You know you’re a business writer when word of someone’s death spurs you to thinking about the economic impact of that permanent farewell. The thought
When the first slot machines hit Michigan a couple of decades ago in a small tribal casino, the notion of spinning the wheels was enough
Sonari R. Glinton was searching for a job after a company he was with laid-off employees following 9/11. He and his colleagues were offered help
It’s been a month or so since the last edition of Quicktips and those scraps of paper are piling up again in my notebook. From
For the past quarter-century, big media companies have been on a tear to get even bigger. For publishers, that meant snapping up broadcast properties around
What’s a multi-billion industry that draws celebrities, corporate exhibitors and hundreds of thousands of free-spending enthusiasts to events in multiple venues nationwide? No, not talking
Several of the best new books I’ve read lately have had one thing in common: They’ve lacked any sort of publisher’s imprint on the inside cover
Here’s another round-up of items scrawled on index cards, junk-mail envelopes and Post-It notes that don’t quite merit their own blog post but nevertheless are
You know that phenomenon when a certain word or phrase suddenly starts cropping up everywhere you turn? Sometimes such a buzz can mean that a
It’s the peak of springtime and that ringing sound you hear is the peal of wedding bells – and the cha-ching of revenue echoing in
A $49 billion cable television merger is a pretty big headline, and one that’ll keep audiences talking for days if not weeks, especially when it
We’re amid one of those stimulating times of year when the seasonal news pegs are so numerous it’s hard to keep up. I missed National
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