Edelman’s Image Takes a Severe Beating
Two incidents have hurt Edelman's relationship with critics and almost certainly some clients and potential clients.
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Seattle Area Could Run Out of Electricity
Several attacks on electric grid substations around Seattle have cut electricity to homes in the area.
Samsung’s Defective Product
What are the things Americans see recalled the most? Cars. Baby strollers. Exercise equipment. Samsung has extended that list to washing machines. It built 663,500 that have a fire risk. Those being recalled are…
Apple’s Stock May Plunge
Apple is among the world’s largest tech companies. It is the most profitable. It also has the highest market cap among all US-based public corporations at $2.1 trillion. While its stock has fallen with…
Starbucks And McDonald’s Open For Holidays
Many retail outlets, grocery chains, and food chains close for Christmas and New Year. These include retailers as large as Walmart and Costco. McDonald’s and Starbucks will ignore the holidays, at least as far…
Afghanistan is the Least Peaceful Country on Earth
By many yardsticks, Afghanistan is one of the worst places to live in the world. According to the World Bank, GDP per capita in current U.S. dollars was a mere $517 in 2020, among…
The Biggest Recession This Century
Most experts in economics and finance believe that the US will be in a recession next year. Many expect the downturn to be short and shallow. One of the world’s greatest economists disagrees. He…
Heart Disease Is The Biggest Killer In US
The COVID-19 pandemic has killed as many as 1.1 million Americans, making it one of the leading causes of death each year. COVID-19 deaths are not close to the leading cause of death at…
Saudi Arabia is the US Army’s Biggest Customer
America has provided weapons to other nations for decades. In World War II. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt described the U.S. as the “arsenal for democracy” just before America entered the war. Large factories in…
Texas Executes By Far the Most People of Any State
Executions – by hanging, firing squad, electric chair, or lethal injections – have been part of the U.S. justice system since the founding of the country. From 1608 to 2002, 15,629 people were executed.…
Biden Among Just 9 People With the Power to Destroy All Life on Earth
Pushing the figurative “nuclear button” is often used to describe the decision by a leader to launch a nuclear attack. Then, all hell would break loose, with nuclear powers attacking and counterattacking targets and…
89 Post Offices Close
The weather has finally caught up with the US Postal Service. The agency prides itself on the fact that its offices are always open, and it delivers mail six days a week and delivers…
Shoplifters Steal $95 Million From Stores
Shoplifting has existed as long as there have been retail outlets. This activity ranges from people who steal one of two small items to organized criminals who steal hundreds of items at once. The…
Home Sales In Las Vegas Drop 52%
The housing boom is over in nearly every part of the country. The number of home sales has dropped along with prices. No city is better evidence than Las Vegas, where sales dropped 51.8%…
More People From California Have Died in Post 9/11 Wars Than Any Other State
The World Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, in the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. America was not at war with any of the countries where the terrorists lived or trained…
America’s Most Expensive Eggs Ever
The CPI has been released in most months this year. The index has risen between 7% and 8% year over year. Some items rose at a much higher pace. Fuel was one of these,…
Netflix Tries To Ruin Peloton
Netflix and Peloton have both had their share prices wrecked by traders this year. Netflix has not been able to add subscribers at the rapid pace that has characterized its business in the past.…
Apple Workers Go On Strike
Problems with striking workers have been part of the history of companies with large labor forces which have limited bargaining power with their employers. Often these included tens of thousands of workers. Traditionally, they…
Providence Is the Best City in America for Veterans
There are about 18 million military veterans in the U.S. Most served during the Vietnam- or Gulf Wars-eras with very few World War II veterans still alive today. Veterans live across the country, mostly…
The .30-06 Springfield Is the Most Versatile Rifle Cartridge on the Market
Today a national historic site in Massachusetts, the Springfield Armory has been at the forefront of U.S. Army’s firearm innovation for nearly two centuries. Among the armory’s inventions was the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge…