Apple is Back Pedaling

by | 27 04 2011 | Blog

Over the last week I have been tracking and blogging about Apple’s breach of privacy decency, as well as Google’s privacy violations, too.  This morning Apple announced that it is going to be providing a software “fix” so that location data is...

Consumer Confidence Up Is Important

by | 26 04 2011 | Blog

Consumer confidence rose to a level of 65.4 in April according to its tracker, The Conference Board.  Meanwhile economists had expected a level of 65.0.  March’s consumer confidence was revised upward slightly from 63.4 to 63.8. Analysis: I have said it so many...

the U.S. Doesn’t Control Gas Prices

by | 25 04 2011 | Blog

This morning CNN is running a story that apes something that I have been saying for years: more oil drilling in the United States will not change fuel prices.  Why?  Because the U.S. doesn’t control gas prices, OPEC does. Additional oil drilling in the United...

Americans Buy a Lot of Junk, Junking the U.S.

by | 23 04 2011 | Blog

This morning’s Wall Street Journal has a fascinating article entitled, “Americans Buy More Stuff They Don’t Need.”  Of course this comes as no shock to anyone.  But what was interesting about the story is the quantification of just how much...