Publications

January 22, 2021

Weekly Report 21-08

2021 PROMISES TO BE “PARTICULARLY UNPREDICTABLE, given the interactions between the pandemic, an uneven economic recovery, fractious geopolitics, and as risks abound to health and social stability,” including: fights within & between countries over vaccine, over keeping companies on life support versus helping unemployed workers, and stemming from China tensions, world disorder, shrinking tourism, as... Continue
January 19, 2021

Weekly Report 21-07

BEYOND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING CYBERSECURITY policies, programs & procedures, a cyber-intrusion insurance policy should be a priority strategic consideration for most companies. 2020 saw an all-time high in Ransomware attacks, with demands up to mega-millions. “Although there have been decades of viruses, breaches and other forms of attack, the increase is attributable to... Continue
January 16, 2021

Weekly Report 21-06

PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE with a non-invasive wearable device which “stimulates the brain to target sense of smell” has been developed by scientists at a New Zealand university. Dementia is the condition where memory & thinking abilities lapse – a result of “tangles & plaque buildup of countless cells & neurons on the brain…most susceptible to... Continue
January 14, 2021

Weekly Report 21-05

AS BUSINESS NORMALITY RESETS, PREMISES LEASE RENEWALS ARE UP FOR GRABS, with often major differences in landlord versus tenant expectations of rental rates & concessions. Beginning the negotiation process early (as much as 9 -12 months in some cases), and especially when supported by a Tenant Rep broker with reality-based market research, have the best... Continue
January 11, 2021

Weekly Report 21-04

SO, WHAT NOW?  “Worn out by riot, arson, looting, plague, lockdown, recession and election fatigue, the country is now facing a number of existential crises that will only exacerbate in months ahead, the biggest being: (1) Still in a recession, massive federal budget deficit with likelihood of additional Trillions to be legislated by the new... Continue