Filed under: Competitive strategy , McDonald’s (MCD) , Entrepreneurs , Small business Ray Kroc did not start McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD ). But he was the one that had the vision and energy to turn it into a global powerhouse. Back in 1977, Kroc wrote a book about his story, called Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s .

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Entrepreneur’s Journal: Fundamental business lessons from McDonald’s Ray Kroc

Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Hasbro Inc (HAS) Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS ), the toy and game maker whose brands include Transformers, Playskool, Milton Bradley, and Wizards of the Coast, is scheduled to discuss its third quarter 2009 financial results in a webcast Monday at 8:30 AM ET. You can catch the webcast live or replayed on the company’s website .

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Hasbro earnings preview: Mild growth expected in Q3

Filed under: International markets , Coca-Cola (KO) , Exxon Mobil (XOM) , International Business Machines (IBM) , Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) , Procter and Gamble (PG) , Sunday Funnies , Recession , Financial Crisis Since the stock market bottomed in March of this year, it has been firing on all cylinders — except for those in the auto industry who manufacture the most cylinders of course. This year has not been kind to them. For months, many have been surprised at the rapid rise, given the level of unemployment.

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Sunday Funnies: Market rising in spite of high unemployment

Filed under: Private equity The amount of investable assets available to venture capital funds has basically been a growth story since 2003. Dry powder slipped 7% in 2004 and 10% in 2008, but increased in every other year over this period

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Five views of venture capital dry powder

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Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Chipotle Mexican Grill’A’ (CMG) , Gilead Sciences (GILD) , Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV) Last week, Goldman Sachs Group Inc

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The week in preview: High hopes for Apple, Chipotle, Travelers and more

Filed under: Hormel Foods (HRL) , Tyson Foods’A’ (TSN) , Smithfield Foods (SFD) , Commodities Pigs at the Minnesota state fair have tested positive for the H1N1 “swine” flu virus in preliminary tests. Confirmation tests are pending, but this could be bad news and cause panic within the pork industry. Pork belly futures and companies like Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD ), Tyson (NYSE: TSN ), and Hormel (NYSE: HRL ) are a few that could be affected.

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Swine flu hits pigs — will pork panic follow?