International Relations & National Security

In the movie, "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome," The evil Dr. Dealgood tells our hero (Mel Gibson), "I know you won’t break the rules; because there aren’t any!" In effect, the wonderfully helpful folks...

When the bell tolls on 2009, the franchise industry will close the books on one of the worst years in its history. Will 2010 be any better?

When I’m finally elected to be in charge of the world, terrorists like this will be bathed in boiling pork fat and thrown off the plane at 35,000 feet. I firmly believe this...

The "weather terrorists" are at it again. Forecasts of doom and gloom and warnings of snow accumulations of 1 inch per hour for days on end are airing on TV and the radio....

Recently Wal-Mart.com was caught charging shoppers five times the regular cost to ship merchandise purchased on its website to overseas service men and women. Other retailers can't ship to overseas personnel because their...

It pays to anticipate where things might go wrong and address your assumptions in a written contract.

Here are ten events and trends that influenced risk management in 2009.

Every sales manager has a powerful role to play in developing and supporting their team members’ potential so that an increasing emphasis is placed on performance management to enable more salespeople to achieve...

AT&T had the "Best Mobile Phone Coverage in the World."

A study from the New York Federal Reserve finds that women-owned firms are more likely to be credit constrained. Here are lessons for female entrepreneurs seeking business credit.

Back in January 2009, "open government" was the hot topic in Washington, D.C. This week, the spotlight is firmly back on "open government" as a host of federal government agencies including the Department...

Security is like the forsaken child of technology. It's something we all think about, yet few of us have policies in place to ensure our businesses are as secure as they should be....

There are no other pitches. This is the pitch....

As the nation continues to struggle with its growing rank of the uninsured, employers are beginning to understand what a vested interest they have in their employees’ health.

Plan and act to be certain your business will survive and thrive through economic hurdles ahead.

Selling imported goods within the U.S. can be a lucrative business opportunity. High demand imported products such as artisan crafts, furniture and even food and beverage products such as olive oils, wine, etc....

My point is that it continues to take many calls and emails to get people’s attention, especially now, especially when people are working harder and harder.

Impostor pays a visit to the United Nations, fools General Assembly president.