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Nothing to LOL About
Ted Craig
June 20, 2019
Last spring, we featured a telecommunications panel during our Carpliance conference. One of the main topics was the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991…
A Balanced Look at Libra
Ted Craig
June 19, 2019
First, a negative thought. In response to a blog post about the new crypto currency, a gadfly responded that Libra is a solution to “Facebook's…
What Was Good for GM
Ted Craig
June 18, 2019
Somebody online today compared Facebook’s plans for a cryptocurrency to the days when GM made more money from GMAC than from auto production. That, of…
Paying Retail
Ted Craig
June 17, 2019
More shops closed in the first quarter of this year than in all of 2018. That number might mean something other than what it seems,…
Reality Shows
Ted Craig
June 14, 2019
Are people that weigh 600 pounds really suffering? What about drug addicts? Reality TV tells us we should. We hear them talk about how miserable…
You've Got a Name
Ted Craig
June 13, 2019
You have a name BB&T SunTrust. It’s SunTrust. It describes where you mostly operate (the Sun Belt) and what you want people to do (trust…
Workin' Hard or Hardly Workin'
Ted Craig
June 11, 2019
This clip from an interview with TV writer David Lee pretty well sums up the benefits of hard work. As Lee says, when he wrote…
Trading Times
Ted Craig
May 31, 2019
Many would have us believe so. But many indicators are still pointing up. While the latest manufacturing index from ISM rose at its slowest pace…
Is The Sky Falling?
Ted Craig
June 04, 2019
Many would have us believe so. But many indicators are still pointing up. While the latest manufacturing index from ISM rose at its slowest pace…
Is It a Crime?
Ted Craig
June 05, 2019
Prosecutors suddenly seem very intent on using criminal charges to punish those perceived as derelict in their duties, For example, LynnWay Auto Auction and its…
