Recession = Do it Yourself
by I’ve been scraping paint off of my house for a total of about 14 hours in the last couple of days. Technically I can afford …
Category: Business
Technical jobs in the IT and related industries are being steadily shipped out of this country. Ever hear or see an add for a technical …
USA Exporting Too Many Jobs
Technical jobs in the IT and related industries are being steadily shipped out of this country. Read the CNN.com story. Ever hear or see an …
Democrats Energy Boondoggle Done
Democrats have been rebuffed in their attempt to force V.P. Dick Cheny to reveal the details of meetings held with energy officials by a federal …
Miss Cleo Settles with FTC
Miss Cleo’s psychic hot line agreed Thursday to cancel $500 million in customer bills. Read the CNN.com story. There’s irony in this quote: “The amount …
CEO Salaries Criticized
Exorbitant CEO salaries were criticized recently by a man who should know: Andy Grove of Intel. Read the Washington Post story in the Houston Chronicle …
Farmers Insurance Group: No Class
Farmers Insurance Group is leaving the Texas homeowner’s insurace market. Read the story in the Houston Chronicle. In a move typical of the industry, the …
Executive Salaries a Joke
Is the man running General Electric really contributing 30 times more value to the company than, say, a senior-level design engineer? If you think so, …
Privatizing Space
A couple of CNN articles prompt this comment. A Britsh astronomer predicted human settlements on Mars this century, saying private investors would likely create ‘wild …