More businessy:
Kosher meat production in the US has been hit - 65% drop in supply of beef. Part is due to a fire, most is due to a big processor in Iowa’s problems with raids on the plant by the Feds for employing tons of illegal immigrants, etc.
The skyrocketing IT presence in Bangalore, India is honking off the old-school residents to tighten the rules. Such as bar hours, services in the local language or English, but not in Hindi, and so on. Hasn’t stopped the parties and the inflation in prices and housing.
If you think Phil Gramm is going to admit he was wrong about the mess he helped creeat in the world banking system, guess again. “They are saying there was 15 years of massive deregulation and that’s what caused the problem,” Mr. Gramm said of his critics. “I just don’t see any evidence of it.”