Will this walkout ever end? Hopefully not! I would like to see the whole thing go down in a fiery crash into bankruptcy. Now that would make my day…! Rumors abound that Arthur T Demoulas is closing in on a deal to buy the controlling position of Market Basket (MB). A move that would, in effect, place him back in…
Read More »What CEO’s Are Really Saying About Massachusetts
( – promoted by Paul R. Ferro) Geoff Diehl’s recent post http://redmassgroup.com/sh… mentions the annual CEO Magazine survey of then views of corporate CEO’s on the business climates of each of the 50 states. No surprise that Massachusetts ranks near the bottom (47th). But this year, CEO Magazine has posted comments from the CEOs. What is really telling is that…
Read More »Get rid of the non-compete
I am reading Walter Isaacson’s doorstop biography of Steve Jobs. As he is being kicked out of Apple in the mid-80s, Jobs decides to form another computer company (NeXT) and takes five top performers from the Macintosh team with him. This could not happen in Massachusetts because of the enforcability of non-compete clauses here. It is a major block on…
Read More »Tierney’s lack of tax transparency! In a contest of character, Tisei, wins by a mile
Who exactly is running the Tierney campaign? Since he has a thin record and is a rubber stamp for Pelosi and a tax hiker who doesn’t care about companies in his own district, Tierney is all about baseless attacks. 1) His effort to tie the most moderate Richard Tisei to the Tea Party and Sarah Palin are off the mark…
Read More »Encouraging new businesses
I am happy to report that in 2012, both political parties are on the side of “small businesses.” Republicans want tax breaks for these organizations while Democrats exclude them from most tax-raising schemes. This is a good thing. Both parties want small businesses to succeed, yet unfortunately, most of them will fail. At the same time, many of our politicians…
Read More »Encouraging new businesses
I am happy to report that in 2012, both political parties are on the side of “small businesses.” Republicans want tax breaks for these organizations while Democrats exclude them from most tax-raising schemes. This is a good thing. Both parties want small businesses to succeed, yet unfortunately, most of them will fail. At the same time, many of our politicians…
Read More »Menino to Chick Fil-A: You Don’t Belong in Boston
John McKenna
RMG News
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino became the latest, and so far highest profile, politician to call out Chick Fil-A’s president Dan Cathy over comments he made regarding same-sex marriage, who said allowing same-sex marriage is “inviting God’s judgment on our nation”. Menino responded to this by telling Chick Fil-A in a letter that they will not be…