February 2008 - Posts

• People and their money

  Most people recall the 1990s as a carefree time of global harmony and economic dynamism, but that’s not accurate. There was economic growth, but there were problems, too: U.S. manufacturing industries began to feel the pinch of federal environmental and Read More... Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 12:12 AM by REB | 0 Comments

• Paying for it, but not buying it, and other observations

  It costs a lot of green to be “green,” as anyone involved in manufacturing can confirm. It isn’t just the expense of new controls and technologies to make plants and operations compliant with evolving regulations, nor the cost of investments to achieve Read More... Posted Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:33 PM by REB | 0 Comments

• Where will it all end?

  When General Motors Corp. reported its 2007 earnings earlier this month, it ought to have been easy to determine that this was good news: the corporation took in $178 billion from its automotive operations, and its pre-tax income from those operations Read More... Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:28 PM by REB | 0 Comments

• Out of sight

  Did you notice the report last week that the project to replace Yankee Stadium has run over budget , to $1.3 billion?! I like baseball a lot, and while I’m no fan of the Bombers, I agree that the venues ought to be worthy of the ticket prices. But how Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:53 PM by REB | 0 Comments

• Keeping cynicism alive

  Just 14 months ago, the U.S. midterm elections were interpreted to mean voters were in an anti-incumbent mood. We wanted change. We wanted fresh faces in Washington. If that was true, we're pretty much over it. Since 1900, only two U.S. senators have Read More... Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 10:14 PM by REB | 0 Comments