Recent Articles
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Confessions of a miser: The thrill of profit
Bob Fortune Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementFrugality, thrift and good budgeting can and will lead to profit — financial profit as well as human and social thriving. It's worthy to point out that profit and frugality do not oppose themselves. The origin of the word frugality is "fruit" or "to bear fruit." And the fruits of a successful business are wildly exciting. Profit allows companies to purchase assets to grow revenue, increase earning power for staff, share their wealth with charities and offer more perks to employees.
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3 sanity checks when caught in the middle
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityMy wife is a middle child. She tells stories about how she felt left out and sometimes caught in the middle. You may even feel like you're always the middle person on the team. Not the best, not the worst. And even now, the awkward couple of weeks in the middle of Thanksgiving and Christmas is coming. The middle gets a bad rap. The middle is a strange time or position. So what do you do when you're after a large event and before another. The church often has these times.
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HEMS scene communications made easy
Michael P. Koval Medical & Allied HealthcareNothing is more frustrating to an air medical crew than trying to establish communications during a scene flight. This situation is occurring more and more often in the HEMS industry due to a variety of issues related to narrowbanding. The narrowbanding of public safety radios has created challenges for users and HEMS operators, and has made scene communications a significant safety issue.
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5 reasons to buy a vintage Porsche
Noelle Talmon Recreation & LeisureVintage vehicles evoke a bygone era. When you hop into an older car, the smell, the old-fashioned gauges and the overall look transport you back to a simpler time. Classic cars also give you sense of freedom. There are plenty of advantages to owning a vintage Porsche.
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The View from Europe: An open-and-shut case?
Andrew Gaved Construction & Building MaterialsWith energy prices at unparalleled heights in many parts of Europe, retail refrigeration managers are under pressure to reduce energy in any way they can. Interestingly, one of the most well-proven changes in terms of guaranteed savings and certainly among the simplest in engineering terms is the one that has met with the most resistance — putting doors on the open-fronted chillers.
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Beyond insurance: How to protect both the practice and personal assets
David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, and Jason M. O'Dell, MS, CWM Healthcare AdministrationPhysicians, medical practices, and healthcare entities are unfortunately all high visibility lawsuit targets. Many doctors or healthcare executives think that insurance is the only viable protection tool to shield their practices, businesses and themselves from such litigation risks. However, as we will explore in this article, insurance policies have their limitations and drawbacks. Moreover, there are other techniques that can be explored to shield and build wealth and often save taxes.
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Beyond insurance: How to protect both the business and personal assets
David B. Mandell and Jason M. O'Dell Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIn our litigious society, business owners, as well as their companies, are high visibility lawsuit targets. Lawsuits and claims from employees, customers, competitors and even the government are part of doing business today — in virtually every field. Unfortunately, many such owners and business executives think that insurance is the only viable protection tool to shield their businesses and themselves from such litigation risks.
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Holiday tips for healthy eating
Jeff White Sports & FitnessThe holidays are fast approaching, and that means we'll see more cakes, pies and cookies than there are stars in the sky. We'll be invited to more parties with food and drinks than we've probably been invited to all year.
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Private website touted as interim alternative to HealthCare.gov
Pamela Lewis Dolan Medical & Allied HealthcareDespite doubts from many, including people within his own administration, President Barack Obama remains confident that the technical glitches that overshadowed the launch of the federal health insurance exchange in October will be fixed by Nov. 30. Those working on the site are feeling pressure after a Nov. 13 report from the Department of Health and Human Services found that the technical glitches had the effect the administration feared — people visiting the site got frustrated and left as opposed to buying a plan. Just 108,185 plans had been sold.
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Tampa expansion plans life extension to existing infrastructure
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveTampa International Airport is planning to increase capacity without building any new terminals in a revised plan, following its stalled 2009 attempt to meet predicted growth demands.