The trade deficit has just hit a 16 month high.  Despite the boost in exports, we are still importing more than we are shipping abroad.   Job cuts are predicted, and it is expe cted he economy may get worse. Maybe it is time to think about manufacturing here again.  Perhap when we measure the true [...]

Retail sales are down again.   People are pulling back on their purchases.  Instead of sales rising .3 percent, they fell by .3 percent.   So much for predictions. The only venues with brisk sales are the Costco’s and the Wal-Marts.  Stands to reason since people are bargain hunting and these are the places where you find [...]

There are a lot of true crime buffs.   We all know a few.   Some are fascinated by the more bizarre, the murders with strange sex twists.   Others dwell on the pathos, abducted kids and murdered spouses.   The media is filled with stories and these stories as small in scope as they sometimes are will often [...]

There is a growing controversy about the hefty salaries and bonus companies are awarding the CEO’s and other C Level Executives.   The controversy may have reached critical mass when the politicians climbed in on the act, decrying the bonuses to be awarded to the chief executives at Freed Mac and Fannie Mae.   It’s the rare [...]