Manpower has reported there will be layoffs in all Western Nations as many companies try to survive the economic meltdown.  Layoffs will come apparently after businesses figure out their budgets for the coming year. Obviously, this is not good news.  Nor is it comforting to know that every country in the world is affected.  Perhaps [...]

For several blog pieces now I have taken note of the slaughter in the media industry.   The news industry, especially, has been decimated by layoffs and publication failures.   For every media group, it seems, laying off a thousand employees or more is only a start in the cost cutting.   Marty Pompadur, the exiting Chairman of [...]

These are rotten times, economically speaking.  In fact, there may be a couple of reasons to point to this being rotten times on a lot of levels.  I’e never been known for my rosy outlook, but I do look at these times as quite exciting.  Despite the economical downturn, in fact even because of it, [...]

It is debatable whether the Big Three still make crummy cars.    In fact, while their reputation for making lousy vehicles hangs over them like the dark smoke of Los Angeles canyon fires, they do in fact make some pretty decent vehicles.   Some.   Not all. Far from it. The Big three also make decent trucks.   And [...]