A Contrarian’s View

Dear Client:"For the first time in more than 40 years, and perhaps ever, McDonald's says the number of U.S. restaurants it has is shrinking."Big is bad. We hear it everywhere. Here's a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon from 1995 which was prescient: ImageBig malls, big brands, big anything ….. is out with the young crowd. We see it everywhere. With the news of the ABI - SABMiller MegaBrew combination, even Time Magazine has demagogued the issue to imply that ABI-SABMiller will