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Can Bad Olympic Event Coverage Affect Sponsorship?

July 30, 2012

NBC has been coming under fire for not only failing to broadcast the 2012 London Olympic events live, but also for broadcasting poorly. #NBCfail is making its own news, and there’s a backlash in the honesty of the network. Admitting you’re trying to make money off the event is fine. Limiting your own ways to […]

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Where Does Your Money Go?

April 19, 2011

Over the last few weeks, I’ve become an economics nerd. I really have only scratched the surface, but I’m starting to learn enough to understand that our government has a very complicated conversation it needs to have with us…and not put it off until after November 2012. One of the major effects of globalization is […]

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The Cupcake Shake Out

February 22, 2011

I think about cupcakes…a lot. I never thought I’d be one of those consumers who would jump on the cupcake bandwagon, but you know what? I’ve called shotgun! When there was the first whisperings of cupcakes being a new dessert craze, I was confused: weren’t cupcakes already available in your local grocer’s bakery section? They […]

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