http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/ Industry News from Portfolio.com en-us Under Armour's not-so-secret weapon, Brandon Jennings, is off to a hot start in the NBA. Can the slam dunking rookie speed up the company's much-anticipated basketball shoe?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/Rp08o6MP3Yg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/Rp08o6MP3Yg/under-armour-endorser-brandon-jennings-off-to-hot-start-in-nba Industry News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC NBA's Brandon Jennings on Under Armour Basketball Shoe Under Armour's not-so-secret weapon, Brandon Jennings, is off to a hot start in the NBA. Can the slam dunking rookie speed up the company's much-anticipated basketball shoe? http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/sports/2009/11/23/under-armour-endorser-brandon-jennings-off-to-hot-start-in-nba Undocumented residents cost America's hospitals billions. We're already paying for an issue Washington politicians don't want to address.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/LFv-fqWIFpk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/LFv-fqWIFpk/illegal-immigrants-cost-local-hospitals-while-feds-avoid-issue Industry News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC Borderline Health Care Undocumented residents cost America's hospitals billions. We're already paying for an issue Washington politicians don't want to address. http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/health-care/2009/11/20/illegal-immigrants-cost-local-hospitals-while-feds-avoid-issue A deal boom could be on the horizon as private equity firms get ready to unload $500 billion in health care assets.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/ipiR44yfPYQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/ipiR44yfPYQ/health-care-banking-teams-biggest-beneficiaries-as-risk-returns-to-wall-street Industry News Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC health care banking teams biggest beneficiaries as risk returns to Wall Street A deal boom could be on the horizon as private equity firms get ready to unload $500 billion in health care assets. http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/banking-finance/2009/11/19/health-care-banking-teams-biggest-beneficiaries-as-risk-returns-to-wall-street Former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman is back with Open Road Media, and she wants to sell you some e-books using video, augmented reality, and even Twitter—even though, she admits, "I'm trying to figure out what's interesting about it."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/Kn7A8cRFEzw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/Kn7A8cRFEzw/jane-friedman-launches-open-road-media Industry News Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC Jane Friedman's New New Thing Former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman is back with Open Road Media, and she wants to sell you some e-books using video, augmented reality, and even Twitter—even though, she admits, "I'm trying to figure out what's interesting about it." http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/media/2009/11/18/jane-friedman-launches-open-road-media Industry experts say league-owned networks are the only players who can take on sporting giant ESPN.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/sh6vYGByHDI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/sh6vYGByHDI/league-owned-networks-only-potential-espn-rivals Industry News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC Who Will Rival ESPN? Industry experts say league-owned networks are the only players who can take on sporting giant ESPN. http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/sports/2009/11/17/league-owned-networks-only-potential-espn-rivals The NBC Universal Sports chief says the U.S. Olympic Committee’s decision to use an executive search firm to find a CEO was unsportsmanlike. That money should have gone to athletes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/_-rBbsX2IeE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/_-rBbsX2IeE/nbc-universal-sports-chief-dick-ebersol-mad-at-usoc Industry News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC NBC Universal Sports Chief Dick Ebersol Mad at USOC The NBC Universal Sports chief says the U.S. Olympic Committee’s decision to use an executive search firm to find a CEO was unsportsmanlike. That money should have gone to athletes. http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/sports/2009/11/17/nbc-universal-sports-chief-dick-ebersol-mad-at-usoc In the financial world, professionals are paid to take risk and make huge profits, not to keep capital secure.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/EMLkrx-DfSc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/EMLkrx-DfSc/how-wall-street-pay-destabilizes-the-financial-system Industry News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC How Wall Street's Pay Schemes Destabilized the Financial System In the financial world, professionals are paid to take risk and make huge profits, not to keep capital secure. http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/banking-finance/2009/11/17/how-wall-street-pay-destabilizes-the-financial-system Jay Shepherd, a Boston lawyer, has gained national notoriety for bucking the billable hour.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/Hnd06zsns30" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/Hnd06zsns30/lawyer-fixed-on-reforming-the-billable-hour Industry News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC Rebel With a Clause Jay Shepherd, a Boston lawyer, has gained national notoriety for bucking the billable hour. http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/Law/2009/11/17/lawyer-fixed-on-reforming-the-billable-hour How social media and blogging changed executives from international men of mystery to the suits who friended you.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/WyVliOUJsMo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/WyVliOUJsMo/executives-use-blogs-and-social-media Industry News Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC Follow the Leader How social media and blogging changed executives from international men of mystery to the suits who friended you. http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/media/2009/11/16/executives-use-blogs-and-social-media By holding on to poorly performing commercial real estate loans, regulators have stifled investments and kept the market from recovering faster.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Industries/~4/4mGLyTw3_H8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/Industries/~3/4mGLyTw3_H8/regulators-complicit-in-slow-recovery Industry News Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:01:00 UTC (Not) Under Pressure By holding on to poorly performing commercial real estate loans, regulators have stifled investments and kept the market from recovering faster. http://www.portfolio.com/industry-news/banking-finance/2009/11/16/regulators-complicit-in-slow-recovery