by Minter Dial | Aug 29, 2008 | Business, Politics
Is the US still a Giant the right question? The plenary session of Wednesday evening August 27th at the MEDEF’s Université d’Ete was entitled: Is the USA still a Giant? And the star-filled panel gave a very vivid and resounding yes to the question, with...
by Minter Dial | Aug 27, 2008 | Business, Politics
The kick off of the MEDEF’s Université d’Ete 2008 “Voir en Grand / Think Big” was made this afternoon at the Polytechnique campus outside of Paris. Laurence Parisot, President of the MEDEF, introduced his Majesty King Abdallah II of Jordan who...
by Minter Dial | Aug 13, 2008 | Branding, Business, Marketing
Ever thought about dressing up your bottle? Here’s a cross-marketing campaign that caught my eye. When pouring out this Perrier bottle (sorry that the shot isn’t in focus) at a bar outside the beautiful Chateau of Sully-sur-Loire (in the Loiret), I found...
by Minter Dial | Jul 27, 2008 | Business, Marketing
Itouch/Iphone – In Search of The Great Ripoff? I have been converted from the evil PC world to the wonders of the MAC. Despite having a wife who worked for Apple for five years and owning the very first ipods, I still maintained my PC world at home. Then, in...
by Minter Dial | Jul 22, 2008 | Business
Getting older every day…and more lonely? This post is about two trends that seem to be crossing inexorably: the aging of populations around the world and the general lack of people taking care of this group. If you feel like you are getting older, you are not...