Reading up on Costco today, I imagined how wonderful it might be to outsource the entire U.S. government to the company.
Ford’s Heroic Diss to Human Rights Campaign
A much-feared gay rights group’s unfounded and unwarranted smear of Ford Motor Co. cannot go unchallenged. While Ford isn’t the first company to stand up to the bullying tactics of the Human Rights Campaign, here’s why HRC’s leader was unhinged by the automaker’s brave decision not to continuing working with her organization.
Ford’s $6 Billion Tennessee Bird Walk
It’s fortunate for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Ford, and GM that Donald Trump is a blowhard who prefers to hurl insults, rather than understand and focus on substantive issues. For all Trump’s railings about the Deep State, he seems blissfully unaware of the tributary that extends from the Beltway swamp to Michigan.
The Passing of dot.com Era Legend Paul Cook
My tribute to famed Michigan money manager Paul Cook, who during the dot.com era became a media celebrity for being among the first to appreciate the disruptive potential of the internet and for a time generated triple digit returns. I’m proud of my footnote role in Cook’s success.
When Deceit Disqualified Presidential Candidates
Why Kamala Harris’s possibly false claim about having worked at McDonald’s is a very big deal.
Automotive Bidenomics: Clunkers for the Masses
Buying a car is the second biggest purchase most Americans make. Thanks to Bidenomics, almost one in four Americans can only afford a vehicle that’s ten years or older and the percentage is fast increasing.
Understandably, Americans who can only afford older vehicles judiciously avoid GM and Ford models.
The Quiet Humility of SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell
Why SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell and her two lead engineers, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon, are three of the most inspiring leaders in corporate America.
Patrick Spence: The Sales Guy Who Soiled Sonos
Some thoughts on the hotshot Canadian salesman responsible for harming a once great technology company.
Brian Niccol: Starbucks’ Emissions Belcher CEO
Some thoughts on the woke hypocrisy of newly named Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol and the red-hot Lincoln Nautilus the “All In On America” automaker manufacturers in China.
The Axing of Royal Bank of Canada’s Nadine Ahn
Some thoughts on a salacious management scandal at my beloved Royal Bank of Canada and the institution’s deft handling of the response.
Suffice to say, when Royal Bank says it will “vigorously defend” damning allegations about Canada’s biggest bank, it makes good on its promise.