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Mr Ben King has died. From here on out, we are on our own in Spanish Harlem. No one is going to “stand by me”. He described his singing career as “accidental” and that he felt like he’d been cheating (fate?). A lot of great things in life are just that: accidental. Last week, I…
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Right about this time – 40 years ago – that we decided to hell with the car and the comfort of home. When stepping on a barge we started for the unknown. As we found out later, there were many of those. Luckier than others who had to pull down the flags before allowed to…
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President Ford, before being sworn-in, had been a good team player both on the football field and on the floor of the House. As an unelected President, he pardoned his predecessor and “paroled” 131,000 of us, who quickly were scattered into the four corners. In the process, he “de-obligated” the Treasury from its fiscal nightmare…
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H for Hillary, or R for Rubio? Huff Post on the go! Twitter and mobile, always on the run. I experienced being “on the run” almost 40 years to date. Ironically, McCartney’s Band On The Run was blasting out from my neighbor’s bunk on Wake Island, in the middle of the Pacific. I was half-way…
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This generation might learn about Moses, as portrayed by Christian Slater. But previous one, Charlton Heston. “Let my people go”, or else. The blood of the Lamb at the door post (later on, the same Jewish race got hunted down by the Nazis as if history got no other script). It’s Easter. And America 2050…
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Google has just made an offer to pay its new CFO 70 Million USD, thus making Silicon Valley the new “Wall Street” – albeit with relaxed rules on dress code and corporate behavior. Speaking of corporate mis-behavior, an extreme case came to mind, that of Fox and Fidelity. In the early 90’s Fox ex-President Stephen…
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Another day in the park You’d think it was the Fourth of July People talking, really smiling A man playing guitar Singing for us all Will you help him change the world Can you dig it (yes, I can) And I’ve been waiting such a long time For today It’s Chicago’s Saturday in the Park…
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We all had experience of being ripped off as tourists (remember to ask detailed questions before ordering). Conversely, companies who hired quality people as a policy, produce works that last. Quality people are consistent, helpful, which translate to deeper trust. Companies should go out of their ways to recruit and retain these folks. Customers can…
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While Apple is busy launching its watches, the marketing debate rages on ( like a pre-game bantering). Will they wear them? At what price point e.g. $10,000 and down… Do we have enough James Bond rejects to model those… Way back when I was in college, the debate was about whether people are dispensable or…
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Out of the top ten on NASDAQ, which hit 5,000 – the last time was during the dot.com era – only Microsoft, IBM and Cisco remain. Newly emerged players are in intersecting spaces such as Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook. Yahoo was supposed to be a tech company. Now it’s a portal, aggregated news site,…
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