Principles of Macroeconomics Spring 2011 Day 19 Dr. Andrew L. H. Parkes “A Macroeconomic Understanding for use in Business” 卜安吉

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 192 International Capital Flows

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 193 Last year from Feb to Jan 2011

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 194 Last year from June 2010 to May 2011

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 195 Apple is #1 – or Steven? When pressed on whether the absence of Flash was bad for consumers, he answered that consumers appeared to have spoken with their wallets. “If the market tells us we are making the wrong choices, we listen to the market.” Mr. Jobs said When pressed on whether the absence of Flash was bad for consumers, he answered that consumers appeared to have spoken with their wallets. “If the market tells us we are making the wrong choices, we listen to the market.” Mr. Jobs said

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 196 Apple is #1 Mr. Jobs said Apple has made a technological bet that Flash is not necessary, and that customers, in essence, pay Apple to make such choices and deliver good products. Mr. Jobs said Apple has made a technological bet that Flash is not necessary, and that customers, in essence, pay Apple to make such choices and deliver good products. –New York Times, June 2, 2010, 12:04 am,

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 197 Apple is #1 “If we succeed, they’ll buy them, and if we don’t, they won’t,” he said. “People seem to be liking the iPad. We sold one every 3 seconds since we launched them.” June 2010 “If we succeed, they’ll buy them, and if we don’t, they won’t,” he said. “People seem to be liking the iPad. We sold one every 3 seconds since we launched them.” June 2010

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June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 199 Money

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 1910 Steve Jobs is #1 Mr. Jobs also predicted that the ongoing shift in technology away from the PC and toward mobile devices will continue. Mr. Jobs also predicted that the ongoing shift in technology away from the PC and toward mobile devices will continue.

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 1911 Apple is #1 The only American company valued higher is Exxon Mobil, with a market capitalization of $282 billion. As of June 2010! The only American company valued higher is Exxon Mobil, with a market capitalization of $282 billion. As of June 2010!Exxon MobilExxon Mobil

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 1912 Apple is #1 This changing of the guard caps one of the most stunning turnarounds in business history, as Apple had been given up for dead only a decade earlier. But the rapidly rising value attached to Apple by investors also heralds a cultural shift: Consumer tastes have overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping technology. This changing of the guard caps one of the most stunning turnarounds in business history, as Apple had been given up for dead only a decade earlier. But the rapidly rising value attached to Apple by investors also heralds a cultural shift: Consumer tastes have overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping technology.

June 2, 2011Principles of Macroeconomics, Day 1913 Apple is #1 Microsoft, with its Windows and Office software franchises, has dominated the relationship most people had with their computers for almost two decades and that was reflected in its stock market capitalization. But the click-clack of the keyboard has ceded ground to the swoosh of a finger across a smartphone’s touch- screen. Microsoft, with its Windows and Office software franchises, has dominated the relationship most people had with their computers for almost two decades and that was reflected in its stock market capitalization. But the click-clack of the keyboard has ceded ground to the swoosh of a finger across a smartphone’s touch- screen.