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Murder at Work
A topic seldom discussed in the media is getting some play now because of the killing of Father Edward Hines, a pastor at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Chatham, [...]
Industry Scuttlebutt
I talked to Jim Kucharski, National Sales Manager, of Maier USA, about the health of the company. Maier has made inroads as a new player in the North American CNC Swiss marketplace. [...]
The Power of Rebuilding
Interesting news about the world of heavy trucks. The domestic hauling companies are still flat on their tuchuses, but the suppliers are getting busy. The military demand is getting crazy [...]
The Inflation is Coming! Really?
The Inflation is coming! The inflation is coming! The inflation is coming! It’s all over the news and the bond speculators are fanning the inflation hype like Billy Mays wannabees. [...]
Industry Scuttlebutt
The machine tool builders and distributors are hurting, but there is some business out there. In September the U.S. Army Rock Island, Ill. Arsenal made a major buy. They bought [...]
Triumph of the “Glue People”
By Lloyd Graff Greg Mullins is a “glue person.” He is one of the thousands of skilled vagabonds who hit the road every day so the modern world holds together. [...]
50 Jobs in 50 Weeks
By Noah Graff For the upcoming issue, I interviewed Daniel Seddiqui, a 27-year-old native of Northern California who recently completed his quest to work 50 different jobs in 50 states [...]
Fadal and the Walkman
By Lloyd and Noah Graff Thirty years ago, the first Sony Walkman hit the market and revolutionized the portable music world. For $200 a middle class consumer was finally liberated from [...]
Gas Attack!
By Lloyd Graff It seems today that the conventional wisdom in business is wrong at least half the time. A few years ago the banking industry was built on the [...]
On the Auction Blog
Chad Arthur stood in his former office at Arthur Machinery Tuesday with his wife as the auction of the bankrupt machine tool distribution firm he had built into a $80 [...]