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A couple of e-observations:
We have not been commenting on the morally bankrupt world of the largest corporations and biggest banks, since the mainstream media has finally discovered [...]
A basic business principle, fundamental to capitalism, and for hundreds of years the main driving force behind innovation and wide availability of goods and services, has increasingly been eliminated by governments worldwide, led by the US. That principle is competition. In the traditional model, a company that saw their income level off, or decline, had to find more [...]
Corporate law has always treated corporations in a way similar to that of real people – they are a legal entity. The officials and stockholders are protected as individuals by this corporate shield. However, the media, the e-media particularly, have been extending this to the point that they refer to corporations as if they were [...]
Incredibly, Citibank, one of the largest banks in the world, is in such bad financial condition that they need to sell some or all of their assets. How can these huge organizations choose management so incompetent that they can do this much damage? Does running something that large makes them feel they are invincible?
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An unfortunate trend on news websites is the increasing tendency to feature fluff, unimportant, or extreme issues, as the main headline stories. CNN has become a particular offender, but they are not alone – many newspaper sites are doing the same thing.
Very often, these stories concern doom and gloom over the economy – featuring some [...]
Just an e-observation… One generally unpublicized, yet hazardous, use of cellphones is in the supermarket. The e-admin was nearly crushed last night between two shoppers pushing their carts while discussing subjects only of importance to themselves on their phones. It is interesting to see how oblivious to their surroundings some cell phone users can become. [...]