The economy has slowed much more dramatically than most experts expected. Fourth Quarter GDP growth came in at a surprisingly weak 1.1%. Most predictions had been in the range of 2.7 to 3.0%. The Commerce Department news release is here: Department of Commerce News Release on Fourth Quarter The decline in consumer spending on durable […]

OK let me be one of the first to start the campaign: Steve Jobs should take over running Disney. He has just sold Pixar, his animation company, to Disney for the princely sum of $7.4 billion, which is a pretty good gain because he bought the then failing Pixar from George Lucas for only $5 […]