If no Amazon wasn’t enough, no snow, despite the coldest winter in NYC, caused us to head for the “Flyovers” that had more snow than ever. Landing smack dab in the middle of the country, forget snow, the Minneapolis Star Tribune was reporting the hottest real estate apartment market in the nation, with the city alone adding 5000 apartments last year but not enough to match jobs. Seven jobs were added for every new apartment. “Apartment...

Technology continues to advance at warp speed, disrupting every industry. Even such juggernauts as Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Apple are wrestling the impact of disruptive impact on their business models. There is no better example than Apple’s announcement this week of leadership changes that signal a change in direction from an iPhone driven company to one that will chart a course focusing on transformative technologies. The retail chief...