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Oct 5, 2009...

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Big deal.  President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace prize.  A remarkable feat considering the nominations were due on Feb 1, 2009,  just two weeks after he was inaugurated president.  It's called the international politics of popularity.  The czar title is a make believe designation of importance.  [BTW we have about 50 plus of these czars in USA gov't all of which appointed by the President.  Two recently resigned under ignominious clouds of controversy].  Means absolutely nothing.

Carmine D.

DIB,

 I know you support scientests but for Dyson  to say kick out the banks and give tax incentives to the scientests doesn't suit me. Dyson is one man that   I have not seen being for UK when he leaves the country to produce his invention. The tsar of technology should keep his business in UK and then maybe the scientific community might get a listen from Parliment. They talk about selling technology, produce it there and export it.That is what is done in counties where they give incentives to their businesses. UK is not the only country that should help their technolgies.

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For the most part, Dyson is just stating facts.   Politicians wonder why there are no manufacturing jobs, but they tax and regulate the hell out of them and then wonder why they leave.    I suspect Sir James would argue that the decision to manufacture in Malaysia was made for him.  

In the US, we rely heavily on graduates of foreign countries to fill science, engineering, and medical jobs. 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6869077.ece
Of note is that the above mentions a new product launch next week.

Hello M00seUK:

With the dollar tumbling, and the USA supposedly dyson's best vacuum market [two-thirds of annual sales by last count] now is not a good time to launch a new vacuum product. 

The article, thanks for the link, also gives some more insight into James' selection as technology tsar.  Confirms my observation it's all about politics and popularity.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:
We'll have to see what said new product will be - I personally think it's unlikely to be a vacuum.

From the outside there appears little in the way of loss of conferences at Dyson of late. By comparison, Apple continues plowing money in R&D and is due to refresh it's high-margin iMac lines for the holiday season, with rumours of larger sized iPod 'tablet' format entering the market in early 2010. If you have the right product, the buyers are still there; you don't stop innovating and launching new products because of blips in the market. In my view the only people with something to fear are the manufacturers trying to sell high ticket items which feature little in the way of innovative features.

As for James' selection, it's a two way street. The Tory's get a recognised name on board and James get a certain level of influence. It was also a good speech, with James holding up a digital motor against and brushed motor as an example of the practical gains they are making.

M00seUK wrote:

I would hardly call the current downtown, which started in the first quarter of 2008 and has worsened since then, as a "blip in the market."  If you do, then more power to you.

In business, timing is all important not just product.  The $800 DC26 is now at $590.  It's price is following same direction as the US dollar's value.  If pure currency laws prevailed in the market place, the $800 MSRP should be $900 based on the 12 percent decline in the value of the US dollar internationally since President Obama took office.

With the unemployment rate in the USA at a national average of 10 percent, and climbing higher, with regions of the country, like mine, and many others, approaching 15 percent and climbing higher, US consumers can't spend what they don't have.  If you argue that they buy on credit, I offer to you the latest figures showing the steepest credit retrenchment among US buyers since such measures have been reported.  If you strug this off as a blip, again more power to you. 

Companies do what they always do whether in good times and/or bad.  It is the underlying reason for the huge bankruptcies, bailouts and failures in hard economic times.  Failure to adjust business decisions and actions to changing times and habits in consumer spending. 

The companies that are predisposed to fail are the ones who limit their options in the good times and then fall on bad times.  Does the name Starbucks come to mind?

Carmine D.

M00seUK wrote:

Like I said originally, it's all about politics and popularity.  The title is meaningless.

Carmine D.

MM I wonder if he will shift production back to the UK now.

vacmanuk wrote:

Does dyson own the dyson plant in Malaysia? 

Carmine D.