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Last week, as you can read in this article, credit rating company Moody’s downgraded the status of the United States Government debt from Aaa to Aa1 – which is a downgrade of one notch. In making the recent downgrade, the article states: “The US has lost its last perfect credit rating, as influential…
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Last week I attended a Blue Ocean Tour seminar planned and produced by Alan Creedy and Danny Jefferson. It was my first time on one of these events and it was an incredible learning experience including tours of Death Care facilities, a National Cemetery, discussons, learning experiences, and simple brainstorming of ideas with a…
Read MoreTrends, transformations, private equity, and consumer choices — We’ve had it all in the past 30 days
The middle of the month has crept up on us again. . . and in Minnesota we are finally getting around to golf season. On about the 15th of each month Funeral Director Daily highlights our top read articles of the past thirty days and we have some great ones for you. . ..…
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If you have not heard about “it” yet, you will soon. The “it” in this instance is the reprise of the President Trump Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). The reason that you will hear about it is that without something being done during the Congressional year of 2025 the laws,…
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Back in the years between 2015 and 2021 I served a six-year term on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. I learned much from that experience over the years that I served. For my entire life I had grown up, lived, and worked in a small community where self-reliance had been taught…
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John Adams, currently a past-President of Great Britain’s National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD), is a change agent in the Death Care space. His advocacy for an elementary school curriculum that includes a course on “Bereavement” in Great Britain got him time to present the idea in Parliament and impress the members of…
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Recently a lawsuit was filed in New Jersey contending a New Jersey township used discrimination in deciding against a Jewish group that planned to establish a Jewish cemetery in the community. You can read in this article from NJ.com that the lawsuit complaint alleges “Howell Township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons…
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In mid-April I received a press release from Batesville that was titled “Batesville empowers Deathcare professionals with Industry-leading Burial, Cremation and Technology solutions at 2025 ICCFA Exhhibition.” Since that time I’ve had this article in my mind and thought now was as good as any time to share some of my historical insights…
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On May 1 of this year Matthews International announced the closing of the sale of their SGK Brand Solutions Segment in this press release. According to this press release that was posted yesterday from Matthews International it didn’t take long to put some of those proceeds to work as they announced the acquisition…
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I don’t know where I first heard the saying, “Perfection is the enemy of progress”, but it always sounded somewhat strange to me until I really took the time to see what the cliche meant. To me, it says that we all want progress, but if we wait until the time is perfect to…
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