A UN panel has concluded that the world is unprepared for global warming. And, the sky is blue… One wonders why there is a need to state the obvious, but, on the other hand, no one is listening. O yes, we hear the words, “global warming”, but we don’t change behaviors to accommodate it. We […]
Posted on March 31st, 2014 by admin
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A public official is charged with committing a misdeed. The official hires a law firm and tells it to investigate. The law firm’s report exonerates the official and puts the blame elsewhere. Would you believe the report? This is the position that New Jersey’s governor is in now that the state has spent a million […]
Posted on March 28th, 2014 by admin
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There is little worse for credibility than making a decision only to unmake it. The Affordable Care Act has seen a number of deadlines, requirements and other elements of the health care law changed to accommodate a flawed rollout. The result is to feed the opposition’s schadenfreude and to make the President look like a […]
Posted on March 27th, 2014 by admin
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W Hotels has found a way to set itself apart with a social media wedding concierge service. For $3,000 the hotel will live tweet the ceremony and reception, blog the wedding, post pictures, curate social media and provide a book at the end with all included. Call it a publicity stunt, but it works, and […]
Posted on March 26th, 2014 by admin
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Google is trying to change several mistaken beliefs about its Glass product. Hence, a list of 10 myths about the eyewear. It is not unusual that a radically new invention spawns odd thinking. The challenge for the inventor is to clarify what a new product can and cannot do. Glass gives people the willies about […]
Posted on March 25th, 2014 by admin
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Everyone knows by now that no one won the NCAA basketball bracket contest for a billion dollars. That doesn’t make the contest a failure. It gained huge publicity for the company putting up the prize — Quicken Loans — and for the company insuring the reward, headed by Warren Buffett. It was clear from the beginning that […]
Posted on March 24th, 2014 by admin
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Global events have a way of showing how little words mean unless backed with action. Take the current situation with Russia. The White House says it will stand with its allies should Putin decide to expand the country’s territory again. Maybe it will. Maybe not. The Baltic countries are so small that Russia could be over their borders […]
Posted on March 20th, 2014 by admin
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Tesla is finding out the hard way about the embedded interests of auto dealers. The electric car maker wants to sell autos directly to customers. Dealers object, and they have the law on their side — a law they largely wrote over the decades. Tesla says it can work with its customers closely if it […]
Posted on March 19th, 2014 by admin
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Increasingly it looks like Newsweek’s outing of the creator of Bitcoin was wrong. The fingered person, Dorian Nakamoto, has hired a lawyer to clear his name. Newsweek has explaining to do. Nakamoto is upset that the media have invaded his life. The publication is standing by its story, but it looks shaky as the days progress. […]
Posted on March 18th, 2014 by admin
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The public relations and reputation damage from a key departure can be considerable. Consider this case. The two top leaders of Pimco had a falling out. One is now gone. The fund they managed is in a nose-dive. Headlines focusing on the clash of the two men have sapped morale within the firm. The role of […]
Posted on March 17th, 2014 by admin
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