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| Date |
Media |
Discussion |
| 1/6/2005 |
United Press International |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the state of businesses in Europe. "It takes a little bit more time before people start shifting their purchasing power. The euro has gone up ... you are beginning to see the industrial production having difficulty in the export market. Once that happens, consumer confidence goes down" (European Business Confidence Down). |
| 1/9/2005 |
Baltimore Sun |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses Wal-Mart's response to adversity, like it experienced at the start of the holiday shopping season. "Do they sometimes make a mistake? Of course they make mistakes. I mean they're bigger than [General Electric]. The question is what do they do when they make their mistakes. Do they learn from them and move on? Historically, they have" (Wal-Mart's Holiday Wobble). |
|
York Daily Record |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the state of the economy. "Overall, we are in an economy that's nothing to jump up and down about, but it's certainly an attractive economy that's improving" (County's Outlook Positive). |
| 1/28/2005 |
Expatica |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses difficulties at Royal Dutch Shell. "There is a sensitivity in the marketplace that says, 'Don't screw around with us. Tell us the way it is'" (Will Shell Sink Or Swim?) |
| 1/29/2005 |
Daily Star |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses ongoing mergers in the media industry. "The media giants can't make much of a profit in their domestic market. Continually finding new markets overseas is the only way they can find the capital to grow while making their shareholders happy" (Media Merger Mania) |
| 1/29/2005 |
Journal News |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the impact on Procter & Gamble's acquisition of Gilette on the range of products available to consumers. "They'll give you the pink shaving instrument that you want. If they try to take a lot of products out you'll see other companies step in to offer more and beautiful things. The consumer is really king and if you don't provide what the consumer wants somebody else will" (Consumers Likely To See Product Mix Change). |
| Jan/Feb/2005 |
Corporate Board Member |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, and his research on mergers and acquisitions are mentioned. According to Ghadar, the stock price of an acquiring company drops an average 2% to 5% in the first few hours of trading after an acquisition is announced, then underperforms its industry for the next six months (M&A Shocker: Buyer's Stock Price Rises). |
| 2/15/2004 |
USA Today |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses megamergers in the telecommunications industry, which may prompt smaller companies like Qwest to seek partners. "I don't think they have the scale and scope to go it alone," Ghadar says (Megamergers May Push Others To Seek Partners). |
| 2/15/2005 |
United Press International |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses a predicted slowdown of the world's economy in 2005. According to Ghadar, it's nothing to worry about with rapid gross domestic product growth rate in China of 9.5 percent, United States of 4.4 percent and a pickup in growth in Europe. "You would anticipate that when everybody starts to pick up, the growth rate will be faster and if the economy is more or less matured it becomes slower," Ghadar says. "So I don't think it is disconcerting at all" (Economists Predict World Economic Slowdown). |
| 2/1/2005 |
Baltimore Sun |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the need for workers to learn new skills. "People say the jobs being created are not just flipping hamburgers," Ghadar says. "They're high-tech jobs, medical jobs. I don't buy jobs being created are lower-paying than ones that disappeared" (Imports Remain Key Part Of U.S. Economy). |
| 3/27/2005 |
Journal News |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the need for workers to learn new skills. "People say the jobs being created are not just flipping hamburgers," Ghadar says. "They're high-tech jobs, medical jobs. I don't buy jobs being created are lower-paying than ones that disappeared" (Imports Remain Key Part Of U.S. Economy). |
| 3/24/2005 |
New York Times |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses increased opportunities for exporters because of the falling value of the dollar. According to Ghadar, the weaker dollar can benefit small brand-name exporters that piggyback on global brands, like those that sell components for IBM computers or Cisco routers. It can also help exporters in competitive fields that have an intimate relationship with their customers, like toolmakers or auto-parts suppliers, if they have the means to deliver their products quickly and transfer payments back to the United States at low cost (Export Opportunities Aren't Just For The Big Guys). |
| 2/15/2004 |
Los Angeles Times |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, writes in an op-ed about global population shifts. "Governments and corporations will need to adapt to aging labor pools, rising fiscal pressures from strained pension systems, rapidly changing consumer preferences aimed at ever older age segments and new lifestyles geared to the old to name just a few of the changes this tectonic force implies," Ghadar writes. "The prospect for new inter-generational frictions in many societies especially those with a rapidly diminishing worker-to-retiree ratio is significant (Will They Feed Us When We're 65?). |
| 3/7/2005 |
United Press International |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the European Union's drive to recruit technology talent and the increasing competitiveness of Asia. "If nothing changes very much we will see a gradual shift by international students away from the United States and Western Europe to staying in their own schools," Ghadar says. "In my opinion, it will ultimately damage the U.S. economy. We will be at less of an advantage if we don't change" (PoliSci: EU Pushes To Recruit Tech Talent). |
| 3/5/2005 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the possibilities in China for H.J. Heinz. "The opportunity there is enormous," he says, citing a Chinese economy that is growing by 7.5 percent to 10 percent a year, far faster than the United States and European Union countries (Heinz Cooks Up China Strategy). |
| 4/1/2005 |
