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Pitney Bowes World Headquarters Sale

I applaud Pitney Bowes’ recent decision to sell its World Headquarters. In fact, I wish I had made it years ago. The Pitney Bowes World Headquarters was designed in the early 1980’s,

Making Healthy Behaviors Attractive

In the July 1 New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/business/01menthol.html], there was an interesting article about the effort of the Congressional Black Caucus to get the

Government Pension Liability

In my last blog, I commented on a July 11 article by Mary Walsh of the New York Times on the crisis relative to horrifically large pension and retiree medical obligations for government

Bob Hoffman R.I.P

Bob Hoffman R.I.P

Recently, I learned of the death of Bob Hoffman, a 95-year-old Pitney Bowes retiree who served with the company for 56 years, the second longest tenure in the Company’s history (from 1939

The C.C. Sabathia Announcement

The C.C. Sabathia Announcement

One of the most well-liked and well-respected New York team athletes, C.C. Sabathia, announced that, effective immediately, he is checking himself into an alcohol rehabilitation program.  He will miss whatever remains of