Tevfik Arif, the Bayrock Group founder, started in Soviet Kazakhstan, and grew to prominence in the US, where they did business with renowned brands like the Trump Organization. Businessman Tevfik Arif founded the Bayrock Group and formed partnerships with America’s most prominent brands. Growing up in Kazakhstan, probably only a few people expected Tevfik Arif‘s successful…
Dear Uncle Joe: Mr. President, while you are not my uncle Joe, we did grow up in the same neighborhood in Scranton. I know Scranton’s values well. Unfortunately, you lost those values many years ago. You remind me of my old, crazy uncle Timmy. He was an embarrassment to us all. He was a danger…
Harry Wilmerding on November 3, 2021 The company behind popular snacks like Oreos announced Tuesday that it would increase its prices to combat the rising cost of inflation, multiple sources reported. Mondelez International, the company behind Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and Sour Patch Kids, is expected to raise prices by up to 7% in the…
There are many occasions when we need someone’s phone number, but there is no chance to ask the person themselves. We might need to receive a telephone number from a friend, relative, coworker, or even a random person. Of course, there are paid services online that will help you with digging up any personal information…
There are a handful of economics books everyone should read. Economics in One Lesson and Free to Choose, the classic works written by Henry Hazlitt and Milton Friedman, respectively, are on that list. A personal favorite is Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics, a book that kindled my own interest in economics many years ago. From The…
A virtual assistant is an employee who supports different business processes from a remote location. Newly arrived businesses can use VAs to help with social media content, inbox management, online customer support, and basically any task requiring physical presence. What else? Well, if you find yourself in a growing pile of papers to look through,…
Government bureaucrats aren’t exactly known for spending taxpayer money wisely. Sadly, the pandemic has proven no exception—with new studies showing that local governments wasted millions on vaccine lotteries that accomplished…nothing. For example, Ohio implemented a “Vax-a-Million” initiative where it drew weekly lotteries for a $1 million prize among those who got the vaccine. Similar programs…
This Part V of “Can the U.S. Unite, if not, How Does it Divide? discusses the options available to states to restrain the continuing amassment of federal power that diminishes the role of states and citizens in the Union. As discussed in Part IV, our Constitution designates state legislatures as the last guardians of the…
Most of us do not analyze the pros and cons of the various available hair removal options as we start using one to get rid of those unwanted strands. As a teenager, we go by what our friends or seniors suggest and continue with it until we realise how it is impacting our skin, our…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the world’s economy. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 5.4% from the previous year, with a third of it being caused by the prices of used cars and trucks due to a global semiconductor shortage as a result of the lockdowns. However, consumers have also…