English cleric and writer, Charles Caleb Colton is probably best known for his coined cliché, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."  Colton was a writer, not a businessperson.  If he was it would have gone something more like, “Imitation happens when you are successful and others are trying to leach off of your success.”  Just ask the people over at Apple, who are pract... Read More »

GM brands are vanishing like prom dresses at midnight and the auto industry as a whole is starting to feel the hangover from the cash for clunkers party; so what’s an antiquated brand like Buick to do?  Buick has hardly been the pinnacle of success for GM, with one model after the next being “retooled” or “remodeled” to compete with the big boys.  However, nothing seemed to be working for them.

Well, our hats off to Bob Lutz, who finally told GM to grow a pair and start playing hard... Read More »

Well you know that the internet has usurped television as the primary method of covering your ass when Chris Brown, known abuser of Rihanna, goes on YouTube to apologize.  And despite his paltry attempt to... Read More »

If you’ve picked up a paper in the past year, you will know that it has not been good for banks lately.  Well, not good for anyone really.  This is why GMAC, General Motors’s disastrous attempt at a banking arm, needs some big help.  It’s one thing to be a failing bank, they are a dime a dozen.  However, you’re really scraping the bottom when you are an ill-fated bank weighed down by and ill-fated automaker.  This is why GMAC, has gone through a metamorphosis enviable by Houdini himself.  Me... Read More »