The way we think to solve problems.
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Try to Call
Bourdain was a larger-than-life figure -- a gifted chef and storyteller who used his books and shows to explore culture, cuisine and the human condition.
President Donald Trump extended his condolences to Bourdain's family. "I enjoyed his show," Trump said. "He was quite a character."
Former President Barack Obama recalled a meal he shared with Bourdain in Vietnam, an encounter captured in a "Parts Unknown" episode that year.
Bourdain's death came days after fashion designer Kate Spade died in a suicide at her Manhattan apartment. Suicide is a growing problem in the United States.
The risk of suicide declines sharply when people call the national suicide hotline:
1800-273-TALK.
Gag...
It's one of the first questions consumers hear at the pharmacy counter, and many hand over their insurance cards in the hopes of getting a good price.
But sometimes using insurance can actually cost more -- and even prevent the pharmacist from saying so.
That's because of so-called gag rules, which bar pharmacists from telling patients when they could save by paying cash instead of using insurance. The rules -- set by companies that manage prescription plans -- are getting new scrutiny after President Donald Trump singled them out for criticism in his plan for lowering drug prices.
The gag rules are included in contracts between pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers, companies that are hired to hold down prescription costs for insurers and employers. Some contracts limit the information pharmacists can share, including when a patient's co-pay exceeds a drug's cash price.
Blade...
The U.S. has struck a deal with Chinese telecom giant ZTE to end crippling American sanctions. The deal includes a $1 billion penalty against ZTE and a U.S.-chosen compliance team.
"We are literally embedding a compliance department of our choosing into the company to monitor it going forward. They will pay for those people, but the people will report to the new chairman," Ross said in a "Squawk Box" interview. "This should serve as a very good deterrent for them and for other potential bad actors," he added.
ZTE's latest brush with U.S. regulators came after the company's business dealings with Iran and North Korea violated U.S. trade agreements. ZTE paid $1.19 billion in fines for those violations, but the dispute didn't end there. The Commerce Department then alleged that ZTE misled regulators and failed to discipline the employees responsible for the sanction breach.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Pardon...
The Media makes it look that pardon some is a bad thing. But this is the President power not the individual person, yet the Media wants to play its game. Just a thought.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
السعي ليس للخفيف
The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
So, we all have a chance.
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