Last night, President Obama outlined his $447 billion “American Jobs Act” to a joint session of Congress and the American people (read text of speech here). No doubt, pundits and politicians will hyper-analyze and debate this proposal in the days ahead. A couple of points worth noting from a supply chain and logistics perspective: the plan includes $50 billion for transportation projects and the president also referenced trade agreements… Continue reading
The high-tech industry dominated the news the past two weeks. Google announced that it is acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion; HP plans to sell its PC business, as well as stop making tablets and smartphones; and Steve Jobs is stepping down as Apple’s CEO.
The Google and HP news point to two high-level trends taking place in the computer industry: smartphones and tablets are disrupting
Well, 2011 is officially half over. As Ronald Reagan famously asked three decades ago, are you (and your companies) better off today than you were a year ago?
Since many of you (here in the US) are probably taking off early for the holiday weekend, or maybe you’re on the road already, I’ll keep today’s news roundup short. Here we go:
As I previewed on Wednesday, the panel session I moderated in Washington, DC discussing CSCMP’s 22nd Annual State of Logistics Report was very informative. My plan was to share my key takeaways from the discussion today, but rather than squeeze it in with all the other news this week, I’ll write a separate, more detailed posting next week. In the meantime…
Prince William and Kate Middleton were married this morning. I wasn’t on the invite list, but that’s understandable since I don’t know the couple or their families. And besides, the stress of figuring out what to buy them for a wedding gift would have worn me out.
I did a quick search this morning to see if there were any logistics-related news linked to the wedding, and all I… Continue reading
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