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Fred Hassan describes his approach to managing from his years at Sandoz, and Schering-Plough. He describes "passive-aggressives," as a category of people at meetings about change who are the ones most likely to scuttle any efforts to make changes. This group tends to provide what appears to be passive support but are keen on blocking the effort at every opportunity. Hassan takes a hands on approach. He was head of Sandoz in Pakistan, where he improved performance before heading the European operations of Sandoz.
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GM's handling of the recall for 114,000 Chevrolet Tavera sports utility vehicles in India in July 2013. 10 employees including GM's vice president for global engine engineering were fired by CEO Dan Akerson because of misleading Indian government officials about the result of emissions tests on the Tavera. The Tavera is a $15,000 sports utility vehicle designed for the Indian market.
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The U.S. Energy Department forecast of growth in energy use to 2040 shows continued dependence on fossil fuels and much of the growth coming from India and China. This confirms forecasts by Shell, BP and Chevron of a continued dependence on fossil fuels for global supplies well into the future.
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IDC reports that Samsung sold 72.4 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2014. The pace of growth is slowing as Samsung faces intense competition from Lenovo, HTC, ZTE in the low end of the smartphone market. High marketing costs are pressuring margins. Samsung second quarter net profit increased by 50% over the prior year quarter. Samsung expects weaker sales of the Galaxy S4 and has ramped up marketing promotion. Demand for expensive smartphones is declining. This has resulted in a 12% decline in Samsung's share price since late April when Samsung started selling the Galaxy S4. Apple faces a 22% decline in profits in the second quarter of 2013.
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Consumer prices rose 0.4% in June 2013, in early signs that the policies of the Abe administration against deflation are working.
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Paul English favors teams of three people to get things done quickly. He gives employees freedom to test ideas, including one intern who was allowed to test an idea on the first day at work by writing the code. He says no innovation happens with too many people in a room, and its easier for two or three people to nurture an idea. A clicker hangs outside the door of the main conference room. It is meant to send the message that for things that one cares about you need about three people smart enough to move forward.
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Fears of contaminated infant milk powder in China and distrust of domestic brands. The large demand for foreign milk powder.
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Mercedes-Benz's efforts to improve sales and profit margins to catchup with Audi and BMW.
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The underground economy in Cadiz, Spain, and how "chapus" or odd jobs in plumbing or construction help support many people who are unemployed.
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China's healthcare costs have increased in the last decade without effective cost control measures. With the decline in consumer spending in the last decade to where it is now only 35% of GDP, and ordinary Chinese setting aside a large portion of savings for costly drugs and healthcare, reducing healthcare costs is a high priority to rebalance the economy and increase consumer spending. By comparison in the U.S. it is 70%. Bussey points out the importance of this for the new leadership of Jinping-Keqiang in China. Xinhua, the Party offical news agency, expressed China's new policy, saying that "some believe China may see a nationwide price cut on medicines." Regulators have begun probes of Nestle and Danone for possible anticompetitive activity and the two companies dropped prices for baby formula.
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Facebook's advertising revenue on mobile devices increased by 76% in the second quarter of 2013, from the prior quarter, to $656 million. Facebook's ad prices increased by 40% from the prior year in the U.S. and Canada, compared to overall ad price increases of 13%. Facebook operating profit margin is 31% in the second quarter compared to Google's 22%. Facebook's share price increased by 20% after the announcement of improvement in ad revenues.

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