Category Business

The Business category is relatively broad and will be sub-divided into a hierarchy as posts assigned to it accumulate.

Beer Snobbery For Holiday Festivities

Neptune et les pirates Since we shared an infographic about the non-alcoholic carbonated beverages industry this summer, it seems reasonable to share a graphic regarding the adult beverage of choice.  [Much obliged to CaféTerra.]     For those near Cleveland we…

Misguided Censorship And Banking Policy

Craigslist.org Censored It is not where you are, but where you are going.  Analogies abound, which brings us to a couple of recent topics in the news: Censorship and Banking Policy. This week, several state attorneys general* threatened, Big Brother-esque,…

Oligopoly Of Sugar Water

The Illusion of Diversity, Philip H. Howard Assistant Professor Philip H. Howard of Michigan State University concludes that approximately 89% of beverage options are controlled by three corporations.  Many people who haven’t been sleeping under the proverbial rock can name…

SEC Assures Tax Payers It Is Hard At Work

In the past few years, investors and tax payers have been victims of securities fraud from WorldCom and Enron, to Bernie Madoff and the shenanigans of Allied Capital.  Nevertheless, citizens continue to pay taxes to fund government regulators such as…