Category Archives: Business

Not Your Father’s D’Oh!

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Gaius

Artisan donuts: Like San Francisco’s Dynamo Donuts. They have Spiced Chocolate Donuts, chocolate donuts coated with sugar, cinnamon, chile and chipotle, Apricot Cardamom, cardamom donuts with dried apricots and currants, with cardamom glaze, and Maple Apple Bacon, studded with bacon … Continue reading →

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Twinkie Killers

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Gaius

The unions did it: –Hostess paid out almost $100 million in health benefits for retirees last year, but over half of it covered workers who never had worked at Hostess.  The Teamsters’ onerous and antiquated “multi-employer pension plan” foists the … Continue reading →

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Ho, Ho, No

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Gaius

A Very Merry Christmas to their union brothers and sisters from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union. They just succeeded in killing Hostess. No mo Ho-Hos. A representative for the bakers union couldn’t be reached to … Continue reading →

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Bourbon Tourism

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Gaius

Interesting. Major bourbon makers – and not a few smaller ones – are engaging in a tourist-center explosion in Kentucky. The facilities are outgrowths of the success of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, which attracted 2 million visitors in the last … Continue reading →

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Short Circuit

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Gaius

The ugly, ugly math of the GM Chevy Volt: Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid, GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on each Volt it builds, according to estimates provided to Reuters by … Continue reading →

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Pulling the Ladder Up Behind Them

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Gaius

I’ve lost a LOT of respect for Amazon in the past few weeks. And even more so after reading this from Hot Air.Jim DeMint has this just right. Here’s Sen. Jim DeMint addressing Amazon’s change of heart at a hearing … Continue reading →

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Rearranging the Deck Chairs at Government Motors

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Gaius

Mickey Kaus notes total confusion at GM. P.S.: Why is all this executive turmoil happening now? It’s very hard for an outsider to know exactly what is going on, but there are three theories. 1) GM CEO Akerson is panicking … Continue reading →

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Slip Sliding Away

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Gaius

Or why the Obama jobs initiatives will all fail. It’s the taxes: Employers are getting hit with a massive tax hike at a time when they can least afford it. Companies in at least 35 states will have to fork … Continue reading →

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Ashes

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Gaius

Kimberly Strassel: No one pushed harder than Mr. Kindler. The CEO made no fewer than five trips to the White House last year. He was the man prodding Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America head Billy Tauzin every step. He … Continue reading →

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The Truth About Government Motors

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Gaius

Edward Niedermeyer reveals the truth about the surprise announcement that General Motors would “repay” loans from the American taxpayers – even as it reported a huge loss for the third quarter. It seems that the “repayment” is anything but in … Continue reading →

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After The (Fender) Bender

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Gaius

Comes the hangover. Car dealers are bracing for the hangover after their taxpayer-funded sales bender. Sales of automobiles are expected to plummet now that the cash for clunkers spigot has been turned off. After the heady rush of Clunkers sales, … Continue reading →

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Crash For Clunkers

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Gaius

The program grinds to a halt. But dealers are left holding the bag at the moment. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Thursday that after a wildly successful run, the cash for clunkers program will come to a close on … Continue reading →

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Apparently, They Did Stop Driving That Hod Rod Lincoln

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Gaius

Now all of a sudden she started to knockin’ And down in the dips she started to rockin’ I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin’ The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln (C. Ryan/WS Stevenson Hot … Continue reading →

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Job Killer, Economy Destroyer

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Gaius

Obama’s health care “reform”, it’s two for the price of one! Investor’s Business Daily: The president’s runaway-train approach is the same one he used with the economic “stimulus” package. On the very day the House health bill was released, newspapers … Continue reading →

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House To Middle Class: You’re Screwed

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Gaius

Keith Hennessey has delved into the House bill for health care “reform” and finds this astonishing bit of news. Some 8 million middle class Americans will likely end up with no health insurance and will get hit with a huge … Continue reading →

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