize this," Ghadar says. (Clinton Meets Saudi King After Tough Talk on Iran). This article was reprinted by nearly two dozen newspapers
and news Web sites. |
| 2/15/2010 |
The Associated Press |
Comments on U.S. relations with Iran. "When you rely on the power of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps to remain in power it is only a matter of time before the regime
becomes a paramilitary dictatorship—and it is about time we realize
this," Ghadar says. (Clinton: Iran Is
Becoming a Military Dictatorship). This article
was reprinted by more than 80 newspapers and news Web sites. |
| 2/16/2010 |
Federal
News Radio, |
Fariborz
Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business
Studies, is interviewed regarding U.S. relations with Iran. (The Federal Drive). |
| 2/16/2010 |
Bloomberg
News |
Comments on U.S. relations with Iran. "Two-thirds
of Ahmadinejad's 21-man original cabinet are members of the Revolutionary
Guard, said Fariborz Ghadar ... The regime relies on the Guards' 'brute
force' to crack down on protesters and 'is beholden' to them 'for its
survival,' he said in an e-mail. It's 'only a matter of time before the
regime becomes a paramilitary dictatorship.'" (Clinton
Says Iran Moving to 'Military Dictatorship'). |
| 2/17/2010 |
Voice of
America, |
Fariborz
Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business
Studies, is interviewed regarding the economies of China and India. (Money in Motion). |
| 2/23/2010 |
VOANews.com, |
Comments on the economics of the Olympics. "In the Olympics, you have the costs of actually running the
operation, and then you have the costs of building the infrastructure to
house it. Generally, both of them are underestimated," Ghadar says.
"And on the benefit side, they (host cities) always seem to exaggerate
the benefit. In Vancouver they think they're going to make $9 billion, but in
reality they will be very lucky if they even make $1 billion." (Big Sports - Big Cost). |
| 2/25/2010 |
The Star (Jordan), |
Comments on U.S. relations with Iran. "When you rely on the power of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps to remain in power it is only a matter of time before the regime
becomes a paramilitary dictatorship—and it is about time we realize
this," Ghadar says. (The Islamic Republic
Invites the United States to a Mad Tea Party).
This article also appeared in Lebanon's Daily Star. |
| 3/12/2010 |
Central
Penn Business Journal |
Director of the Center for Global Business Studies, is cited
regarding the U.S. trade deficit. "Every $1
billion in lost U.S. exports is equivalent to 10,000 jobs, said Fariborz
Ghadar." (Manufacturers Join Call to End
Chinese Currency Manipulation). |
| 4/7/2010 |
Garten
Rothkopf |
Comments on "The Struggle over Sanctions on Iranian Oil and
Gas" |
| 3/30/2010 |
The
Philadelphia Inquirer, |
Comments on the experiences of first-generation Asian students
in American schools. "First-generation Asian
kids really, really work hard—there's no other way to say it," says
Ghadar. "Their SAT scores are good, their grades are good. And there is
backlash by American kids who see these guys as major competitors in the classroom."
(Asians Find Phila. Schools an Unexpected
Experience). |
| 5/5/2010 |
The Christian Science
Monitor |
Comments on urbanization. "Some
companies look at this as a huge opportunity," Ghadar says. "We're
going to build roads, we're going to build buildings, and [tech companies]
love this because you can put the Internet in concentrated cities much more
efficiently." (Megacities of the World: A
Glimpse of How We'll Live Tomorrow). This article
also appeared more than a dozen Web sites, including ABCNews.com, and in newspapers,
including the South China Morning Post. |
| 5/21/2010 |
Women's Wear Daily, |
Fariborz
Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business
Studies, comments on consumer behavior. "They get spooked when the stock
market goes down by 300 points and there's an oil spill," says Ghadar.
"If you continually get bad news, then the consumer finally gets a
little freaked." (Economic Fears Send Stocks
Down Thursday). |
| 5/28/2010 |
MarketWatch, |
Comments on the weakening euro. "The weaker euro will help
the European manufacturers by making their products inexpensive," says
Ghadar. "Globally, it makes the Europeans more competitive, even
compared to Chinese manufacturers, and it hurts those on the outside like
Japan and the U.S." (Weak Euro Raises
Currency Bar for U.S. Exporters). |
| 6/7/2010 |
Best's
Insurance News, |
Comments on AIG's attempted sale of AIA Group. "Everybody
in the stock market is gun shy right now. A little thing happens—over here, over there—and they get spooked. The situation in
Korea, a flotilla in the Mediterranean ... and the stock market goes up and
down like crazy," Ghadar says. "If there was a stable market, it
wouldn't be a problem. I don't think there's another buyer around." (Plan B: AIG Is Exploring Other Options After AIA Sale Crumbles). This article also appeared on TradingMarkets.com |
| 6/25/2010 |
CongressDaily/A.M., |
Comments on the Toronto G-20 summit in light of the previous
summit in Pittsburgh. "There was much more consensus than there is this
time," says Ghadar. (Obama, Europeans
Expected to Clash at G-20 Summit). |
| 9/3/2010 |
Financial
Times |
Comments
on legislation targeting China for its currency valuation. "The bill
itself would only be symbolic since it would urge the Obama administration to
do something that it doesn't want, or have, to do," Ghadar says.
"But it would lead to a real decline in relations with China." (Renminbi Dispute Looks Set to Haunt Sino-U.S. Economic Talks). |
