May 8th 2013

Today in class we watched a News In Review video regarding BlackBerry's (formerly RIM's) newest product, the BlackBerry 10. In this video we learned about the significant decrease in BlackBerry's worth over the years.
Just a few years ago, BlackBerry's stock worth was $150. This changed to $15 over the years. This hasn't stopped BlackBerry from trying to recapture their customer base with the BlackBerry 10. There are still customers that are interested in purchasing the BB10.
This means that BlackBerry may not be out of the smartphone game yet.

6: What Does Kenny Know About National Debt?

Kenny thinks that "national debt" is a country's government's debt that is owed to different countries across the globe. 
For example...
America owes China $5 because America wanted to buy two chocolate bars from Kenny's Convenience Store. Since America didn't have $5, they borrowed $5 from China.
^ This is an extremely small example of what national debt actually entails.
What most people do not realize is that debt doesn't just mean paying someone back with money. Debt can also be paid back with services rather than currency. This is one of the reasons why so many companies can call on the government for favours because of debts the government owes.

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April 30, 2013
What I learned In Business Today

• Today in business we watched a video telling the class about the harsh recession that is hitting the world as a whole.
• This recession is causing all the countries in the world to lose millions to billions of dollars. 
• It is hitting developing countries the hardest. Developing countries were finally starting to do pretty well, but if this recession doesn't stop, all of the progress these countries have made will be erased.
• G20 Is a group consisting of 20 leaders of countries all around the world. This group was brought together again to discuss what can the countries do as a single unit to help all of the countries in the world. 
• Their solution was to settle on a communique'. This communique' contains several things the G20 will be doing. 

4. What I Learned In Business Today

1. Today in business I watched a video that brought to light several truths that are affecting the media industry currently.
2. As it turns out, the media industry is losing a lot of money because of the recession and the arrival of news on the internet.
3. The recession is making it more difficult for the media companies to make money because of the fact that there are people who don't have the money to be subscribing to a newspaper any more. It is also hard for the media because of the fact that there aren't many people willing to sit on their couch and watch the news. 
4. The internet is making things more difficult for the media industry because of its convenience. If someone wants to know what news is current, then it isn't much effort for the viewer to simply look up on the internet what news they wish to know. Another reason why the internet is a much more useful tool for getting the news is because there can be many different sources on the internet telling the same story but in different opinions. 
5. In my opinion as an aspiring journalist, I believe that finding out different opinions regarding a subject can allow the next writer to give a much more detailed description of the subject at hand by writing the description unbiased. As a reader; although I may have a biased opinion, I think that having an understanding of something with different views is far more informative than a simple, biased opinion. 

3. What I Learned In Business

What I Learned In Business                                                             25/04/2013

1. My teacher told me that the reason why we don't do these blog posts at the end of the week... Is because there are biological studies of the human brain that tell us that the human brain can only absorb, retain, and output so much.
2. This means that us doing our posts on a daily basis will help our brains retain the information that we are outputting.
3. Knowledge is power.

2. What I learned in Business

Things I learned in Business
25/04/2013

1. I learned that Canadians are earning more money than last year; according to StatsCan
2. However; people in food industries are being paid less this year. 
3. The weekly earnings for all employees went up 3.1 per cent from 2012. 

1. What I Learned In Class Today! April 23, 2013

What I learned in Class Today!
April 23, 2013

1: I discovered how my knowledge of business will help me do my international business assignments.
2: I was re-instructed on how to use Blogger; although I was already taught how to in Media class.

-Kenny