DB1 Challenges & Opportunities in International Businesses

Information technology has allowed outreach and made knowledge of global English speaking and non-English speaking countries accessible to businesses large and small.  Furthermore, the Internet offers links to media sources world-wide.  Find a story in a global journal/newspaper about a US-based company that had a business issue in a foreign market.

1.  Describe the situation in your own words, please cite and reference the news item and site.

2.  Itemize some of the ramifications, both positive and negative, of this plethora of information? 

(2 paragraphs)