US Postal Service Average Pay $60,000
The U.S. Postal Service is a disservice to America as long as it overpays workers, has too many offices and delivers mail too often.
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Iger’s Disney Plans Look a Lot Like Chapek’s
Bob Iger’s comments to Disney’s senior management largely centered around support of plans by his predecessor, Bob Chapek.
Ford’s Lincoln Division in Big Trouble
Lincoln is Ford’s most visible failure, and the company has no way to change that except to end the brand.
Postal Service Needs to Fire Postmaster General DeJoy
The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service can replace Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, and it should.
Disney CEO Iger Could Push Out Board Chair Arnold
Now that Bob Chapek is back as Disney CEO, he may want to be board chair again too.
JCPenney Has 670 Stores Left
Like other retailers whose businesses have weakened significantly in recent years, 2022 will make or break JCPenney.
Apple Profits More Than $6 Million An Hour
Profits at tech companies drove their stocks to all-time highs. The market capitalizations of Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon rose above $1 trillion. Profit weakness and worry about a slow economy have decreased these profits…
The City Where Investors Stopped Buying Houses
The residential real estate market posted two of its best years in decades in a period that began to end in the third quarter. Fueled by Americans who became free of working from offices…
Your Ford Could Catch On Fire
Ford just recalled 634,000 vehicles. These were 2020-2023 Bronco Sport and Escape SUVs with a 3-cylinder, 1.5-liter engine. Some of the same vehicles were recalled in April. That is an ugly track record for…
28 Shopping Days Until Christmas
Black Friday has ended. Cyber Monday is hours away. By next week, December will begin. The shopping season has begun, and the runway retailers have to make money has begun to shorten quickly. For…
Will Apple Run Out Of iPhones?
The demand for some generations of iPhones triggered lines with people who sat outside for days. Some used sleeping bags. The people at the end of these lines were often disappointed. All of the…
The Least Polluted City in the World
Air pollution has worsened worldwide in most years during the last several decades. The WHO reports that polluted air kills seven million people a year. The majority of the cities with the worst air…
The Most Expensive Car to Run in America
The car industry has gone through one of its most wrenching periods in decades. After COVID-19 halted operations at dealerships, these dealerships found they had no inventory. Part shortages, caused by supply chain problems,…
Amazon Hit By Workers
2022 may be the year of unionization at some of America’s largest companies. Some Amazon, Apple, and Starbucks workers have tried, and in some cases, had success unionizing stores. However, the results of the…
Peloton Officer Sells 530 Shares
According to an SEC filing, Peloton Chief Content Officer Jennifer Cotter sold 350 shares at $11.01 each. Recently, the stock fell to $9.50. Maybe she plans to buy a Peloton product, but she would…
Disney’s Iger Got Outrageous Special Payments
The FT reports that Bob Iger never left Disney entirely when he retired. He grabbed a consultancy agreement worth $10 million. It was to advise a new CEO, which he despised and eventually helped…
Bed Bath & Beyond Ruin Deepens
According to The Wall Street Journal, Bed Bath & Beyond has an inventory problem. Many of its shelves are empty when they most need to be full. Strong holiday sales may be the only…
Iger Helped Ruin Disney
An examination of Bob Iger’s return to his old post as CEO of Disney shows the extent to which he and the board of directors are at fault for the company’s problems. As the…
Twitter Could Be a Major Success
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, paid $44 billion for Twitter last month. Most M&A and social media experts believe the decision will be among…
Apple’s iPhone Sales Catastrophes Mount
Apple is the leader in smartphone sales in the world by a large margin. Samsung is its only major competitor. While the iPhone 14’s sales have not been on fire, they have been steady…