Rants on: Business and Economy

Keith's Rants

Economy and economics - money and finance - businesses and business policies. Sounds like some good things to rant about.

• Issues with Online-Only Policy Are No Concern Montana Secretary of State Supports Discrimination January 14, 2019
• Second Letter to Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton More Questions About Ethics, Professionalism, and Arrogance December 17, 2018
• Montana Secretary of State Sends Wrong Response A Clearly Incorrect Reply Finally Sent from Secretary Stapleton's Office May 15, 2018
• Montana Secretary of State Can't Help Businesses Secretary Stapleton States that Use of Name is Business's Problem April 20, 2018
• Secretary of State Is Anti-Business Montana's Secretary Stapleton Declares "You Can't Have Local Shops" April 19, 2018
• Letter to the Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton Questions of Ethical and Professional Considerations of 2017 Policy Change April 3, 2018
• A better Way to Compensate Elected Officials Cut the Deficit, Blanace the Budget, and Cut Back Corruption February 27, 2009
• Good Customer Service Is Sales But Not If You Try to Screw It Up December 14, 2008
• Wal*Mart Bad for Individual Wealth and Detrimental to Local Wealth February 5, 2005
• Wal*Mart Bad for Local Economy - Bad for Consumers - Bad for Workers - Bad for Global Economy August 20, 2004

Here are some links to other people's rants, blogs, commentary, or other information that I have found helpful, informative, entertaining, or thought provoking.

Business and Economy Rants (and Other Neat Stuff) Links (in alphabetical order)

Is Safeway Sucking Your Soul?

Are overlit, heavily toxic supermarkets making you ill and eating your brain? Why, yes

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MS in Peruvian open-source nightmare

There's a letter circulating, purportedly from Peruvian Congressman David Villanueva Nuñez to Microsoft Peru, which cuts the heart out of Redmond's chief 'panic points' to chill those considering open-source migration.

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Utah Yellow Pages firm accused of distribution fraud

A Utah company that produces Yellow Pages directories has defaulted on its debt amid accusations it shorted advertisers by secretly cutting the number of books it distributed locally and in other areas of the country.

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Wal-Mart You Don't Know

The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?

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Wrong numbers

A whistleblower calling out a possible fraud at a Yellow Pages publisher has gained allies in some advertisers who are charging that the company, Ziplocal, hasn’t been distributing the books.

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