Happy Columbus Day or happy Indigenous People’s Day. This Italian-American holiday is being transformed. States and cities are voting to commemorate peoples living in the Americas before Columbus. The argument is that the lands were settled before Europeans arrived and Columbus launched the predatory behavior that decimated aboriginal populations, enslaved them and slaughtered their women […]
Posted on October 10th, 2016 by admin
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True PR is what a company does and not what it claims without backup. This then, is an example of true PR. Blue Origin demonstrated an emergency escape system for its New Shephard rocket and crew capsule, and as an added plus returned the reusable booster to a perfect touchdown. The company wasn’t expecting the […]
Posted on October 6th, 2016 by admin
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The CEO of Boeing and the CEO of SpaceX have both claimed they will be the first to Mars. Such chest beating makes for good publicity but it ignores the reality of the situation. For humans to reach Mars and return safely requires much more than powerful rockets. The psychological and physical challenges are enormous. […]
Posted on October 5th, 2016 by admin
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A town facing the cost of a $10 million parking structure has decided to use the services of Uber. At a cost of $167,000 a year, it can pay for subsidized rides for 60 years. The town of Summit, NJ, has created a clever PR solution for its citizens. It helps them travel the last […]
Posted on October 4th, 2016 by admin
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This opinion piece discusses a “Lehman Moment” in relation to Deutsche Bank. A “Lehman Moment” is a time when the entire credit system seizes and participants stop making loans because of uncertain counterparty risks. It is what happened when Lehman failed in 2008. It switched the system from trust to panic and was a singular […]
Posted on October 3rd, 2016 by admin
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