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Do your clients know who you are?
Guillermo is from Mexico, or maybe it’s El Salvador or the Dominican Republic. Do we care? He pushes a lawn mower, directs a trimmer, and handles a weed-whacker. He’s the [...]
Younger car buyers shifting to South Korean, American brands
Courtesy of The LA Times. Detroit’s automakers are doing better selling to young buyers, but South Korean car companies are making the biggest inroads in that segment, primarily at the [...]
Michigan Emerging As The Next Great Shipping Hub In North America
To some, the idea of Michigan emerging as the next big North American transportation and logistics hub sounds ridiculous. “There hasn”t been any marketing of it,” said Jim Smiertka, senior vice president and general [...]
A Hopeless Sports Romantic
I am a hopeless sports romantic, so these next few weeks will be glorious for me. Major League Baseball season starts in less than two weeks, and the World Baseball [...]
The America that works
Courtesy of The Economist. Luckily, dysfunction in Washington is only one side of America’s story. “THE greatest nation on earth—the greatest nation on earth—cannot keep conducting its business by drifting [...]
India Launches A $15,000 Electric Car, With No Help From The Government
Courtesy of Forbes. As India’s first new electric car in more than a decade was officially launched today in New Delhi, one thing was glaringly absent: a hoped-for government subsidy [...]
The post-industrial future is nigh
Courtesy of The Economist. CHINA is known for its industrial might. Manufacturers, miners, utilities and builders accounted for over 45% of China’s GDP in 2012. In America, by contrast, they [...]
It’s the Accountant’s Fault
Sometimes the absurdity of trying to do business and make money and then pay the appropriate taxes to the Feds and State just about knocks me over. I’m currently doing [...]
Solar Trade Group Reports Surge in U.S. Installations
Courtesy of The New York Times. Partly driven by an oversupply of cheaper panels from China, the domestic solar market had its best year in 2012, with the growth in [...]
Life After the Breakup
I bought out my brother Jim’s interest in my family machinery business six months ago. I promised him that I would not write about the breakup, but I want to [...]