Browse through the multitude of articles until you find one dealing with market structures (monopolies, oligopolies, monopolistic competition, perfect competition). Go to the article read it, and fill out the following:
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Jacqueline Gann
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1. Canadian drug maker Valeant buying Salix Pharmaceuticals for $10B
2. Feb. 22, 2015
3. Oligopoly
4.Valeant Pharmaceuticals is buying out Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. for about $10 billion in cash. They are purchasing it because of the growing gastrointestinal market and Salix's outstanding portfolio in that field, narrowing the field for other companies that specialize in the gastrointestinal drug industry.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-drug-maker-valeant-buying-salix-pharmaceuticals-for-10b-1.2966963?cmp=rss
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Article Title: Could a Colorado craft brewery sell out to big beer?
Date: 02/22/2015
Market Structure: Oligopoly
Synopsis: Craft breweries are now in the hands of corporate owners within the past year. Mega brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and private equity firms either take over the breweries or purchase stakes in a number because brewing battle has come to a head.
Samantha Chan
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Source: Google News- Business
Article Title: Walmart raises could help lift pay in lower-wage industries
DATE: February 22, 2015
Market Structure discussed: monopolistic competition
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: Wal-Mart has announced that they hope to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour by February 2016. Wal-Mart's decision has impacted not only them but also other industries. By raising minimum wage, Wal-Mart has caused many other industries to follow to keep employees against new competition.
Amanda Salmon
ReplyDelete1)http://www.economist.com/news/business/21644172-lack-larger-firms-means-fewer-jobs-and-less-resilient-economy-supersize-me
2)Supersize Me
3) 2.21.15
4)Oligopoly
5) Spain needs a monopoly to supply people with jobs. There are too many small businesses in Spain that the economy is doing poorly. Yet. Spain leaders would prefer to have small businesses create large ideas and businesses than for a monopoly to occur.
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Source: FOXBusiness.com
Article Title: Asian shares mostly higher following Greek bailout progress
Date: 02/22/2015
Market Structure discussed: Oligopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article:
Asian stock market rises after Greece and its European creditors tried to reach an agreement to bailout. Greece and its European creditors had a meeting to discuss the new bailout deal. However, it ended without any agreement. Thus, Asian stock market continue to rise.
Zoheb "Economist" Hirani
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-thiel-competition-is-for-losers-1410535536
Competition is for Losers
02/22/15
Perfect Competition
This article talks about the differences between monopolies and perfectly competitive firms. It discusses how in a perfectly competitive industry, every firm will reach equilibrium and reach towards making a profit of....zero. With a monopoly though, the firm will reach much higher profits. Every company should strive to create a differentiated product and avoid the usual capitalism of selling something that someone else has made.
Emigdio Escobedo
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Article: An overburdened champion
Date Posted: 02-19-2015
Break Down: This article talks in an oligopoly sense, meaning it explains how each major oil company or firm in the middle east and united states share similarities and differences. this article also gives statistics as to which company appears to be the most successful and brings in the most income.
Michelle Pacheco
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Source:http://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-names-new-head-of-parks-and-resorts-1424719963?mod=rss_whats_news_us
Article Title: Disney Names New Head of Parks and Resorts
Date: Feb. 23, 2015
Market Structure discussed: Oligopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: A 22-year veteran, Mr. Chapek has being promoted to the new head of its parks and resorts of Disney. He replaces Tom Staggs who is now the chief operating officer.
Jacob Toy
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Source: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150211/BLOGS02/150219959/trying-to-discredit-a-market-oligopoly
Article Title: Trying to Discredit a Market Oligopoly
Date: Feb. 23, 2015.................................. Date of Publication: Feb. 11, 2015
Market Structure discussed: Oligopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: Warren Buffett was the largest shareholder of Moody's Corporation, 1 of 3 big credit-rating agencies, but he sold 1/2 of his holdings when the Moody's was in a financial ditch. However, Buffet is still the 2nd largest shareholder of Moody's.
Aadithya Srivatsav
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1. http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/02/economist-explains-11?zid=295&ah=0bca374e65f2354d553956ea65f756e0
2. Why Germany and Greece are at odds
3. Feb. 19th 2015
4. Monopolistic Competition
5. Greece was facing financial crisis a while back and Germany bailed them out. However, Greece is now looking to avoid repaying the debt to Germany and would like to change the contracts between them and Germany, leading both countries to be at odds with each other.
