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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011Lesliane Bouchard has her share of problems. According to her daughter, Kristiane Chappell, Ms. Bouchard is disabled and completely bedridden due to a painful spinal injury. And if that wasn’t bad enough, it seems that Ms. Bouchard and her family may not have a very merry Christmas this year. Her mortgage company, [...]
Re-hire a vet!
Friday, December 16th, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s talk about something very, very current. The war in Iraq is officially over, effective this week. That should mean that a lot of war-weary veterans are going to be coming home soon, and a lot of them are going to need [...]
Why would anyone market to madmen?
Thursday, December 15th, 2011The November 28th issue of Newsweek featured the story of John Matthews, the FBI mole who spent almost a decade infiltrating right-wing terrorist organizations in the United States. The story offered a fascinating description of how Matthews repeatedly risked his life supporting the FBI’s efforts to prevent home-grown terrorist attacks. It also contained [...]
Johnson & Johnson’s latest apology rocks - literally!
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Johnson & Johnson has long enjoyed an excellent reputation when it comes to public apologies. During the Tylenol tampering incident in the 1970s, J&J set the gold standard when it recalled millions of bottles of Tylenol even though there was no evidence that anyone at the company was responsible for contaiminating the product or [...]
Stick to your guns!
Friday, December 2nd, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, I want to focus on an issue that can be of particular concern to professionals. For my example, let’s look at Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician who was recently convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of superstar Michael Jackson. The facts of this [...]
Should we fear another credit downgrade?
Thursday, December 1st, 2011My friends at TheStreet.com recently gave me an opportunity to think and write about what it might mean for the country if Standard & Poors or one of the other rating agencies were to downgrade our national credit rating again in light of the fact that the Congressional supercommittee failed to come to a deal [...]
Are Black Friday deals really to die for?
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011The Christmas shopping season is upon us once again. Black Friday - the biggest shopping day of the year - proved to be a massacre as retailers nationwide opened their doors on Thanksgiving night to give their customers a jump on holiday deals. YouTube is crammed with footage of shoppers behaving badly, rioting [...]
The supercommittee failed - now what?
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Well, all the dire predictions came true. Despite many hours of meetings and negotiations, the Congressional supercommittee that was supposed to come up with a plan to cut the national deficit wasn’t able to deliver on deadline. It’s not a surprise, really. After all, if Congress as a whole couldn’t come up [...]
Thanksgiving first, please!
Monday, November 21st, 2011Okay, I know that times are tough and retailers are scrambling to make a little money this holiday season, but my trip to the mall this afternoon was really disheartening. Glitzy red and green decorations abound, special sale prices are posted everywhere, the radio is blaring Christmas music, and the pressure to buy, buy, [...]
Two months after Occupy Wall Street began, reasons to protest remain
Thursday, November 17th, 2011It’s been two months since protesters pitched their tents in lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to remonstrate against the state of the nation’s economy. Their Occupy Wall Street movement has spred across the country to many major cities, including my own home town of Washington, D.C. Even now, northern Virginians who commute into the [...]
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