Weekly Reports

SELLING OF BODY PARTS IS ON THE RISE for many Americans who haven’t experienced the ‘recession is over’ political hype, and thanks to internet search engines and exchanges making connection easy. Hair, eggs, breast milk and even kidneys are among... Continue

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FACE CHALLENGES THAT MEN DON’T – especially if they’re ‘momtrepreneurs’ with dual responsibilities to families in addition to normal work-balance stresses. Principal female obstacles include: (1) “emotional connection that can cause holdback in making tough decisions”; (2) tendency... Continue

THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE HAS INCREASED ‘REPUTATIONAL’ RISK FOR BUSINESSES – with many hurt by damaging YouTube videos and/or FaceBook posts. Yet a recent survey of more than 1,300 professionals found that fewer than half ever, and 28% never, “use... Continue

BEWARE: A NEW VERY AGGRESSIVE MALWARE, “distributed as a zip file attachment to emails which encrypts files on the user’s hard drive, rendering them unusable until a ransom is paid. There is no technology to protect against the malware. The... Continue

MILLENNIALS WILL SOON RULE THE WORLD. New research by Deloitte, based on 2,400 college students & working millennial professionals, found that: (1) “70% are less interested in running your company than running their own; (2) They are impatient, want new... Continue