On October 4, 1957, humans looked skyward and for the first time saw a manmade object orbiting over their heads. A dot of light passing west to east across the night sky, history’s first artificial satellite: Sputnik.* At the time, much of the world’s reaction seemed political in nature. For Russians, Sputnik evoked a strong …
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 …
Recently it seems like my iPod — when playing in Shuffle mode — displays an increasing ability to organize songs thematically. For example, while driving home during a thunderstorm, the iPod “randomly” plays a string of songs about rain (Love Reign O’er Me — both The Who and Pearl Jam versions, Somewhere Over the Rainbow …
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 …