Evan Young
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1. http://time.com/money/3719194/target-free-shipping-amazon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fbusiness+%28TIME%3A+Top+Business+Stories%29&utm_content=Netvibes
2. Target Undercuts Amazon and Walmart With Easier Free Shipping
3. Oligopoly
4. Target recently announced that they will offer a new shipping policy, giving free shipping to orders of $25 or more. This action was to compete with Walmart and Amazon. Some critics, however, are saying that this policy is ineffective because loyal Target shoppers have Target Credit cards that allow free shipping, and most online shopping will be done on Amazon because the products are not offered in store.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/23/us-cuba-cigars-idUSKBN0LR1UA20150223?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews
ReplyDeleteArticle Title: "Cuban Cigar Maker Eyes 25-30% of U.S. Market if Embago Lifted"
Date: Feb. 23, 2015 3:44 pm EST
Market Structure: Monopoly
Synopsis: Cuban cigar maker Habanos S. A. is expecting to gain 25-30% of the premium U.S. premium cigar market whenever the Democratic can persuade the Republican Congress to lift the embargo completely. Cuba believes Obama's policy of allowing the limited free trade of Americans being allowed to bring back only $100 worth of Cuban cigars and alcohol for personal use is merely a symbolic gesture towards the restrictions they currently impose and considering Obama's initiative for better relations with the Cuban market. Cuba is confident that any increase in production of their cigars because of lifting the restrictions on the Cuban cigar being sold to the U.S. will never decrease their quality as they try to raise quantity to meet the expected demand explosion that will allow them to control 70% of the cigar market.
Amy Krauhs
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Felix Chang
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Source: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21644172-lack-larger-firms-means-fewer-jobs-and-less-resilient-economy-supersize-me?fsrc=rss%7Cbus
Article Title: Supersize Me
Date: Feb. 21, 2015
Market Structure: Monopoly
Synopsis: The article discusses the fact that Spain lacks the same market variety as Britain, however lobbyist claim that it would lose up to half a million of private sector jobs. It also argues that bigger firms tend to be more resilient in hard times than smaller ones, they tend to be more productive, invest more in research and development,export more, and they also tend to pay their workers better.
Jenny Simon
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Source: http://www.netvibes.com/welkerswikinomics#Economics_News_Feeds
Title: Gas Prices Inch Higher After Months of Decline
Date: February 23, 2015
Market Structure: Oligopoly
Summary: The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has increased every day for the past 28 days to a national average of $2.30 per gallon, according to AAA. The steady rise reverses a record 123-day decline that started in September and ended last month with fuel costs reaching a five-year low of $2.03.
Wesley Andrade
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Source:http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/shell-canada-backs-out-of-pierre-river-oilsands-project-1.2968498?cmp=rss
Article Title:Shell Canada backs out of Pierre River oilsands project
Date:02/23/2015
Market Structure discussed: monopolistic competition
Synopsis: Shell Canada president Lorraine Mitchel-more announced it had withdrawn its application for a new 200,000 barrel-per-day heavy oil mine, first filed with regulators in 2007. Last month, oil sands giant Cenovus Energy Inc. took $700 million out of its 2015 budget, released at the end of last year.
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ReplyDeleteArticle Title: The high cost of falling prices
DateDate:02/23/2015
Market Structure: Monopolistic Competition
Synopsis: Large central banks love a 2% inflation because shoppers ignore the rising prices and continue to spend. However, recently all over the world growth is cooling or experiencing deflation even.
Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/its-the-hard-knock-herbalife-ahead-of-the-tape-1424898481?mod=rss_whats_news_us
ReplyDeleteArticle Title:It's the Hard-Knock Herbalife
Date: 2/25/15
Market Structure: Monopoly
Synopsis: Herbalife is a multi-level marketing company whose sales are sharply declining year after year. Sales has plummeted 8.3% in the last quarter alone.
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ReplyDeleteSource: http://time.com/3718504/disney-world-disney-land-ticket-prices/
Article: Going to Disney World Just Got More Expensive
Date: 2/23/15
Market Structure: Monopolistic Competition
Synopsis: Based off a recent growth spurt, tickets to Disney parks have gone over a 100 dollars for the first time ever.
Amie Jean – 2nd Period
ReplyDeleteSource: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31621785
Article Title: EU Commission approves proposals for single energy market
Date: 25 February 2015
Market Structure discussed: Monopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article:The European union is moving towards making one sole energy market for gas supply with only the member states and the European Parliament left to agree on it. It is partly designed to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas, bring down prices and cut down on the use of fossil fuels. Although this may be true critics are accusing the commission of trying to monopolize the industry to have a greater impact on gas supply contracts.
