Disney is laying off 28,000 employees after months of having them on furlough. The company did what it could to reopen its parks but has not been successful in California and is on reduced capacity in Florida. It is hard to fault the firm for its action. It has lost billions and there is no […]
Posted on September 30th, 2020 by admin
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Ransomware attacks are a major PR issue for the nation’s hospitals. Although there is little to be done once one occurs, the question remains whether a hospital had adequate cyber security in the first place to prevent it. The answer is frequently they have not. Attacks like this are life threatening and a tremendous strain […]
Posted on September 29th, 2020 by admin
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That is the amount President Trump paid in 2016, the year he became President. It will smack many Americans as an insult although Trump arrived at the bill through claiming hundreds of millions of losses on his businesses. Look for the figure to become a rallying cry for Democrats who have long complained of the hypocrisy […]
Posted on September 28th, 2020 by admin
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It is a hallmark of the US economy that without pressure from interest groups, citizens don’t think about where their food and other necessities come from. We are blind to abuses suffered by workers in other countries who produce the raw materials we need to live comfortable lives. This story is but one more expose […]
Posted on September 25th, 2020 by admin
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After months of jibing Joe Biden for his acumen and sanity, President Trump and his reelection team are saying Biden will do well in the debates. Why the flipflop? Trump’s managers are worried that Trump will lose perceptually with voters if Biden comes off well. In other words, they have painted themselves into a corner […]
Posted on September 24th, 2020 by admin
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A Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that Amazon.com prevents certain rivals from buying advertisements on its site. Normally this would not be a marketing problem since as Amazon’s spokesperson pointed out, major retailers, such as Walmart, follow the same practice. But there is a challenge for the company. It is already in regulators’ sights and […]
Posted on September 23rd, 2020 by admin
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When retailers make a mess, what is a manufacturer to do? That is the situation facing Sony and its PlayStation 5. Major stores like Target, BestBuy, GameStop, and Walmart jumped the start time for preorders of the product and opened their sites to customers a day earlier than Sony expected. The result was chaos and a […]
Posted on September 22nd, 2020 by admin
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Dr. Anthony Fauci has publicly taken responsibility for an effective COVID-19 vaccine before the end of 2020. He is the only public health official with the credibility to take on that burden. It comes from his reputation for telling the truth and sticking to facts. Sadly, other authoritative sources have been corrupted by politics seeking […]
Posted on September 18th, 2020 by admin
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The reputation of an organization or individual can be increased or destroyed with the conclusions of historians who research records of the past. Consider the Vatican in World War II. Pope Pius XII has been lambasted for collaborating with the fascists in charge of Italy and for deporting Jews to concentration camps. On the other […]
Posted on September 17th, 2020 by admin
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Democratic Senators are making plans for legislation they will pass if they win a majority in the November elections. It is too early to plan. There is no guarantee they will conquer Republicans who have been running the chamber. It would be a deep embarrassment should they remain the minority party. It is far better […]
Posted on September 8th, 2020 by admin
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