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Even Amazon, a Colossus, Has Its Limits, by @mims
https://www.WSJ.com/articles/the-limits-of-amazon-1514808002 Quote: “Imagine the data-collecting power of $FB wedded to the supply-chain empire of $WMT — that’s $AMZN.” But I thought Wal-mart was pretty good at data collection & analytics!

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All of these moves fit into Amazon’s core mission as a data-driven instant- gratification company. Its fanaticism for customer experience is enabled by every technology the company can get its hands on, from data centers to drones. Imagine the data-collecting power of Facebook wedded to the supply-chain empire of Wal-Mart—that’s Amazon. “}}

http://www.formcard.com/

Surprisingly accurate forecast in Oct. ’17

https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/winter-forecast-new-york-city-heres-what-expect-2017-18

Behind the Murdochs’ Sale Talks: Scale, Price & Family Dynamics
https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-the-murdochs-sale-talks-scale-price-and-family-dynamics-1512521082 Walking on eggshells: @WSJ reporting on a family that owns the paper & its plans to sell part of its empire

Useful
https://www.electricitylocal.com/states/connecticut/new-haven/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/your-money/seasonal-business.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/your-money/seasonal-business.html

https://indowwindows.com/noise-dampening-in-historic-homes

74th & Columbus
http://lenwich.com/stores#lenwich-74th-street

.@StephenKing’s Family Business
http://www.NYTimes.com/2013/08/04/magazine/stephen-kings-family-business.html 4 writers: father, 2 sons & a daughter-in-law

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Tabitha is an accomplished writer with eight novels to her credit, and two of their three children, Joe and Owen, are novelists. (Naomi is a Unitarian Universalist minister.) Joe’s “NOS4A2,” a sprawling mix of horror and fantasy that is his third critically praised best seller, was published last April; Owen’s second work of fiction, a
well-received comedic novel titled “Double Feature,” was published in March. Owen, perhaps inevitably, married a writer, Kelly Braffet, whose third novel, a literary thriller called “Save Yourself,” is out this month. And Stephen’s much-anticipated sequel to the “The Shining,” titled “Doctor Sleep,” comes out this fall.

Circus performers, klezmer musicians — those are the kinds of entertainers we usually expect to see in a family business, not writers.
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