April 21, 2008

Get Ready for Gen Y

By: Dr. Maurice A. Ramirez

The international marketing firm Youngster recently reported that for the first time in history, the market group known as Generation Y, those ages 10 to 25, is evenly divided across each of its five age based subgroups. A short...

April 1, 2008

National CEO Survey: Top Executives Using Non-monetary Motivators to Keep Employees From 'Jumping Ship'

By: PRNewswire

When it comes to retaining employees in tough economic times, pay raises are overrated

February 13, 2008

The Keyboard is Mightier than the Sword!

By: Dr. Julie Miller

How many e-mails leave your employees’ mailboxes on a daily basis? The average per day stands at 71.51 (Source: yedda.com). Do the calculation. Multiply that number by the number of your employees. The total should give you...

April 19, 2007

Response to Inquiries on the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System

By: Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 required the Attorney General to establish the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This name check system is utilized by Federal Firearms Licensees to...

March 27, 2007

Statement Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

By: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Robert S. Mueller, III; Director

Last week, the Committee heard testimony from Glenn Fine, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, regarding a recent report issued by his office on the FBI’s use of national security letters, or NSLs. The Inspector

March 27, 2007

Bots. Worms. Viruses. Spyware. Malware. Hacking.

By: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Computer Intrusions

Every day, criminals are invading countless homes and offices across the nation—not by breaking down windows and doors, but by breaking into laptops, personal computers, and wireless devices via hacks and bits of malicious code.

February 1, 2007

What You Need to Know About XBRL

By: By Hank Boerner - (NIRI IR Update - February 2007)

It's coming your way - more U.S. and foreign companies are adopting interactive data reporting and more analysts and investors are looking to interactive data to analyze your business and financial information and enhance their...

January 15, 2007

Worth Repeating – Pres. Teddy Roosevelt

By: Pres. Teddy Roosevelt

One hundred years ago a New Yorker in the White House – “TR” -- Teddy Roosevelt – in his first message to Congress said:

January 12, 2007

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Comments On Key Topics For Our Times

By: From his collection of commentary in “Nothing to Fear” – selected early comments

The “New Deal” Speech – at the Democratic National Convention

Chicago – July 2, 1932

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was [then] Governor of New York (elected November 1928). Herbert Hoover was president, serving his first term (also...

December 19, 2006

Trade Associations and Oversight of Company Political Spending

By: Directors Monthly (By Bruce F. Freed and Jamie Carroll)

The effort to limit corporate money in politics has created new channels for corporate political involvement, many hidden from public view. Prominent among these are trade associations. In response to the Bi-Partisan Campaign...