There are two schools of thought on this one:
1. It’s a recession. No one is buying. So in order to get new customers and keep my current customers happy, you lower your prices.
2. We are also seeing inflation. Increased gasoline prices have affected your business significantly. So you have […]
I’m still not sure we’re really in a recession. “Experts” have been talking about a recession since January. I figure by the time they decide we are in a recession, it will be over. But we do know that the only certainty is uncertainty. And business people don’t […]
There is a shortage of containers for shipping goods from the U.S. to other countries. Shipments are backed up for 3 months on refrigerated containers. The trade deficit for the past month is at its lowest level since 2001. Gas consumption is down substantially. The dollar seems to be holding at about 150 Euros. India […]
says MSNBC.com
And in a new book titled Nextville, Barbara Corcoran talks about where we will be retiring. One group of retirees is heading back downtown. They are tagged as “ruppies”(retired urban professionals) . For example, I know a couple who left their beautiful home in the country, with landscaping, and […]
A couple of weeks ago I ran several posts on keeping mentally fit. Someone must have read them, because a company called vibrantBrains now has come up with brain gyms. Well, why not? The gym is billed as “a workout centre for the brain” and their slogan is “-
Where the Sweat is […]
I got a phone call the other day from an automated calling system. It played me a recorded message. An unnamed credit card company was about to raise the interest rate on my credit card. This was my final warning. The only way I could stop them was to press 1 and talk to a representative.
I […]
In today’s Wall Street Journal, David O’Reilly, CEO of Chevron, talks about some very hard energy facts, page B1. We all know them, but we don’t really like to hear them out-loud.
Netted out, he states that we are stuck with our current energy technology for the decades to come. If we could start today to re-do […]
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Written by Jean Murray [email] for b5media.
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