Ely Rosenstock's Blog

The tech bubble. The real estate bubble. Financial bubbles always seem to be in the news. But financial bubbles aren't the only bubbles that affect our daily lives. As I've mentioned before, I'm getting my MBA right now. And when you're in graduate school...

I've recently written about the need for businesses to be cognizant of social issues and how they should try their best to improve areas of social concern when possible, but shouldn't feel required to hurt their business to make progress in these...

I've spoken previously about beggars wasting money. Loyal Crastinate reader Joseph brought this story to my attention. Apparently, Citigroup, the same Citigroup that the government is giving a $20 billion bailout package to, is keeping their sponsorship...

Some consider the term 'business ethics' as an oxymoron. Every MBA program (including the on I'm in now) has a required business ethics course. The goal of this course, from what I can gather up to this point, is for the students, future managers and...

I know it's better for the environment to use paper bags instead of plastic (let's forget the irony that we moved to plastic bags because we didn't want to chop down all those trees to use paper). How can the supermarket, or anyone, expect me to use paper...

My charity goes to charity organizations. It doesn't go to beggars on the street. Reason being is that I don't trust the people on the street. If I give them a dollar, how do I know they'll use it for their needs (food, shelter, ect...) and not their...

I saw the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, this past Saturday night. I usually would not attempt to see a movie during the opening weekend fearing the huge crowds and the potential for getting a seat that would make my neck hurt for weeks to come. This...

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced today that there is going to be a change in the $700 billion bailout plan. In the bailout bill, it was written that the government planned on buying up the bad assets of banks as to wipe them off the books of...

I'd like to tip my hat to the people over at RIM, the developers of the Blackberry phone. I'm sure RIM was not thrilled when Apple launched the iPhone two years ago.  RIM could have done what many other competitors had done. They could have come out with...

Tonight is historic. Watching the United States elect the first African-American to the highest office in the land is incredible. I'm excited for the future. One of the television commentators mentioned how Obama's victory makes a statement to the world...