STOCK MARKET REPORT Wall St. Ends Third Losing Year in a Row Wall Street posted a third straight disappointing year in 2002 as Corporate misdeeds, terrorism...
A psychologist's take on the market At a time when a shaky economy and stock market continue to defy predictions, many economists are turning to psychologist...
Fast Company Are All Consultants Corrupt? That's one possible conclusion in the wake of the Enron scandal. According to David Maister, who's been studying...
The Consultification of Everything A Spy in the House of Work by The Spy illustrations by Derf from FC issue 2, page 154 (C) April 1996 ... Remember the big...
The economy stinks - until you consider 1992 By Don Steinberg Inquirer Staff Writer In 2002, it was a good year to buy a house, and not a bad idea to buy one...
None of this needs to be a disaster, provided we fix our broken private defined benefit system AND make Social security, Medicare and othe retiree systems true...
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/03/politics/03MEDI.html Medicare has one of the lowest overheads--and the doctors are complaining that Medicare reimbursements...
Well, this another fine pickle you are about to get us into, George! 1. Bush Plays Down Rift With Allies Over U.S. Stance on North Korea President Bush...
If they truly mean it they are going to have to address the central issue that auditors and management consulting do not mix. One cannto serve two masters at...
Out the Door By BOB HERBERT Verizon employees are being thrown out of work by executives who take huge sums out of the company whether their business...
From my AT&T friend: Thursday, January 2, 2003 Billions in earnings don't exist Pension-fund 'time bomb' is detonating on companies' profits By DAVID EVANS ...
The Bush Economy is highly unlikely to improve greatly as long as Bush and the GOP are in power. There is also a small, but real possibility of having an...
Changes may shrink nest eggs By Susan Strother Clarke Sentinel Staff Writer January 5, 2003 When Marilyn Bowden began her career at Delta Air Lines more than...
Even though this contains some wrong reasons, every little bit helps" CBO Cautions on Market-Based Social Security Reforms January 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25027-2003Jan7.html By George F. Will Wednesday, January 8, 2003; Page A19 Ten years ago, the last time this...
Dayton Plan Cuts Taxes for Working Families, Farmers, Small Businesses; Cracks Down on Corporate Tax Abuse Senator Says Bush Plan Drives Up Deficits to Benefit...
An Irrelevant Proposal By PAUL KRUGMAN Karl Rove and the Bush administration intend to use the pretense of stimulus mainly as an opportunity to get more tax ...
GETTING PERSONAL: Div Tax Cut Is No Bone For Retirement By KAJA WHITEHOUSE A Dow Jones Newswires Column NEW YORK -- Plans to make dividends tax-free to...
Weekly Update Call To Arms Give George some credit, the guy has guts. No matter what happens – the closest, most disputed election in history, a sagging...
We have the most secretive President and the most extreme in US history right now and the following article warns us what that can mean: Bernard Weiner:...
Terrible things happen when secrecy followed by bad deeds and then inevitably, coverups overrides human decency--whether that be in the actuarial profession,...
As one wag put it, "We have proved the deterence effect of posessing nuclear weapons--trouble is it is North Korea that has proved it." __Faced with Real...
Following Gulf War I, a nuclear scientist very familar with depleted uranium rounds, put it this way: "They are reasonably safe as long as the stuff doesn't...
Long before the three women whistleblowers on the cover of Time Magazine chosen as Persons of the Year, there was one of the original ones, John Dean. They...
How Much Does Bush Hate Thee? Molly Ivins Counts the Ways Molly Ivins writes, "According to Kevin Phillips, 1% of investors pocketed 42% of the stock-market...
__'Good Doctor' Frist is a Corporate Crook Doug Ireland writes, "While TV gushed last week over the Republicans' new Senate majority leader, Bill Frist,...
From today's Washington Post: Thursday, January9, 2003 Bush's Tax Cut: Back to the Future? While there has been much focus on President Bush's tax-cut plan, ...
Two things to keep in mind about the following posts: 1. Rove was the point man for Nixon in college--spreading lies. he shudda been jailed along with the...
Spending on Health Care Increased Sharply in 2001 Spending on health care is increasing at the fastest rate in a decade, reflecting greater use of hospitals...
U.S. Decision On Iraq Has Puzzling Past Opponents of War Wonder When, How Policy Was Set By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, January 12,...