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Will the Chinese Invade the US Auto Market?

Donald Trump spent three days in Beijing last week. Among the things they discussed was the American and Chinese automotive industry. The United States has kept the Chinese autobuilders out of this country through tariffs and rules, but the huge and wily Chinese builders of electric vehicles are starting to

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Wear Your Seatbelt

A few months ago I was at the Bucktown Art Fair in Chicago where I met an artist/entrepreneur from Tennessee named Clay Bush. Bush uses

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Is America Great Now?

I lean left politically and come from a family of Democrats, but most of my extended family are conservatives. I grew up with my father’s

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Selling Out

I have been studying the process of buying and selling machining businesses for the past year. Companies have approached me to advise them on what

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Refugee Flavor

At the beginning of September I spent some time traveling in Europe in search of lucrative machine tools, good salsa dancing and inspiration for an

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Phone Call to the Dead

This American Life on NPR routinely does amazing stories on radio. The program, hosted by Ira Glass, recently had this piece that really struck me.

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