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The Bird\’s Eye View

Actually, lemmings are a lot cuter than most investors, but investors are sure acting like lemmings, all heading over the proverbial cliff.  And while lemmings ...
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Gun Fight at the O.K. Corral: Texas Style

I know, I know – the real shootout took place in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881 and defined the dynamics playing out in the “Wild West.” ...
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Hudson Bay-SAKS-L&T: Real Estate or Retail?

Q. What do real estate and finance have in common? A. Richard Baker and Eddie Lampert. Q. What do Richard Baker and Eddie Lampert have ...
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A&F: Exclusive or Exclusionary?

A Spark Seven Years Ago, a Conflagration Today How and why did a little “spark” in the news seven years ago, become a conflagration today? ...
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Further Roads to Disaster are Paved With Good Intentions

Or “Is This Time Different?” Sadly, I don’t believe the various collaborative efforts now forming to resolve the issues that led to the Bangladesh disaster, ...
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\”I\’m Dying to Make Your T-shirt For You\”

What\’s Wrong With That Statement? Am I wrong to be disgusted over the blatant irresponsibility of some of the largest retailers and apparel brands in ...
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Amazon Frightened the Behemoth And It Boomeranged

That would be the Walmart behemoth, still the one and only behemoth of its size in the world, the last I took count.  At about ...
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Dispatches

“What Your Intern Is Really Thinking, “ written by our staff Millennial, Grace Ehlers addresses the seemingly cavalier and misguided view among most companies about ...
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