Behind the Scenes

I will say this about the Manhattan court system, they offer WiFi, so plenty of time to blog and catch up on reading that has been stacking up in my office and on my desk at home.  Of course I am not without my Blackberry, so I am sorry I will miss today's interview with Eric Claus, the President and CEO of A&P, to talk....bologna!  My producer Lou Giserman is truly a funny person, and he could ... read more

We had the President of BMW North America on the show Wednesday. He chose FBN to debut the new 2010 BMW. It's a beautiful car, at least what I saw of it. I wanted to wait and cue him to do the unveiling of the car. But halfway through the interview the "car girl" or whatever you call her, decided to take the cover off the car. Problem is, she only took the first part of the tarp off, so we ... read more

We had a laugh this morning at our morning meeting at the expense of Citigroup.  They say they don't need more government aid, and they would remain private.  I want them to remain private, but it's hard to consider them private these days since  the American taxpayer owns 36% of them. Richard Parsons told Reuters Citigroup is now one of the better capitalized banks in the world.  The laugh ... read more

I have been gone over a week as I decided to head out for my usual trip to the Sundance Film Festival. I've been taking this trip with friends from San Francisco for several years, and except for missing last year due to a certain business channel launch, I haven't missed a festival. My return was quite the disappointment. First, the down economy was front and center this year. Usually there ... read more

I just returned from my hometown, Phoenix Arizona.  Things are tough there, and I feel terrible for the residents.  Foreclosures up over 30,000 so far this year.  By comparison, in 2006 there were 1500.  Some are illegal residents (don't ask me how they got loans), some are those that ended up under water when their ARM's reset, and then there is job loss, some tragic family stories I heard of ... read more