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After C.H. Robinson’s $604 Million Verdict, MGP Ingredients (MGPI) Faces Undisclosed Product Liability Risk as Everclear Burns Victims Across America
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I know some of you who read me work at places that cover this sector. I see people from Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, ClearBridge Investments,…
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Hong Kong US Cargo Collapse: 42 Percent Drop Before the Tariff Even Hit
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There is a crane at Kwai Tsing that I can see from the rooftop of my building in Mei Foo. I have been looking at…
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Fifty-Six
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On the closeness of small towns, the arithmetic of loss, and what it means when the obituary page starts reading like your yearbook. There is…
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One Traffic Light and a Three-Year Contract: How Adams Hired a Stranger and Got Robbed
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His own officers caught him. That detail matters more than anything else in this story. The blue-collar beat cops, the ones who actually operated the…
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Chance the Gardener Was Right: Why a 1979 Film About an Empty Man Explains AI Better Than Silicon Valley Can
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I watched Being There when it came out in 1979. I was nine years old. Born in 1970, sitting in a theater that smelled like…
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Happy Birthday, Meme Queen: Regina Ip Was Right About Article 23 and Outlasted Everyone
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Happy Birthday, Meme Queen: Regina Ip Was Right About Article 23 and Outlasted Everyone I have never actually met Regina Ip. This is not for…
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Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil Conviction: She Did Not Go to Jail for Lighting a Candle
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Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil Conviction: She Did Not Go to Jail for Lighting a Candle I do not celebrate anyone going to prison. Chow Hang-tung…
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Trevor, the K-Car, and the Banana: How My Wife Met One of My Best Friends and Nearly Left Me at Disney
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Trevor, the K-Car, and the Banana: How My Wife Met One of My Best Friends and Nearly Left Me at Disney On first impressions, soft…
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While JPMorgan and Goldman Lose Ground in Hong Kong, HSBC Just Got the Lift It Needed
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As most of you already know, I grew up in Adams, Massachusetts. A mill town in the northern Berkshires, tucked under Mount Greylock, built on…