There’s much ado about millennials these days. For some they’re nothing more than a generation of selfie-obsessed, video-gaming freeloaders who are absorbed with the idea that work gets in the…
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Like many of you, I travel – A LOT. Airports are like my second home. Every flight presents a new opportunity to finish up a report, read a book or…
It’s the end of an era for fruit and veggie wholesaler Malcom Hicks, who closed down his father’s 95-year-old business as he retired last week. Harold Hicks Ltd was a…
One of the staple horror movie scenes shows an actor under the influence of a full moon undergoing a dramatic transformation from ordinary human into a fanged and howling lycanthrope….
Eva Gabor’s “Green Acres” TV sitcom character, Lisa Douglas, may have had it right almost 50 years ago: “Farm living’s not the life for me.” Today, only 15% of the…
As anybody who watches the “Twilight” movies knows, vampires live forever. In reality, of course, the actors portraying the characters are as mortal as anyone. And the enterprises led by…
We live in a world of conflict overload. Not only is conflict overexposed, but it’s sensationalized and marketed as essential to a “healthy” or “normal” lifestyle. We see conflict in…
Nobody’s looked to the supermarket world to fill their shopping carts with high stakes drama. Until now. Arthur “S” and Arthur “T” Demoulas, cousins and co-owners of the Market Basket…
Operating a business can be stressful; and when that business is family owned, there can be heighten stress and conflict brought on by the intangibles. For example, I see a…
Fort Worth based Meridian Bank Texas recently acquired family owned State Bank & Trust Co. based in Carrollton. The State Bank & Trust Company has been owned by the Bright…