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Would no bailout for Big Three be better?
By Noah Graff General Motors, Ford and Chrysler have asked for $25 billion in government loans to survive the economic crisis — that’s in addition to the $25 billion Congress [...]
Problems for Toyota too
As everyone knows, GM and Ford are suffering big time – burning billions every month, desperately begging the government for bailout money – but you might be surprised that Toyota, [...]
What a Country!
By Lloyd Graff About five and a half years ago my son Noah and I went to the Big Ten basketball championship at the United Center in Chicago. It was [...]
An Exciting Day for America
By Lloyd Graff Today is an exciting day for me and an exciting day for America. I voted early this morning, and the line forced me to wait more than [...]
Does kissing up to your boss work?
By Noah Graff Chicago Public Radio discussed a study today showing that employees giving gifts to bosses generally improves their treatment at work, even if bosses know they are trying [...]
Apple Embraces Precision Machining
Apple recently released their new MacBook notebook computers. The company put out an excellent video which spends a great deal of time discussing the machining of the computer’s unique one [...]
The Pickens Plan
Eighty-year-old, billionaire, oil baron T. Boone Pickens believes that America’s oil era is over. He is now going full speed into the alternative energy business, building filling stations for CNG [...]
To Film or not to Film employees
By Noah Graff A recent article in Modern Machine Shop discussed the dilemma of using video cameras to monitor the daily activities of employees. In their research they found that [...]
Build Roads — Not Electric Cars
By Noah Graff A recent article by wired.com suggested that one of the best remedies for the struggling U.S. economy would be an extensive overhaul of the country’s crumbling infrastructure. [...]
New Credit Game for Industrial Equipment
By Lloyd Graff I think we got an important signal Tuesday when Bank of America decided not to raise credit lines for McDonalds franchisees to buy new equipment such as [...]