Cooler heads are speaking out over the standoff with North Korea. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has said military options are ready but the preferential course is diplomacy. Strong words are useful only to get the other party to the table. The ball is now in North Korea’s court. Will it conduct […]
Posted on August 15th, 2017 by admin
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President Trump, apparently without telling his advisers, delivered a bombastic warning to North Korea that hinted of nuclear war. He has talked this way before but now he is in charge, and he should be watching his words more carefully. He doesn’t seem to realize that words are dangerous if they provoke another to action. […]
Posted on August 10th, 2017 by admin
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Wells Fargo bank can’t avoid scandals these days. Here is another one. The bank was clearly out of control in its consumer insurance and lending departments and only now is the dysfunction coming to light. How the bank has fallen in reputation. It came out of the 2008 financial meltdown on a high and with […]
Posted on August 10th, 2017 by admin
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North Korea has said the US would “pay dearly” for new sanctions imposed on it by the UN Security Council. In reality there isn’t much the North can do and its threat is largely empty words. Yes, the country could launch hacking attacks against the US, but security personnel are ready now for such interruptions. […]
Posted on August 7th, 2017 by admin
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Too much has been written already on the rise and swift fall of Anthony Scaramucci. There is one aspect that hasn’t been covered much and is worth a note. That is Mooch’s demand that a communications person or PR firm “go to the mat and lie for him” if necessary. That would make him ineligible […]
Posted on August 4th, 2017 by admin
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What happens when one places investment, R&D and manufacturing on the wrong technology? German automakers are about to find out. They are all-in for diesel engines at a time when the rest of the world is looking into electric. They have staked their reputations on diesel and come up short. Now they are facing […]
Posted on August 3rd, 2017 by admin
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Two South Carolina utilities have abandoned two nuclear reactors they were working on in the state. The construction project has cost them $8 billion so far, and it was nowhere near completion. Estimates were as high as $25 billion to bring the reactors online, and given the dropping cost of power, it no longer made […]
Posted on August 2nd, 2017 by admin
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Airlines with any kind of customer listening know customers are complaining about space. The incredible shrinking seat. But the carriers have done nothing but skinny the chairs some more. It is a failure of PR and the courts are now involved. “Judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday […]
Posted on August 1st, 2017 by admin
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