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Unemployment stats 2

January 19, 2011

I’d really like to upload the unemployment stats I promised in excel, but the following message still appears on the [...]

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Unemployment: Compared with what?

January 17, 2011

On the 16th, I promised to provide some unemployment statistics today that will answer this question: The unemployment picture has [...]

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A retail story fit to print….

January 16, 2011

Well… after I wrote last night about my frustration with news media reporting only part of a story, my local [...]

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Retail sales: Compared with what?

January 16, 2011

In an article yesterday on The Huffington Post, Abby Wendle reported that retail sales increased for the 6th straight month. [...]

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2011: The Year of Improved Customer Service?

January 2, 2011

It may be that the economy is, in fact, reviving, but we definitely are not “there yet.” My prediction for [...]

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A great idea from the New York Times: deficit reduction

November 16, 2010

Deficit reduction [...]

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And the winners are……

November 2, 2010

The results are in!  The checks, $1,000 each, are in the mail.  The two winners of my contest, “Are you [...]

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I’m on THESTREET.COM

October 18, 2010

Today, TheStreet.com published an article by me, “5 Biggest Business Mistakes.” You can read it by clicking here. I sent [...]

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Leadership and Nokia

October 14, 2010

In the 9/20-9/26 edition of Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Matthew Lynn (and the photo that accompanied the article) implied that Stephen Elop, [...]

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Hats off to American Express!

September 12, 2010

Recently, I had to place a call to American Express’ customer service. First, my problem was solved right away. Second, [...]

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