Target vs. Byerly’s There’s an interesting little retail showdown unfolding right now in St. Louis Park, just east of Highway 100. On the south side of 36th St. is a Byerly’s grocery store (the flagship, actually). Directly across the street is a Target (the “regular,” not “Super Target” variety). As the ubiquitous signs alert you,...Read More
The “Fail Whale” Is every one’s obsession with Twitter tapering off? Apparently not: its system just crashed due to overuse. Or, I suppose it could also be the result of a hardware malfunction (or both?). . .Read More
Making the Janitor’s Annual Salary . . . Every 3 Hours! The inimitable (and frequently bombastic) Barry Ritholtz, author of The Big Picture blog, has a great post today dissecting absurd CEO compensation titled “American Pastime: Overpaying CEO’s.” His piece basically picks up where my post last Thursday (“Parsing Occidental CEO Ray Irani’s ‘Excellent Performance'”)...Read More