Star-Telegram |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, writes in an op-ed about global population shifts. "Governments and corporations will need to adapt to aging labor pools, rising fiscal pressures from strained pension systems, rapidly changing consumer preferences aimed at ever older age segments and new lifestyles geared to the old to name just a few of the changes this tectonic force implies," Ghadar writes. "The prospect for new inter-generational frictions in many societies—especially those with a rapidly diminishing worker-to-retiree ratio—is significant (Will They Feed Us When We're 65?). |
| 5/15/2005 |
The Boston Globe |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses changing realities in the aviation industry. "The economics are going toward Asia, which means that travel is going toward Asia, which is one reason Airbus is making this bet (on the A380)," Ghadar said (Airbus, Boeing Take Diverging Routes On The Future). The article also appeared on the Web sites of the Kalamazoo Gazette and The Register-Guard |
| 5/5/2005 |
The Associated Press |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the growing awareness of Latino culture in the U.S. "What you're going to see in the United States is really sort of a shift ... to be more conscious of what is Spanish and what is Mexican," Ghadar said (NAFTA Aids Success Of Latin Beer). The article appeared on the Web sites of more than 40 media outlets including MSNBC, the Miami Herald, the San Jose Mercury News, and Forbes. |
| 5/4/2005 |
United Press International |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses China's recent decision to increase its use of renewable energy. "They are going to be looking for all sorts of energy sources," Ghadar said. "Renewable sources such as wind and solar are clearly a possibility, although their dependence on oil will remain very, very high, but if the central government gives the green light (to renewable), then that is the way it is in China" (Awaiting 'Green' Light In China). |
| 7/22/2005 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses China's decision to stop linking the price of its currency to the U.S. dollar. "I don't think 2 percent is going to make any kind of major dent in the value of the exports or reduce the trade deficit significantly,'' Ghadar said. "I think it's a political gesture to say, 'OK we're doing something. Here's a step toward liberalizing our economy'" (China Bows To Pressure, Cuts Yuan's Ties To Dollar). |
| 8/5/2005 |
Smartmoney.com |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the dramatic rise in the price of shares for China's No. 1 search engine, Baidu.com. "I think the stock's rise is outrageous," Ghadar says. "This is another one of those bubbles. At the $27 offer price it was trading at 64 times sales. Even though its sales tripled last year, that doesn't justify a 64 price-to-sales ratio" (A Bubble In Beijing). |
| 9/17/2005 |
Detroit Free Press |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses Wilbur L. Ross Jr. and the steel industry. International Steel is more stable than the separate companies before Ross bought them. "It's more competitive now," Ghadar said. "It's making money." But buyout firms like the one owned by Ross exist to make money. "He made a good deal," Ghadar said. (Mogul Is A Parts Rebuilder). |
| 9/11/2005 |
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses American companies competing in the global market. "If you do something well, globalization opens doors for you," he said. "If you're just mediocre, it hurts." (Global Competition Challenging Area Firms). |
| 9/06/2005 |
The Associated Press |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses Wachovia Corp., Bank of America Corp. and the banking industry. "Just how many big players can exist in this industry?" he said. "You either try to become one of the top two or three banks or you become a niche player. Consumers remember who is No. 1 or No. 2. They can't tell you who is No. 4 or 5." (Dueling Bankers Compete With Less Fanfare). This article also appeared in The Star-Ledger, The State, Los Angeles Daily News, and on approximately 40 Web sites. |
| 10/3/2005 |
Best's Insurance News |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, compares the effect on business of the SARS outbreak of 2002 and 2003 to an avian flu outbreak. "'Immediately, it hurt the airline industry, and many companies closed down and sent their people home,' he said." However, "health officials and businesses are in a better position to deal with avian flu than they were with SARS, said Ghadar, because science knows more about this virus at the outset." (Avian Flu Outbreak Revives Fears of Pandemic). |
| 10/1/2005 |
Small Times |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, comments on start-up companies transitioning from a founder to a new CEO. "It's a very critical time for a new corporation," he says. "The first CEO is more than a CEO; he's a prophet. Everyone believes what he says." (Parting Company: Startup's Evolution Often Requires Its CEO To Step Aside). |
| 11/21/2005 |
The Detroit News |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the microwave in an article on its 60th anniversary. "With most new technologies, you suggest it's going to have the widest possible use," he says. "Remember—your PC was going to make your coffee and bring up your calendar at the same time." (Don't Dry The Dog). This article also appeared in The Indianapolis Star. |
| 11/20/2005 |
MarketWatch |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses President Bush's visit to China. "I thought he had soft gloves on his hands when he was talking to them on the economic front," Ghadar said. "It is understandable. China is now a huge trading partner and while they have a $200 billion surplus, they turn around and spend that money buying our financial instruments." (Bush Handles China With Soft Gloves). This article also appeared on Investors.com. |
| 11/1/2005 |
Best's Review |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the impact of an avian flu pandemic on international business. "Ghadar said international supply chains for poultry and waterfowl will be disrupted, with trickle-down effects on restaurants and other food outlets." (Disaster On The Wing). |
| 12/29/2005 |
Marketplace |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the reasons why the word "millions" is being replaced by "billions" as a general measurement term. Listen to the complete report here. |
| 12/26/2005 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, discusses the microwave in an article on its 60th anniversary. "With most new technologies, you suggest it's going to have the widest possible use," he says. "Remember—your PC was going to make your coffee and bring up your calendar at the same time." (Microwaves: Zapping Food For 60 Years). |
