Sam Norwood

Tatum: Retail and service are the strong market sectors

Why are service and retail strengthening? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report the retail/service sectors are currently strong, and they explain why manufacturing numbers might be misleading.

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Is Europe's current condition a movie of America’s future? Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how Europeans can't accept that their socialist policies have caused their current fiscal crisis and are sustainable.
New banking regulations will inhibit relationship banking. Tatum’s Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report a negative outlook of order backlogs and capital spending, likely a result of new banking regulations.
After 6 months of an upward trend, business conditions and confidence have softened. Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report the May 2012 Tatum Survey of Business Conditions indicates little economic momentum.
Even though unemployment has improved, it remains stubbornly high. Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report even though capital spending is up, employment continues to lag and perpetuates a slow recovery.
Businesses are focusing more on customers and less on non-core competencies. Tatum's Sam Norwood joins Jim Blasingame to report strengthening order backlogs that are possible due to practicing outsourcing non-core competencies.