Arjun Daru
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Microsoft to Cut 9000 Jobs in China
Date: Febrary 25, 2015
Mark. Structure: Oligopoly
Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down two Nokia plants in China after purchasing the company last April. It plans to move some manufacturing equipment into Vietnam.
Ronald Propper
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Source:http://time.com/3724915/expensive-apple-watch/
Article Title: Just Look at This Completely Ridiculous $75,000 Apple Watch
Date: 2/26/15
Market Structure Discussed: monopolistic competition
Synopsis: Alright so basically this article talks about how apple has created a luxury watch that costs $75,000. The article states that it is ridiculous to make such a watch because nobody in their right mind will buy it. And then they tell us how more details will be posted like around march
Karen George
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Source: http://www.netvibes.com/welkerswikinomics#Economics_News_Feeds
Title: why target lost its aim
Market:monopolistic competition
This article is how different sections of target has lost its customers. They used to have a chic image that was favored by a lot of women but now that section is completely deserted. It all has to do with marketing abilities.
Jocelyn Dang
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Source: http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/27/smallbusiness/famebit/index.html?section=money_news_economy&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_news_economy+%28Economy+News%29&utm_content=Netvibes
Title: FameBit users: They're getting cash, free products, and Youtube-famous
Market: monopolistic competition
Date: 2/27/15
This article discusses a website called FameBit that is a market, itself, for beauty brands and Youtubers to interact by the beauty brands marketing their products towards Youtubers, in order for them to promote them on their channels. It shows monopolistic characteristics in the way that each brand is selling different products, none of which are close substitutes to each other. This website is now connecting the Youtube platform with beauty brands, forming business relationships and advertising connections. Through this, the beauty brands are being advertised, and the youtubers are able to earn money for products they enjoy.
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ReplyDelete1. Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/the-mcdonald-s-slump-are-golden-days-of-golden-arches-over-1.2975314?cmp=rss
2. Article Title: The McDonald's slump: Are golden days of golden arches over?
3. Date: Feb. 28, 2015
4. Type of Market: Monopolistic Competition
5: Synopsis: Analysts for McDonalds have projected that McDonalds would not have a very good start to the fiscal year, and McDonalds has lowered their building funds in struggling markets such as US, Japan, etc., causing people to believe that the company has passed its peak. Instead, people are starting to choose healthier, customizable fast food options such as Chipotle and Freshii.
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Nigeria: Oil Spill - 15,000 Ogoni Receive Shell's Compensation
Date: 2/28/15
Market Structure discussed: monopolistic competition
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: In 2010, Shell agreed on out-of-court settlement in a case brought against it by the people of Bodo community in Africa. The excessive oil spills from the company's failed facilities had caused a damaging effect on the Ogoni environment and its people. The Chairman of Bodo Council of Chiefs, Mene Sylvester Kogbara, said that after six years of intensive legal battle with the oil giant, Shell agreed to give 56million euros as compensation to be shared among the Bodo.
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Article Title: Bionic Eyes
Date:2/19/2015
Market Structure discussed: Monopolistic Competition
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: MACULAR degeneration is a form of sight loss caused by the death of photoreceptor cells in the macula—the central part of the retina.The chips themselves are easy to implant, using a special syringe-like applicator that is pushed through the eyeball (a routine procedure, gruesome though it sounds). he definition of legal blindness in America corresponds to the resolving power that elements 50 microns across or smaller would give, so in that sense the device really would restore sight to the blind.
Chris Abraham
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Source:http://www.economist.com/news/business/21645218-discount-store-chain-which-forgot-its-formula-success-why-target-lost-its-aim?fsrc=rss%7Cbus
Article Title: Why target lost it's aim
Date: Feb 28 2015
Market Structure discussed: Oligopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: The article discusses the increasing struggles of the Target brand to stay relevant against it's oligopolistic competitors--such as Walmart and Costco. The author discusses how target has once had an issue with controversies regarding hackers, which ended up killing it's pre-christmas time sales, and also harmed it's relation with customers. When consumers lose faith in your brand and management, it's a very difficult image to pull yourself free from.
