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Death to the suit?

I don’t wear suits, either, Mark Cuban. “If you are a CEO , are there not better things your employees could spend money on than multiple suits, ties, dress shirts, dress shoes, dress socks, dry cleaning, and all the other associated costs? Gee, no suits would be the same as giving your employees a tax […]

Ford hit by record $12.7bn loss

Newsflash! Consumers want fewer gas guzzlers, and finally, in 2007, after it’s largest loss in its 103-year history, Ford says it gets the message. Ford had previously put much weight on sales of pick-up trucks and SUVs, or sport utility vehicles, to generate profits. But a peak in the price of oil last year, which […]

Alexandra Pelosi’s Good Intentions

OK – after reading this I have to feel some remorse for Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of Nancy, whose documentary “Friends of God” airs on HBO January 25. She chose the “former” Reverend Ted Haggard to be her leading man. Imagine, you’re just about to wrap up filming of your new docudrama, you flip on the […]

Climate Survey Debate is not over

I rented “An Inconvenient Truth” because I wanted to understand more about the debate over global warming, which I have later learned is also commonly referred to as climate change. The movie, however, states emphatically that there is not even a debate. The debate is over. But what do scientists and environmental professionals say? In […]

Hockey Coach Was Illiterate

An amazing story if you haven’t heard it… Stanley Cup winning coach Jacques Demers could not even read the lineup cards with his players names listed, or a menu in a restaurant. It was a secret he kept to himself for as many years as he could, although he did finally admit to his wife […]