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Opportunity knocks

A Chinese buffet restaurant in the U.S.

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It’s been kind of a wild ride on the old investment train these past few weeks, eh Bubba?  Not for the faint of heart, no sir.  But if you’re the sort of person that hits a golf ball at the trees and just knows it bounced into the fairway then you are sitting like the fat man at the all you can eat buffet.  There’s a lot of opportunity – all it takes is the hunger to go make it happen. Continue reading

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Substance Makes Style

This is actually Tom's Restaurant, NYC. Famous...

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Those of you who read this blog on a regular basis know that one area into which I occasionally veer is food.  One of the great business lessons I’ve ever learned from food is that of substance over style.  In fact, in many cases, substance IS style. Read on, oh hungry one!

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Stand up!

As I finished the Sports section of this morning’s USA Today, I noticed an ad on the back page for a Cadillac Escalade.  But not any ordinary truck masquerading as a luxury car.  Oh no – this one is a HYBRID! Please click to keep reading!

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