Mackenzie Boudreau
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Source:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/samsung-unveils-sleek-new-galaxy-phones-to-take-on-apple/articleshow/46423468.cms
Article Title: Samsung unveils sleek new Galaxy phones to take on Apple
Date:March 1st, 2015
Market Structure discussed: oligopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: Samsung is releasing a new Galaxy phone made from aircraft-grade metal to rival with Apple's Iphone. Another quality of the new Galaxy is a compatible mobile payment system that Samsung plans to launch later this year. This is just another way that Samsung is trying to better their product in comparison to their rivals such as Apple.
brikitta hairston
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article title:growing by shrinking
date:2/26/2015
market structure discussed:monopoly
synopsis:italy's aerospace group found a buyer for hitachi, a japanese conglomorate. The deal will make Hitachi the fourth-biggest company in the rail-equipment business worldwide, behind Bombardier of Canada, Siemens of Germany and Alstom of France. For Finmeccanica it marks an important step in the industrial plan it announced in January, following the appointment last year of a new chief executive, Mauro Moretti.
Grace Cha
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Source: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/2015/03/01/the-watch-urbane-lte-big-attractive-smartwatch/o7iHdQAWDaJn8Pn3DHGnoO/video.html
Article Title:The LG Watch Urbane LTE Is a Big, Attractive Smartwatch
Date: 3.1.15
Market Structure discussed:oligopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: LG is releasing an all new device called the Watch Urbane LTE which is the first built in LTE watch in the market. It appears to be in the classy sleek but sporty men's watch category with a 1.3 inch display with both phone calling capabilites and GPS systems. As Large companies like Good, Apple, and Samsung, LG has stepped its foot in the game with the all new LTE watch.
Timothy Krauhs
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Source: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/switzerland-produces-its-own-silk/41200368?rss=true
Date: 3/1/15
Synopsis: Since the middle ages Switzerland has produced a large amount of silk, however, in 1914 the last silk factory closed down. However, in 2009 a large amount of interactive farmers tried to promote breeding of silkworms to bring back silk making to Switzerland. So far the Swiss Silk Association has produced 20 kilograms of silk and looks to be growing.
Title: Switzerland produces its own silk
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.wsj.com/articles/glencore-faces-hit-from-big-play-on-coal-1425234609?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_business
Article Title: Glencore Faces Hit From ‘Big Play’ on Coal
Date: March 1, 2015
Market Structure discussed: Oligopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: In 2013, coal mining company Glencore purchased Xstrata which largely impacted the coal industry. Prices of the commodity have fallen 25% since then, illustrating how the decisions of one corporation largely affect the entire industry in an oligopoly.
Cailin O'Connell
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article title: McDonalds: Are golden days of golden arches over?
date:2/28
market structure:oligopoly
synopsis: McDonalds has been making bad headlines in the news, giving people negative ideas toward the brand. Consumer preferences are moving away from pre-made fast food and this is urging McDonalds to go back to the basics of burger and fries.
Martin Nguyen
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Article Title: Golden Scenarios
Date: February 26, 2015
Market Structure discussed: Olipgopoly
2-3 Sentence synopsis of article: High prices and rising demand in East Asia, especially China and Japan, encouraged huge projects to produce liquified natural gas.
Joe Thomas p.4
ReplyDeleteSource: http://www.zdnet.com/article/can-samsung-resharpen-its-edge-against-the-competition/
Article title: Can Samsung resharpen its edge against the competition?
Date: 3/1
Market Structure: Oligopoly
Summary: Samsungs profits have been declining for the past five quarters, and the company has enacted a salary freeze last week. Apple and other android developers have been hitting Samsung hard and they need to step up to gain profits. Samsung is trying to make metal cased and waterproof phones to try and make durability their strongest selling point.
Gabrielle Chaney
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http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/01/blackberry-experience-suite/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589
Title:BlackBerry wants to bring some of its best features to every device
This article deals with obilgopoly because it deals with a firm returning into the phone competion. Blackberry wants to enhance their cell phone brand by creating the Blackberry Experience Suite. The firm wants to copy the same programing like Apple and Andriod so it can have competition.
Keanu Florence
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http://www.cnet.com/news/see-how-the-galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge-evolved/
Title -See how the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge evolved
The cell phone industry is definitely formatted in an oligopoly market structure because there are a few front running companies who take most of the customers. This article explores how Samsung has improved one of their most popular phones , The Samsung Galaxy. In an attempt to push to the forefront of the oligopoly The Samsung Galaxy S6 includes a metal and glass body and a few other improvements.
Ayesha Wahid
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Title: Australia Stocks Rise, With Bank Up Ahead Of Rate Decision
This deals with an oligopoly market structure. The article summarizes what has happened in the Australian stock market and how it has dropped and risen the last week.
