We hear the term “private equity” tossed around every day in business. The Bloomberg ticker tells us about the giants…
I have been thinking a lot about whether America has become hopelessly stratified by wealth, race, education and all sorts…
I’m on vacation in the Bay Area and I’m working. Today it’s a blog, business calls, thinking about options for…
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John Arguello is a favorite writer of mine, these days. He covers the Chicago Cubs intensively and works with a…
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…