Walmart and other major fresh food suppliers are taking a major step to alleviate a perennial crisis – contaminated food. They are implementing a blockchain network that tracks fruits and vegetables from farm to store. The software has reduced the time it takes to find the origin of injurious product from seven days to 2.2 seconds. […]
Posted on September 28th, 2018 by admin
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Bump stocks, devices that turn semi-automatic rifles into machine guns, gained a horrid name in the Las Vegas massacre a year ago. There is no excuse for them and they should have been federally banned. A year later, they are still being sold in 40 states and there doesn’t appear to be a movement to […]
Posted on September 27th, 2018 by admin
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Amazon.com has been blistered in reporting and on social media for its pay scale for warehouse workers. It has just announced a raise for its employees. The increase of two to four percent was at best a small step and will hardly dent Amazon’s profits. Most certainly it will not stop criticism of its wages. […]
Posted on September 26th, 2018 by admin
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One painful crisis for a company is when an employee sabotages its product and services. That is why this instance hurts. The worker was clearly trying to get fired by spitting into food while being filmed, but that makes no difference to appalled customers and the company itself. What motivates a person to take such […]
Posted on September 25th, 2018 by admin
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The UK’s Labour Party is proposing that as much as 10 percent of companies’ shares be set aside for employee ownership and as many as a third of board seats be reserved for employee directors. The British chambers of commerce predictably opposed the plan. The idea, however, is interesting. It has been widely discussed that […]
Posted on September 24th, 2018 by admin
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If one is going to make a dumb spelling mistake, it is probably better to do it where all can see. That way, it can be laughed off. Still, it is an embarrassment for Cathay Pacific, and it raises questions about the day-to-day management of the airline. Someone should have seen the error before the […]
Posted on September 20th, 2018 by admin
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The current Administration is trashing two of the most powerful symbols of America. Those, of course, are the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, which are beacons of hope for immigrants, the oppressed and refugees. Lady Liberty and Ellis communicated freedom, a chance to start again, an open invitation to make of oneself what one […]
Posted on September 19th, 2018 by admin
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is in a bind. A woman has come forward who claims in high school he had tried to rape her but was too drunk to do it. Kavanaugh has unequivocally denied that it happened and another man who was supposed to be with him has also said it isn’t true. […]
Posted on September 17th, 2018 by admin
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This is one ironic measure of the importance of PR — a lawsuit against a PR executive for disparaging remarks. The essence of the tort is allegations from a former Uber executive that she vilified him to the media. If she did, perhaps she deserves to lose the case. If not, she is still going […]
Posted on September 14th, 2018 by admin
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Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase, has engaged in conduct unbecoming for a leading business person. He boasted publicly that he could beat President Trump in an election because he is “smarter” and he is as “tough” as Trump. Such self-promotion is out of order for a leader, and to Dimon’s credit, he realized […]
Posted on September 13th, 2018 by admin
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