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Show Me the Tungsten

Graff-Pinkert’s used machine tool business has been challenging for the last couple of years. It has always been a cyclical business that takes grit, creativity, and a willingness to pivot when times are grim. We have moved into consulting and matchmaking for machining companies and brokering expensive, sophisticated machines like

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Trick-or-Treat Economy

The mavens and savants are struggling with lots of economic numbers coming in that do not conform to popular wisdom. We have a very tight

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Why do I care so much?

The World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers starts tonight in Beantown. I’ll probably watch, but I may listen to a

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Harvard Material

The recent Kavanaugh spectacle enthralled me as much as any big sports event. It really was the Super Bowl of Senate pillow fights, and I

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