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On the same day that the Dow Jones Industrials average dropped the deepest in the past two years (Tuesday, September 13) Seeking Alpha author Austin Rogers opined in this article that death care conglomerate Matthews International (MATW) would be one of his Top 3 picks to choose as a stock in the category “Cheap Dividend…
Recently I came across this article from the Insurance NewsNet based on a survey from health insurer, Ethos. The article was based on what traditionally taboo subjects would people be willing to talk about. Turns out that 81% of the people were willing to talk about Money, but at the bottom of the list came…
Over the past several weeks I’ve had several instances which caused me to wonder “What is going to happen to rural America’s home town, home-owned, funeral homes.” Again, it has not been one thing, but a string of instances that have made me wonder about that. For instance, I know of firms in my state…
We learned last week via this press release that Anthem Partners, the Frisco, Texas, based owner and operator of funeral homes and cemeteries had acquired Serenity & Company Memorial Service. According to the press release, Serenity & Company began in 2007 in Arkansas, but has expanded and now operates in Arkansas, California, Nevada, and New…
In this news release from Messenger News you can read about the Messenger Company and its acquisition of the Thumbies Fingerprint Keepsakes business. The release states that “the new addition to the Messenger family of companies will allow the Messenger team of sales representatives to offer the complete line of Thumbies jewelry in their portfolio…
Last week I saw an article about the Fast Food Accountability and Standards (FAST) Recovery Act that has passed both houses of the California legislature and is awaiting a signature by Governor Gavin Newsome to make it a law. Part of what that law would do is create a 10-person fast-food council with employee and…
StoneMor Inc., the Pennsylvania based operator of funeral homes and cemeteries announced the acquisition of Anderson Funeral and Cremation Services of Belvidere, Illinois, last week. According to this press release from StoneMor, company CEO Joe Redling said of the acquisition, “StoneMor’s acquisition of Anderson Funeral and Cremation Services is a valuable strategic move for us…
In today’s morning edition of Funeral Director Daily we wrote about how fads can become trends which may eventually become traditions. By coincidence we recently came across this article from Trend Watching which introduces their “Innovation of the Day”. And that innovation is from the Netherlands and is known as the Living Cocoon, a biodegradable…
New products and services used by the American public seem to start as fads, become a trend, and then, those with staying power evolve into a tradition of life. Over the last few days I’ve noticed a couple of products that have either followed that road map or may be on their way to dissolving. …
If you have followed Funeral Director Daily for any length of time you know that I like to write articles about business. Sometimes I know that I get a little “heavy” on the business articles. However, I also try to put information on other subjects out there to keep a variety of topics at the…