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.economist.com/news/business/21635496-one-worlds-biggest-motorcycle-makers-wants-become-even-bigger-coming-out-hero?fsrc=rss%7Cbus
Motorbikes in India: Coming out for a Hero
Oligopoly
There are only a few motorcycle companies in India and they want more to come. They plan to open more plants and make more and more motorcycles in the future to meet the demands of the consumers.
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ReplyDeleteTitle: China's Manufacturing Gauge Strengthens
Type: monopoly
Summary: China's manufacturing had previously been massive in volume but for certain factors has been decreasing in exports. This article touches on this fact as well as the current outlook of the manufacturing market there. Currently, the one company in charge of most manufacturing is starting to look up with more orders causing next years export report to look promising.
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ReplyDeleteSource: http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0107-hance-muntifering-interview.html
Article Title: How black rhinos and local communities help each other in Namibia
Date: January 7, 2015
Market Structure discussed: Monopoly
In Africa black rhinos are almost extinct due to poaching. In Namibia, instead on killing them off for their horns they are setting up communities and habitats for the rhinos to live on. This in turn is boosting their ecotourism and creating a geographic monopoly.
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ReplyDeleteArticle Title: Samsung's new Galaxy S6: Too much like the iPhone?
Date: March 1st 2015
Market Structure discussed: Oligopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: This is article is about Samsung releasing its new phone the Samsung Galaxy S6 and how similar it is to the IPhone 6. It is similar to the Iphone in that it uses almost the same material, has many more color options that are similar to that of the IPhone, and it also has the same phone unlocking feature with a fingerprint. However, Apple has also stolen a couple of ideas from Samsung hence the bigger screens on the IPhone 6. Therefore, this shows the interaction between two competitors in an oligopoly.
Amber Alex
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Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201502240634.html
Article Title: Nigeria: FirstBank Seizes Seawolf's Rigs Over N25 Billion Debt
Date: 2/24/15
Market structure discussed: Oligopoly
Synopsis: A questioned has been posed as to which companies really own which oil rigs. Abandoned oil rigs at the outer Marina in Lagos, Vanguard learnt that the rigs may have been seized by FirstBank of Nigeria Plc for alleged debts of about N25 billion owed by Seawolf Oil Services Limited, owners of the rigs.
Gerard Barrientos
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Source:http://www.zdnet.com/article/quickflix-losses-deepen-as-netflix-australia-launch-looms/
Title: Quickflix losses deepen as Netflix Australia launch looms
Date:March 2, 2015
Market Structure Discussed: Monopoly
Synopsis:The business Quickflix is widely popular in Australia, and serves as its "Netflix" business there, as Netflix had not been officially released in Australia. However, since Netflix servers have been in established in Australia, the amount of subscribers and users of Quickflix has been steadily declining since the beginning of 2015. Netflix is one of the leading dominators of the modern movie market today.
Koby Bay
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Source:http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/02/american-economy?fsrc=rss
Article Title:Steady on
Date: Feb. 27
Market structure: Monopolistic competition
Synopsis: It seems that within the last three months, America's economy has turned around and is experiencing very nice growth. However, there are signs of bad omens as now America is currently in deflation and other grave economic problems. These problems, however, appear to be only short lived and are predicted to go away soon.
Reuben Kuruvila
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Source: http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21645223-germany-emerging-faster-it-wanted-global-diplomatic-force-lurch-world
Article Title: A lurch onto the world stage
Date: 2/28/15
Market structure discussed: Oligopoly
Synopsis: There are some current issues in Germany concerning their economic security and welfare as a middle power. Germany is being forced to take charge of arising conflicts in Ukraine and maintain a steady balance within Europe as other nations are preoccupied with their own issues. This article focuses on how Germany plans to devote its time to controlling its market economy while keeping its head above the ground during the various problems that are appearing.
Source:http://www.wsj.com/articles/shanghai-hong-kong-shares-boosted-by-china-rate-cut-1425262317?mod=rss_whats_news_us
ReplyDeleteArticle Title:Shanghai, Hong Kong Shares Boosted by China Rate Cut
Date:March 1st, 2015
Market Structure discussed: Oilgopoly
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article:rate cut by China boosted stocks in Hong Kong and Shanghai Monday, ahead of an annual gathering in Beijing where the government is expected to set a lower growth target for the year.
