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Daily Archives: July 25, 2011

The Sky Is Not Falling

July 25, 2011
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The Sky Is Not Falling

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of all this debt ceiling talk … the distortion of facts, the posturing and the brinksmanship. But that’s politics and I expect no less from the elected representatives of our oh-so-diverse country. What bothers me more than that is the way the media is eating it up–even fanning the flames–by constructing terrible scenarios of what might happen if the debt ceiling isn’t raised. What’s lacking is a rational voice. So today I’ll provide it, by looking at this from a perspective most people haven’t considered. We start back in...

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Apple (AAPL) in China

July 25, 2011
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This week, a headline from the Associated Press caught my eye: “Entire Apple Stores Being Faked in China.” China has long been infamous for its fake designer handbags, clothing and gadgets, but this is a new one: Whole Apple stores are being faked, from the employee T-shirts and nametags to the product advertisements lining the walls. However, a blogger living in China realized a store, located in the southern Yunnan province town of Kunming, was a fake when she saw the words “Apple Store” printed next to the logo. A real Apple store would never do that (they just...

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