Check out Get Healthy Or Else! while it is still on the B/W website.  It is the story of one company’s quest to wean or force employees off unhealthy lifestyles. One bicyclist is stunned to find he has a serious heart condition, a smoker is fired before he has the chance to undergo withdrawal therapy.…

Jason Raper in the grad class asked how could they (Airbus) build such a thing?  Well, log on to the Airbus Site   and read all about it.  And there is a story on its first round the world  proving trip.  Once one is committed, it is of course near impossible to change the story.  And…

We have had several posts about Boeing and Airbus.  Airbus has missed the delivery date for its giant A 380. And it apparently made a strategic mistake by inventing a new 747 thinking that a hub and spoke system would prevail in the world’s air traffic.  Appparently not as Boeing is winning converts to a…

I am sincerely interested in the success of each and every one of you.   Do not hesitate to send me an e mail ab out a question, I look at denniselam@tx.rr.com and delam@unt.edu all the time, web ct less so since it takes more time to access so if you have a question don’t hesitate…

I suggested that the entire T Bond market was too big for one person to influence.  HOwever that does not keep folks from ‘slamming the wire or engaging in other predatory practices to enhance their position.  Other practices in clude hoarding a particular issue in hope of driving up the price, particularly if that issue…

This article by Oxford Analytical suggests that in fact the financial locus of the world is shifting away from New York.  Other than SARBOX, it mentions the difficulty of foreign execs traveling to the US since 9/11.  From that standpoint, I guess Usama did accomplish part of his objective.  Anyway a good article and another…

Westinghouse Digital  is not the same Westinghouse that made that room airconditioner Dad bought for us back in the 1950s.  Nope it’s a virtual company.  With annual sales of $650 M and just 120 employees, WD owns no manufacturing facilities and little or no ad budget, Best Buy and other reatilers do that for them. …

Well whaddya know I don’t know how long this link will be up on the DMN site, probably just for today but today you can read about the Dallas Design and Arts District.   Yes we have one and gee talk about conincidence, none other than one Gary Elam formed the Dallas Design and Arts Dist…

Sometimes this blog actually predicts the trend instead of just following, which frankly is all any economist ever did or will ever do.  How do we do it, well by following socionomic and business trends, part of the reason for all this is to attempt to train you to do so.   Go back to my…

I am learning the quirks of H M along with all of you.  The end date for chapter 5 needs to be changed.  But I have tried to access that twice yesterday and early this morn. It tells me tha two students are active there and will not let me change anything.  I can only…