Archive for the ‘David Barnes’ Category
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
If I read the news correctly, commercial real estate and the regional “thrifts” that provide most of the loans for the empty office buildings and retail blocks I notice driving around Austin may be the next shoe to drop. According to its fiscal 2007 ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
OK, I know you were expecting me to blog on “Helicopter Ben Plays Whack-A-Thon.” I almost did. Lucky for you, I discovered a more interesting topic with an equally catchy title.
At our US FPD Conference, I was impressed by a keynote from Dr. Chung ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
By David Barnes, VP, Strategic Analysis
Clients of DisplaySearch, particularly those in Asia, have been asking us about the so-called sub-prime mortgage crisis and what it means for the flat panel industry. While I am flattered to be chosen as the company’s speaker on this subject, I wonder how to do ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
By David Barnes, VP, Strategic Analysis
Raise your hand if you remember the TV program “Connections” by James Burke, first aired by the BBC in 1979 and by PBS in the USA subsequently through 1997. Like Mr. Burke, I find my mind connects data points from many sources. Unfortunately, unlike him, ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
By David Barnes, Vice President of Strategic Analysis
The day after Labor Day, the three-day weekend marking the end of summer in the USA, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index closed up 1.1% and the NASDAQ Composite Index closed up 1.3% on its steepest four-day rally in four years. Apparently, investors ...
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