Publications
March 10, 2013
Weekly Report 13-11
A PUBLIC COMPANY HAS MANY PRESUMED PURPOSES – building products & markets, providing jobs for employees, contributing to the community, and certainly providing financial returns to its investors. But in today’s business world, “only the maximization of shareholder’s wealth has become endemic, driving directors and executives to run public firms with a relentless focus on... Continue
March 3, 2013
Weekly Report 13-10
“EVERY HOUR OF TV THAT KIDS WATCH ON AN AVERAGE WEEKNIGHT CAN INCREASE THEIR RISK OF LANDING IN PRISON BY 30%… especially low-income boys who are most at risk of being victims and perpetrators of aggression.” However, a new Seattle Children’s Research Institute study suggests that “what they watch could matter more than how much... Continue
February 24, 2013
Weekly Report 13-09
‘CONTINGENCY PLANNING’ FOR DISASTER – INCLUDING THE EARTHQUAKE which experts say is coming sooner than later – is prudent business strategy, and not overwhelmingly complicated. The objective is to ensure that if/when your systems are down and/or workforce can’t get to the office your company, as best possible, can stay in business. The most critical... Continue
February 17, 2013
Weekly Report 13-08
THE U.S. GOV’T HAS FORMALLY ADMITTED “BEING AFRAID TO PROSECUTE” THE BIG BANKS. The risk of “destabilizing the banking system… and global instability” is how the Justice Dep’t rationalized recently settling for cash instead of criminal prosecution in two huge banking scandals: (1) HSBC, which committed the “largest drug-and- terrorism money-laundering case ever” got away... Continue
February 10, 2013