Reuben Bijy
ReplyDeleteSource: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/business/international/chinas-long-food-chain-plugs-in.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
Article Title: China’s Long Food Chain Plugs In
Date: March 1, 2015
Market Structure discussed: Monopolistic Competition
Synopsis: This article talks about the different ways companies are trying to control China's sprawling food supply chain. The government highly regulates the industry yet there are still a lot of food safety scandals. This article also talks about a smartphone app that can track a the food's journey from the farm/factory to the store.
Marvin Puac
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Source:http://wwlp.com/2015/02/28/futuristic-city-with-hyperloop-proposed-in-california/
Article Title: Futuristic city with “Hyperloop” proposed in California
Date: Feb 28
Market: Monopoly
Summary: The article discusses talk about California trying to create a futuristic city with new technology. The market needed for this would be monopoly because of the limited technology. The building of this city would have 4 application phases
Source:http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/01/nikon-d7200-hands-on/?ncid=rss_truncated
ReplyDeleteArticle Title:Nikon's latest lightweight DSLR is the D7200
Date: March 1st,2015
Market structure discussed: Monopolistic
Synopsis: The article goes into a bunch of technical camera terms that I cannot be bothered enough to read about. The point is, this is monopolistic and there is a reason for that conclusion, I'm not just talking out of my ass here. What market is Nikon in? The camera market of course and it is just like the pencil market. Of course i would rather pay the premium price for a top of the line, cedar wood palamino blackwing 602 rather than buy a shitty ticandoraga from target. Same with cameras, Nikon tries to win out their monooilsific market through quality cameras.
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ReplyDeleteArticle Title: Growing by shrinking
Date February 2 2015
Market structure: Monopolistic
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: The article was mainly about Italy and it's aerospace and defense groups. In the article it was told that it had found a buyer for its rail businesses. Hitachi, a Japanese conglomerate, will pay €773m ($876m) for Finmeccanica’s 40% stake in Ansaldo STS, a railway-signalling company listed on Milan’s stock exchange, and €36m for AnsaldoBreda, a train maker fully owned by Finmeccanica.
Jayson Varughese
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Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/wages-rise-at-restaurants-as-labor-market-tightens-1425081907?mod=rss_economy
Article Title: Wages Rise at Restaurants as Labor Market Tightens
Date:February 27, 2015
Market Structure discussed: Monopolistic Competition
Synopsis: Wage has been growing exponentially in an unexpected area of the U.S. economy: restaurants and bars. Food-service employment has risen greatly since the recession ended about six years ago, which is growing as fast as overall wages in the U.S.
An overburdened champion
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Monopoly
Aramco was believed to be making profits of more than $180 billion a year, far outstripping the $33 billion of Exxon Mobil, the largest listed oil firm. With official blessing, the company has been spending heavily on getting into all sorts of businesses far removed from drilling for crude. Besides huge investments in petrochemicals—an obvious diversification for an oil producer—it has gone big on solar energy; and it is planning to build a shipyard, with a South Korean company.
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21644158-biggest-national-oil-firm-weighed-down-nation-building-tasks-overburdened
Ingrid Curtom
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Source: http://www.netvibes.com/welkerswikinomics#Economics_News_Feeds
Title: The tethers loosen
Date published: 2/19/2015
Structure: oligopoly
Synopsis: The FAA recently came out with rules for commercial drones. However, a few obstacles need to be overcome like the difficulty of long distance flights. Michael Huerta, the FAA’s boss stated that the new rules will evolve as drones and the businesses around them will develop. It may take until 2017 for the current proposals to be finalized publicly.
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Source: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21642180-changing-boss-will-not-fix-problems-brazils-oil-giant-pitfalls-petrobras?fsrc=rss%7Cbus
Article Title: Pitfalls at Petrobas
Date: 02/7/2015
Market Structure discussed: monopolistic competition
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article: This is an article over how an oil company in Brazil is experiencing a major downfall in oil production and staggering losses in profits. They explain why the figures are what they are and go on explaining how they don't know how they can fix it.
Patrick Pecson
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Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-31683622
Article TItle: Sturgeon Calls For Wind Power Boost
Date: March 1 2015
Market Structure Discussed: Monopoly: This is an article about the government funding a wind power farm. It is a monopoly because of the main producer of wind farms with little competition and talks about the good wind power provides
Patrick Pecson
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Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-31683622
Article TItle: Sturgeon Calls For Wind Power Boost
Date: March 1 2015
Market Structure Discussed: Monopoly: This is an article about the government funding a wind power farm. It is a monopoly because of the main producer of wind farms with little competition and talks about the good wind power provides
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