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Big New Minimum Wages Mask Cruelty as Sympathy Dec. 03, 2019
"Black Friday" sounds dire but is actually a cause for celebration. For most of the year, retail sto... Read More
Locking up Your Suppliers When Selling Online Nov. 12, 2019
"I have been selling merchandise on eBay and Amazon for some time. I would like to build a 'brand' f... Read More
You Know You Have an Online Retail Business When ... Sep. 10, 2019
It's the most commonly asked question eBay and Amazon sellers ask me: "I've been selling on eBay/Ama... Read More
Starting a Business on EBay and Amazon Jul. 09, 2019
As my readers know, I travel the country talking to people who make a living selling stuff on eBay, ... Read More
Remove Big Tech's Boot From Neck of Local News Jun. 19, 2019
The decline of the news industry is not entirely the fault of Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon, bu... Read More
Does Fear Ring a Bell? May. 02, 2019
If you don't think you need an all-seeing doorbell, that's bad news for Amazon, which is selling one... Read More
Tax Dodgers Inc. Apr. 17, 2019
How thrilling was Tax Day for you? I refer, of course, to the thrill that you and all of America's m... Read More
Will Consumers Drive Facebook Out of Business? Mar. 28, 2019
It's no secret that firms such as Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple have extraordinary levels of po... Read More
Short Takes on Innovative Techniques to Save Time and Find a Date Mar. 18, 2019
Naming Rights Long ago, corporate titans like H. J. Heinz and Henry Ford felt they had a right to at... Read More
Northwest Florida Pursues Amazon Mar. 01, 2019
When Amazon exited its plan to build a second headquarters in Queens, New York, Northwest Florida of... Read More
Low Taxes Are the Best Sweetheart Deal Feb. 20, 2019
Ever since Amazon's breakup with New York on Valentine's Day, dejected Mayor Bill De Blasio is compl... Read More
Just Say 'No' to the Corporate Bribe Racket Feb. 20, 2019
The richest man in the world, who heads one of the world's largest and richest corporations, is also... Read More
The Star-Crossed Romance Between Amazon and New York City Feb. 19, 2019
So Amazon chose Valentine's Day to announce its breakup with New York City. No, it will not build a ... Read More
The Populist Sledgehammer Kills Amazon Jobs that Middle America Would Love to Have Feb. 19, 2019
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Tito Brown can't imagine driving a perfectly good thing out of a town that ... Read More
Can Corporations Keep Suckering the People? Feb. 06, 2019
A photograph ran in newspapers throughout the U.S. last June portraying three guys in suits and ties... Read More
Our Devices Getting Creepier, Nosier and More Invasive Jan. 16, 2019
Electronic gadgets are now part of all of our lives — from the handheld devices we carry and c... Read More
America's Love Affair With Small Business Rekindled Dec. 25, 2018
WEST NEWTON, Pa. — Bloom Brewery is the kind of Main Street business that shut its doors a gen... Read More
Capitalists vs. Capitalism Dec. 19, 2018
It's bad enough when leftists smear capitalism. I hate it more when capitalists do it, too. I'd hop... Read More
Trump Is Correct That Postal Rates Need a Radical Revamp Dec. 18, 2018
For all the criticism cast President Donald Trump's way, he's not to blame for the effort to save th... Read More
America's Wealth Floods Into Already Wealthy Cities Nov. 15, 2018
When Amazon chose a Queens neighborhood across from Manhattan for one of its new headquarters, James... Read More
