Thanks to the recent financial crises in the mortgage industry and investment banking, Americans are now being treated to a high volume screaming match over how much the US government should regulate Wall Street, and what role the government should play in the bailout of companies and individuals hit by the current financial firestorm. As […]
The U.S. seems to be entering a period of increased package shrink. And no, I’m not talking about something from an old Seinfeld episode.
One of the items I needed to buy on my last trip to the grocery store was sugar, so I went to get our usual brand. When I picked up one of […]
So where exactly is the digital revolution taking writing and the publishing industry?
The new issue of The Futurist magazine (July-August 2008) contains the article “The 21st Century Writer” which yet again has me trying to visualize where the publishing industry is headed. In the article, author Patrick Tucker — director of communications for the World […]
Recently the Osco Pharmacy is our neighborhood changed hands as part of CVS Pharmacy’s purchase of about 700 Osco and Sav-on drug stores. I personally saw the change as a positive one, given that I always felt like I was rushing to get to Osco before they closed at 8:00 pm.
Several weeks after the changeover, […]
My wife and I currently are vacationing on Mackinac Island. Last evening, we decided to check out “Movies at the Mission,” a weekly event where the Mission Pointe Resort runs a first-run film in the resort’s quaint, classic theater. (For those of you familiar with either the history of Mackinac Island, or the 1980 film […]
An article in the July 9 & 16, 2007 issue of BusinessWeek (“What Price Reputation?”) examines the growing trend among businesses to try to manage their company reputation. Traditionally analysts and executives have viewed a company’s value as the combined value of its tangible and intangible assets. Tangible assets – such as factories, machinery and […]