Despite this new age of video games, electronic toys and diminishing attention spans, children are returning to a toy that is almost as old as me. Mattel’s Barbie doll is back and at the top of many holiday shopping lists.

The good news is that Americans are exercising more, and perhaps realizing that playing golf is not as difficult as they thought. If this develops into an entirely new generation of golf enthusiasts, so much the better.

Winter approaches, and with it a potential natural gas crisis. Areas of Europe are already scrambling to find the energy required to heat homes and continue their economic rebound. Could the U.S. be next?

Japan is home to many well-known companies, (think Sony and Toyota) that have balance sheets flush with cash. More than half of Japanese companies have net cash positions on their books, compared to just 10 to 20 percent of most companies in the Western developed world.

As the world continues its journey into a digital reality, Nonfungible tokens could grow and become an accepted part of that brave new world. 

For decades, corporations stuck to their knitting while letting Washington and the voters decide how to deal with social and political issues.…

Smell is important. It shapes many of our physical sensations that impact us deeply and directly. Companies are working diligently to further your sense of smell directly to the internet. And while your online experience today does not involve digital scents, it will in the next few years. You can bank on it.

All over America, “help wanted” signs proliferate. Radio and television ads promise big bonuses, satisfying benefits and career advancement. There are fewer takers than anyone expected. Is this simply anther pandemic supply dislocation, or is there something deeper going on within the American labor force?

Over the past several decades, investors, investing in China, have gotten used to the dichotomy of China’s Communist-run, centralized governme…