[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The model of progress that many people keep in their heads looks something like the Victorian-era depiction of the ascent of Man. Just as nature progressed from fish and reptile to...
Parents should support children through their college years, help with tuition and provide financial assistance during emergencies, according to 90 percent of respondents in a study from MetLife Mature Market Institute. Multi-Generational Views...
HEADNOTE The future of business is pure chaos. Here's how you can survive- and perhaps even thrive. DJ Patii pulls a 2-foot-long metal bar from his backpack. The contraption, which he calls a...
Regulators have long sought to make it easier for consumers to comprehend the terms of insurance contracts by insisting that policy forms be written in language that most consumers can understand. They typically...
CAMBRIDGE, MA-Consumers who previously purchased green products and services have decreased their green purchasing as a result of the recession, while the number of green consumers in the U.S. is declining as the...
HEADNOTE Big Bang Design A Detroit program is designing new ways to keep kids from lighting up. Can mint-green baseball caps, dodgeballs stenciled with the number "i200," and a whist tournament dissuade kids...
When John Fogerty musically asked "Who'll Stop the Rain?" 40 years ago, he was pondering the world's disquiet. But given the economic and insured damage from natural catastrophes that deluged the U.S. and...
My friends often joke that the first week of January is for making New Year's resolutions, and the next three weeks are for breaking them. February is when you begin to look at...
The sultanate of Oman has seen its oil and condensate production rise again to over 900,000 b/d. This was the average for 2010 and 2009, up 7% from 2008, having fallen to 700,000...
Raptor ID's Mobile Biometric Products suite consists of the RaptorONE, a revolutionary Android-based smartphone with full multi-biometric screening capability, and the RaptorPAD, a tablet with Full Biometric Enrollment capability. Both mobile devices will...
Adam Thesing is president of the southern Colorado chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Late last year the chapter launched a community based effort to consider how the Pikes Peak region can...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last year, Lisa Lippman, a senior vice president at Brown Harris Stevens, nearly secured a buyer for a $19.5 million listing at 535 West End Avenue, Extell's prewarstyle condo development on...
Mr Blunt, who has headed the company's Retirement Income Security (RIS) business since its formation in 2008, will now run the company's industry insurance business, which has been the core business of New...
Having been petroleum minister since on Oct. 9, 1999, Fahmi was removed from his post in late February. On April 21, the public prosecutor ordered Fahmi and five other senior petroleum officials detained...
In the fourth quarter of 2011, 65,000 lawyers across the nation were unemployed, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. "We're inundated by resumes right now,...
Indiana is starting to benefit from a push among private equity firms across the country to deploy capital raised in boom years before the money reaches its expiration date. Investment bankers, corporate attorneys...
A key part of founding a company is knowing when to quit. Persistence is an admirable trait, says Michael Robertson, who has founded several companies. However, "there's a fine line between persistence and...
Section 45D.-New Markets Tax Credit 26 CFR 1.45D-I: New markets tax credit. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY Internal Revenue Service 26 CFR Part 1 Targeted Populations Under Section 45D(e)(2) AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury....
Hogan Lovells announced that associates Jennifer McClister and Chalyse Robinson, both in the Denver office, have been promoted to counsel. McClister is a member of the environment practice group and focuses on compliance...
Sugar beet drills Many of the drills being used to plant sugar beet seed are pretty old and overdue for replacement, points out British Sugar's Philip Ecclestone. In an article in the latest...