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Self-Serve Revolution: How Touchscreens Are Replacing Human Customer Service
Back in the day, screens allowed you to do one thing: Sit down with popcorn and watch Blade Runner. Today, they can do things that even go beyond what last generation’s science fiction could imagine. Those old sci-fi writers did …
AIG Bailout Saved Goldman Billions, Or Not
The New York Times, it seems, can’t make up its mind on l’affaire Goldman and AIG. In the past week the Grey Lady has had dueling articles on whether Goldman would have or wouldn’t have lost billions if the giant insurer had failed back at the height of the financial crisis. On Saturday, Gretchen Morgenson wrote that newly released …
Cheapskate Wisdom … about Main Street Anger over Wall Street Bailouts
“It’s like watching the emergency room doctors save the life of the drunk driver who just plowed into the car in which your family was riding.”