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August 28, 2007

Featured News



Cell phone dos and don'ts

Do you remember a world without cell phones? Wow, there's a scary question. But cell phones, connected as they may keep us, seem to have an amazing power to disturb and trump face to face interaction. The following is a list of cell phone dos and don'ts that will help you avoid embarrassing yourself while still honoring the person across the table.



Election Watch: Three candidates pledge tax transparency with order for Google government

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) have signed oaths declaring that, should they win the presidency in 2008, they will issue an executive order during their first month in office instructing the entire executive branch to put into practice the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, a Google-like search tool that will allow you to see how your tax dollars are being spent on federal contracts, grants and earmarks.



SEC files action to halt $25 million Ponzi scheme

Continuing its crackdown on financial fraud against senior citizens, the Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action to shut down a $25 million Ponzi scheme that victimized hundreds of senior and other investors nationwide who bought fractional ownership interests in life insurance policies.



Lite News

Does anybody like an angry woman?
The chairman of the Republican National Committee caused something of a furor last year when he asserted on national television that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was too angry to be elected president. However misguided the chairman's allegation may have been, he was not being merely personal: According to a new study, people strongly disapprove of women expressing anger in a professional context.

In-Depth News

Advise a client to turn down an inheritance? Well, maybe...
Surprisingly, you may want to advise a client to refuse an inheritance. Example: A client who expects to receive assets from an elderly parent might prefer that the funds go directly to his or her children.