Banks needed to get back to basics, to fundamentals of the business, I was thinking, at the time….
Author: Harvey Radin
Harvey Radin is former senior vice president in charge of corporate communications and media relations, Bank of America Western Region. He makes his home in Redwood City, CA.
HMPRESENTLY: Slicey and Dicey?
Companies that manufacture disinfectants were issuing warnings, so folks wouldn’t start swallowing or injecting sanitizing products…
HMPRESENTLY: Present and Past
“But what if the erosion of values in business is a big deal? Particularly as more people question the nation’s role and standing in a changing world….”
HMPRESENTLY: More Nose and Mouth Room, Plus Non-Slip Features
But what I’m noticing, far more, is the tailoring of face masks, I guess that’s the word for it…
HMPRESENTLY: The Liston/Clay Fight & The Global Citizen Concert
What a match! Brash, 22-year-old Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, defeated heavily-favored Sonny Liston…
HMPRESENTLY: Tweeting a Whole Lot of ‘Empty?’
“…the President was boasting about calling the shots, and he even called The World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization — the WHO and WTO — the Bobbsey Twins…”
HMPRESENTLY: They Could Even Play Duck, Duck, Goose
With the pandemic and other daily challenges, spinning in circles, all the time, doesn’t seem like the best way to go…
HMPRESENTLY: Evocative Words… Are They Hazardous to Our Health?
Maybe your parents or relatives talked about the Great Depression, about people struggling to get by when the global economy crashed in the ’30s…
HMPRESENTLY: Rough Notes During Coronavirus Briefings
“When President Donald Trump speaks, financial markets gyrate and quiver in real time……”
HMPRESENTLY: Lurking Somewhere Inside the VEEP
People being interviewed try their best to manage their facial expressions, and the vice president sure seemed to be doing that…
HMPRESENTLY: What’s That ‘O’ in GOP?
Calling the governor a snake sort of sounds like something from one of those Old Wild West shows…
HMPRESENTLY: Post Articles Take Me Back to the Bubble
You could even imagine building managers standing out front at their buildings waving ‘Space Available’ and ‘Lease Discount’ signs…
HMPRESENTLY: We Have to Get Going… So to Speak
“It’s all customizable and controlled by electronic buttons on a panel next to your seat….”
HMPRESENTLY: Horns, Drums, The CALLIOPE!
When the circus rolled into town, you’d hear the music…
HMPRESENTLY: Too Bad It Was Frozen Foods, Rather Than People
Could it be that, when it comes to people making their way to America, various politicians are overstating things?
HMPRESENTLY: Well Spent?
A “400 metre long wall” is being built. Does this sound familiar? But instead of keeping out immigrants, the function of the wall is to block from Trump’s sight the slums…
HMPRESENTLY: Waaaay Toooo Much
Putting redundant letters in words, like capitalizing every letter in certain words, evidently is a marketing strategy aimed at stirring emotions…
HMPRESENTLY: It’s Brussels, Not Brussel Sprouts?
Suppose, as a kid, I happened to be competing in a spelling bee, and lost, all because of Brussels sprouts?