John Arguello is a favorite writer of mine, these days. He covers the Chicago Cubs intensively and works with a…
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It’s been 150 years since the end of the Civil War and 50 years since the signing of the Civil…
Jeff Immelt, head of General Electric Corporation, is getting the boot as head of the company. Travis Kalanick is being…
I have spent my entire business life identifying price anomalies and taking advantage of them to make money. “Buy low,…
It’s the American Horatio Alger story. Invent the next Xerox machine and get rich. Or get screwed. Dan Brown was…
Today is my 47th wedding anniversary. “So what?” you may say. But if you have some curiosity about the marriage…
I talk to clients in the machining business almost every day. I often ask the perfunctory question, “How’s business?” and…
I’ve probably been complicit in tax fraud. Certainly not illegally; I’ve always paid Uncle Sam every dollar he says he’s…
Just got back from Spain and Scandinavia last week, traveling on business with a little bit of pleasure thrown in.…
Emanuel Macron is the new President of France. He is a political newcomer who saw an opening in a divided…