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This cartoon used to hang in my office when I was in banking, and it's hanging in my office now at TABASFUNDING. I don’t think the banks are the ones at risk this time, but other businesses are. Humor couldn't…
We’d been to Israel half a dozen times when Shir Shalom Synagogue of Woodstock, Vermont organized a trip. I hoped that we could get some behind-the-scenes insight. Egypt was on our bucket list, so we extended the trip to travel…
Our cell phone bill seemed expensive. I wondered if there was a more reasonable plan that would suit our needs, so I called ATT, our service provider. The person was friendly, and asked for my password. I gave what I…
Below is a response to an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer. I think it may be of general interest. Please share your thoughts about it with me. Lee @TABASFUNDING. An op-ed piece in the Thursday, August 8, 2019 Inquirer by…
In recent years, there has been much focus on house flipping. The latest is that Zillow is going to buy houses that they think are underpriced and resell them. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/business/economy/ibuying-real-estate.html I could see big entities coming in a recession and scooping…
I attended, along with 40,000 others, the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, and encourage anyone interested in business and the economy to buy some shares and do the same. This is a photo of the shareholder “credentials” required for admission. At…
Amazon decided not to set up one of its headquarters in Queens, New York City. Queens didn’t lose much. My understanding is that Amazon provided no actual commitment on the number of jobs to be created. Amazon did commit to…
A recent case in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (O’Neill, Bragg & Staffin PC v Bank of America Corp) showed that customers and bankers need to have sound procedures in place, or suffer the consequences. The internet is full of…
The Himalayas have been on our bucket list for some time. When we saw photos of the soaring mountain range in the brochure, we were hooked. We voyaged to Nepal (home of 8 of the world’s 10 highest mountains) and…
Prologue to " The Case for Local Banks" In my Fall 2018 newsletter, I made the case for needing local banks. My cousin Jimmy Roberts, composer, pianist and entertainer, pointed me to the banker's scene in the 1946 Movie "Best…