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Iconic anchormen may be a thing of the past. Even in regional television where the long familiar faces and voices of anchormen and women have graced our screens with the comforts of recognition, these senior news givers are being shuffled off like last week’s headlines. They are too expensive for today’s market, and the star [...]
I enjoy reading Stratfor. I believe it is one of the more intelligent publications in the country or for that matter around the world. It provides intelligence and analysis for everything from military and terrorism, to the economy and the world market.
Stratfor recently released an article, analyzing what it sees as the possibility of increased [...]
Everybody is creeped out over the economy. Everyone is worried about their job. We have just gone to riding high on the hog to hoping we make it over the tree tops. This is a tough economy, and we are not used to much of anything that’s tough.
Yes, we heard stories of the Depression. But [...]
It is not joke when your business creates a product or service that proves difficulty to market. You sift thorugh dozens of different marketing strategies until you find the right one. You find that there doesn’t seem to be a right one. There are no easy catch phrases, slogans, or pieces of information that will [...]
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 nothing [...]
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 when [...]