{"id":45954,"date":"2019-02-28T06:56:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T11:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=45954"},"modified":"2019-02-28T06:56:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T11:56:54","slug":"always-be-awed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=45954","title":{"rendered":"Always be awed"},"content":{"rendered":"

We left JFK on time and landed in London’s Heathrow 45 minutes early. The American Airlines flight was as smooth as a baby’s behind. It had good food, nice attendants and WiFi Internet. I’m downloading my emails, watching my stocks and surfing the Internet. All in the middle of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

You may be accustomed to miracles. I still get pleasure from them.<\/p>\n

London is depressed. Uncertainty over Brexit is clamming everyone’s pocketbook. London housing is down 25%. No one knows what will happen with Brexit. Except it won’t be good.<\/p>\n

France and Germany are not doing well, either<\/p>\n

If you’re coming to Europe, know the weather is fine, the people are friendly and every price is negotiable — especially pricey Paris hotels on weekends when the yellow jackets protest and make the streets miserable.<\/p>\n

I watched this awesome movie across the Pond.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s very powerful, and very sad. Twelve hours later I still can’t get stop thinking about the movie.<\/p>\n

Doesn’t anyone proofread any more?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

IBM apologized after its online jobs page asked applicants if they were “yellow” or “mulatto.”<\/p>\n

I think this is funny<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Hawaiian war god statue that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff bought for $7 million and donated to a museum could be a Tiki bar tchotchke worth just $5,000. The Benioffs, who own land in Hawaii, donated the carving to Bishop Museum in Honolulu, where they felt it belongs.<\/p>\n

Banks go online<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Online Internet banks pay a lot more for savings and CDs than bricks-and-mortar banks.<\/p>\n

Goldman Sachs’s Q4 2018 earnings reported an impressive $35 billion in deposits for its online bank Marcus. I’m trying to open an account with Marcus. Their computer gives frustration a whole new meaning.<\/p>\n

Another scam.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pfishing is getting really creative.<\/p>\n

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Favorite misfortune cookie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"HarryNewton\"<\/a>
\nHarry Newton,\u00a0Today I’m visiting the grandkids.<\/p>\n

Reader Greg Dixon emailed:<\/p>\n

God bless your little ones Harry.
\nHope they will grow up to be better stock pickers than us.<\/p>\n

They will if I get them started early; buy stocks in companies whose products they use\u00a0 — like Apple and Nike.<\/p>\n

Heh, Home Depot is getting cheap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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