Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]She's not writing a blog, Frank. She's an established writer for the Wall Street Journal who's written a slew of financial articles for them, a body of work and this is just one of them. they must have been impressed enough to hire her and by her results as well as her qualifications. On 3/15/15 7:18 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > What's not to like? > The fact that she has no background whatsoever in Business. She is > reporting on a business issue. > Her background is on (spinning) marketing ideas. > > The fact that all financial ( profit) info on Leica is not published means > that her data came from Leica management which in itself is a lousy way to > gather facts. They could be spinning her...... Who can double check what > they told her? > Sales means nothing without the profit picture, which Leica does not > disclose..... > > And she does or should know better......! > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of Mark Rabiner > Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 3:10 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Wall Street Journal says Leica up 35%, > > That's a good reference, Frank! > I do that nowadays. After reading a paragraph of what a writer has to say I > check out their references. Try to find out what their agenda might be. If > they have a what I think to be proper background I keep reading their > article. > This sounds like quite a cool smart lady. Classical Guitar! French Lit. > What's not to like!? > > > On 3/15/15 5:56 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > >> You forgot to include her Bio... From the WSJ >> >> Ellen Emmerentze Jervell >> The Wall Street Journal >> Ellen Emmerentze Jervell is a staff reporter and photographer The Wall >> Street Journal's Frankfurt office. >> Having previously worked as a a political reporter in Washington D.C. >> and a feature writer in Norway, she now covers German consumer, >> retail, tech and media businesses. >> Ms. Jervell has a degree in Journalism from Oslo and Akershus >> University College/American University Washington D.C. and has also >> studied French Literature, Modern European Art, Classical Guitar, and > Fashion Design. >> She speaks Norwegian, English, German, French, Swedish, and Danish. >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> http://tinyurl.com/la5oeeu >> >> By ELLEN EMMERENTZE JERVELL >> March 13, 2015 9:07 p.m. ET >> "Since then, Leila's sales have risen around 35%, to 337 million in >> its most recent fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. The company doesn t >> disclose profits." >> >> An interesting journalistic point on this one compared to the ones >> last week which got us talking of Leica in the past tense again is >> this one is signed by its author. ELLEN EMMERENTZE JERVELL We know who >> wrote it. Its not a mystery blog written by computer geeks. Its written by > a professional journalist. >> - the wall street journal has a rep for knowing something about money. >> The fine points of what Leica is all about she may have not been >> crystal clear on but I doubt she got the financial figures wrong. >> >> I looked her up and not one article about flash drives or other >> computer peripherals. But: >> Weaker Euro Ripples Around World >> Adidas Loss Widens >> Deutsche Telekom Helped by U.S. >> Germany s Metro Rocked by Ruble >> Silicon Valley Has an Unfair Advantage, Deutsche Telekom CEO says >> >> So I trust her perspective on writing this article. >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photographer >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/