Financial Crisis

S&P Who? S&P What?

A few years ago, I wrote an account of my experience with an investment firm. At the beginning of August, I had the great pleasure to speak to the debate over the economy and in that post, I referenced the role investment firms...
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Moody’s Puts the Big Banks on Notice

We got word this week that Moody’s – the credit rating service – downgraded the five biggest banks in the US and almost a dozen European banks. Unlike Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s is still regarded as a cred...
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CineBistro

CineBistro is a movie theater. No, it’s a restaurant. No, its a movie theater with a restaurant in it or a restaurant with a movie theater in it? Dammit its both! In my travels down the east coast, I came across CineBistro. I...
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Wendy’s Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger

I remember the first time I ever had Wendy’s… It was the late 70’s and we were visiting a close family friend who had recently moved to Columbus, Ohio. For those of you who don’t know, Wendy’s corporation is headq...
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Softsoap Coconut Scrub bar soap

I’m always interested in finding new and better consumer products and I recently found out that there is an organization called Product of the Year who solicits votes from consumers and names winners based on quality and prod...
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Reinventing Chick-fil-A

I used to love Chick-fil-A. It was a treat. The only Chick-fil-A was in an obscure mall a train ride away. It was an adventure… Then Chick-fil-A decided to condemn same-sex marriage and I had to cut off my support as a consum...
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