Saving Banks, Punishing Rewarding Bankers “In Sweden, if you ask a union leader, “Are you afraid of new technology?’ they will answer, “No, I’m afraid of old technology.” The jobs disappear, and then we train people for new jobs. We won’t protect jobs. But we will protect workers.” –Swedish minister for employment and integration, Ylva...Read More
Proof That High Pressure Sales Tactics Don’t Work At least in my experience, the odds of a first showing leading to a consummated transaction are perhaps 1 in 10. The exception to that? If the Buyer’s agent is headed to the airport, or otherwise under acute time pressure. When that’s the case, I’d estimate that the...Read More
“Viewed From a Corvette”: Bush Lake Ski Jump in West Bloomington (no, that’s not it in the photo) So, what do the tallest points in those three places have in common? They’re all buildings. Or, in the case of Hennepin County, more accurately, “structures.” Exhibit A: the Bush Lake ski jump in West Bloomington, the...Read More
When it comes to the best time of year to wash a home’s windows in the Upper Midwest, there seem to be (at least) two schools of thought: School #1: Spring-Summer is best (the most popular view). That’s because that’s when there is the most daylight — over 15 1/2 hours locally on June 21 — and...Read More
Winners Announced: NYC, Northern Virginia “It’s possible that [Amazon’s] plan all along was not to open a second headquarters, but to open two, smaller satellites. What’s unlikely, however, is that the deals being offered to Amazon will change significantly, even though the company is effectively halving their investment.” –“Amazon Scammed America’s Hurting Cities”; The New...Read More
There sure seems to be some confusion on that, umm . . . point. I’ve now encountered at least three different properties ” none close to one another ” that all claimed that status in just the last month. For the record, according to Hennepin County’s website, it’s on Williston Road near High Point Road...Read More
