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Editor’s Note: The Don Rickles video originally available is no longer available. Sorry about that. Paying Attention: Let’s get one thing straight: you’re a hockey puck. At least you are if you accidentally wandered into Don Rickles’ field of vision during one of his many live shows. Accept that premise and the rest of …
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Nightshift Sports: Embed from Getty Images This is quite a sports weekend. The latest round of the America’s Cup starts this weekend. It is the oldest international sporting event in the world. For a sport deeply wedded to tradition, the 2017 version of The America’s Cup would be almost unrecognizable to the participants who raced …
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Editor’s Note: After a spirited internal debate, the Nightshift team decided that in order to provide appropriate coverage for things other than the current U.S. Political scene (i.e. “the hot mess in Washington”), we would trim down the amount of commentary and coverage on U.S. political events to a very modest length and let you go …
Press Clippings: Good Morning. It’s Friday, 26 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The Trump overseas trip is winding down at precisely the same time that additional turmoil is ramping up in the U.S. The latest problem: it has been revealed that Jared Kushner, the President’s son-in-law …
Press Clippings: Good Morning. It’s Thursday, 25 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. President Trump remains on the road in Europe. The investigational fires continue to burn in the U.S. An investigative committee has asked Deutsche Bank for all papers relating to loans and banking operations with …
Editor’s Note: this post was originally produced in 2015 but the story line is still accurate..perhaps even more so..and the link is still good. It’s repeated here as we move into the major season(s) for Concours shows. Paying Attention: Not so long ago, I was at the Pebble Beach concours, primarily to see a client’s …
“If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die…”
Paying Attention: Apple’s iPad, which created an entirely new category of computing device, has been going through a tough market cycle. In January of 2017, unit sales were down 19% and total revenue was down 22%; even with backward leaning numbers, the iPad still accounted for 13.3 million units and $5.5 billion in revenue and …
Press Clippings: Good Morning. It’s Wednesday, 24 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. President Trump is on the road (in Europe). He had a meeting at the Vatican today with the Pope and now he will meet with European allies. Most correspondents give the President high marks …
Editor’s Note: The Nightshift cleans out the article inventory. This post from 19 April 2017 is published now (late) to maintain the record of events. Good Morning, It’s Wednesday, 19 April 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Interesting Times. There appears to be some confusion in Washington …