Media Moments: Business Up, Faith to Follow

by Walter Gray— Business Up, Faith to Follow Raymond Arth knows he should feel better about the economy. Sales are up in Phoenix Products, the faucet company he runs in a suburb west of Cleveland, according to a Newsweek article.. He had a good 2010, and he’s on pace to have an even better 2011.... [Read more]

Media Moments: TV News, Newspapers Still Sliding

by Walter Gray— TV News, Newspapers Still Sliding Large numbers of people still tune in to the big three networks, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal. An average of 23.2 million people have watched the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC or CBS each evening this TV season through the... [Read more]

Media Moments: Business as Usual

by Walter Gray—Politicians Worry More About Themselves, Not Us Speaking of the difficulty of doing the right thing about pension reform in RI, ex-state rep Timothy Williamson , who chaired a failed special legislative commission on the subject, was quoted in a ProJo article as saying: “The political... [Read more]

Media Moments: Leveling the US-China Playing Field

by Walter Gray—Leveling the US-China Playing Field: China’s wage advantage is shrinking because workers there are demanding and getting a bigger share of the manufacturing pie. Good for them? Yes, but even better for Americans. China’s government is looking to relocate its industrial base into... [Read more]

Media Moments: Facebook as a Business Marketing Tool

by Walter Gray— Facebook as a Business Marketing Tool: Does your business have a likability problem, asks a writer for The Boston Globe. More than a half billion people worldwide use Facebook, and while the social network was initially about staying in touch with college pals and making sure your... [Read more]

Media Moments: The CEO of J. Crew Speaks

by Walter Gray— The CEO of J. Crew Speaks: “Well, what we are feeling is that consumers are shopping more. They are comparing more. I think they are buying more shrewdly. They are shopping more carefully. They are looking for great value” said Mickey Drexler, CEO of J. Crew, as quoted in Bloomberg... [Read more]

Media Moments: Be Careful of the Traffic

by Walter Gray— Be Careful of the Traffic: Of 130 lobbyists who became Congressional staffers, 80 worked for Republicans, 48 worked for Democrats (and two worked for Joe Lieberman of CT). Of the 352 members of Congress who have left office since 1998, 80 percent have worked as lobbyists, according... [Read more]