Down 33% Since 2006 (no Scary Chart)

Both Canadian and American health officials have frequently given warnings about the dangers of bean sprouts, which have been responsible for well over 40 food borne illnesses around the world caused by either E.coli or Salmonella bacteria in the last 35 years or so.

Where’s the beef?

The Non-Mobile Society

June 4, 2011June 4, 2011 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Calculated Risk: Labor Mobility: Starting to Increase

This blog post on CalculatedRisk references an article from the Financial Times. I am struck by the differences in word choices. FT uses “picks up sharply” while CalculatedRisk states “starting to increase”. In conversations with my recruiter friends I’ve become aware of slightly higher activity in job openings. Some of these openings included paid relocation. A few years ago employers stopped offering paid relocation. These changes are not insignificant. But the job market remains weak.

Starting to increase is a better choice of words.

What Bubble?

May 30, 2011May 30, 2011 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Tracking Suspiciously Explosive Market Growth — New York Magazine

HT Tadas Viskanta at Abnormal Returns. Go to the original article for your Scary Chart of Bubbles.

Have a Plan for Business Continuity

May 28, 2011May 28, 2011 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Missing List in Joplin Tornado Drops to 156 – WSJ.com

“The Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce said Friday that at least 400 businesses and 5,000 jobs were affected by the tornado.”

If you click through and read this WSJ online article, you’ll notice a small video window. The opening picture of the video is an electric guitar embedded neck first into a wall of a house. I had never thought of my guitars as deadly weapons, but in the right weather conditions they are.

When I read about the number of businesses affected I silently hoped these businesses had disaster recovery and business continuation plans in place. Unfortunately, the most likely answer is no and most of these businesses will ultimately fail.

Not many of us think about total destruction from an F-5 tornado. But if you manage to survive at one point you will have to get back to work.

Time to spend some time revising my own business recovery and continuity plans.