A Corporate Tuna Team Scores Big by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP® Response(s): 2
A Corporate Tuna Team Scores Big by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
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Job-Search Carpet Bombing
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
March 9, 2010
A smartly dressed young woman walked into our Fort Lauderdale office a couple of weeks ago, unannounced, and handed her resumé and cover letter to Melinda Beckmann, our newest associate. “Dear Hiring Manager,” she wrote, “I am very interested in applying for the career at your Corporation. My education and experience has previously added value to [...]
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March 9, 2010
A smartly dressed young woman walked into our Fort Lauderdale office a couple of weeks ago, unannounced, and handed her resumé and cover letter to Melinda Beckmann, our newest associate. “Dear Hiring Manager,” she wrote, “I am very interested in applying for the career at your Corporation. My education and experience has previously added value to [...]
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Ignore Those Numbers Behind The Curtain
By Jonathan Bergman, CFP®, EA
March 8, 2010
Last week, Larry Elkin commented here about the report by the Pew Center on the States that revealed a $1 trillion funding gap between what states have promised in retirement benefits to public employees and what they have actually set aside to meet those obligations. The report made it clear that the situation is bad, but [...]
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March 8, 2010
Last week, Larry Elkin commented here about the report by the Pew Center on the States that revealed a $1 trillion funding gap between what states have promised in retirement benefits to public employees and what they have actually set aside to meet those obligations. The report made it clear that the situation is bad, but [...]
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Making Good On A Promise
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
March 5, 2010
The Sixth Amendment guarantees the accused a right “to a speedy and public trial” and to “the assistance of counsel.” But for many defendants, a trial is never really an option. While statistics vary by jurisdiction, the Department of Justice reports that about 95% of all convictions in the United States result from a guilty plea. [...]
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March 5, 2010
The Sixth Amendment guarantees the accused a right “to a speedy and public trial” and to “the assistance of counsel.” But for many defendants, a trial is never really an option. While statistics vary by jurisdiction, the Department of Justice reports that about 95% of all convictions in the United States result from a guilty plea. [...]
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Protecting Internet Freedom In Friendly Countries
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
March 4, 2010
In late 2006 some schoolchildren in Turin, Italy, filmed themselves bullying an autistic classmate. They then uploaded the clip to Google Video. No one at Google knew these children. No one at the company saw the video before it was posted. When Google was notified of the video’s existence, it immediately took it down and worked [...]
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March 4, 2010
In late 2006 some schoolchildren in Turin, Italy, filmed themselves bullying an autistic classmate. They then uploaded the clip to Google Video. No one at Google knew these children. No one at the company saw the video before it was posted. When Google was notified of the video’s existence, it immediately took it down and worked [...]
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The R-Word
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
March 3, 2010
Advocates for individuals with intellectual disabilities will gather in Daly City, Calif., today to “spread the word to end the word.” The r-word, that is. The campaign, organized by the Special Olympics and Best Buddies International, encourages people to pledge to stop using the word “retarded” in a derogatory sense. The group’s website encourages supporters [...]
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March 3, 2010
Advocates for individuals with intellectual disabilities will gather in Daly City, Calif., today to “spread the word to end the word.” The r-word, that is. The campaign, organized by the Special Olympics and Best Buddies International, encourages people to pledge to stop using the word “retarded” in a derogatory sense. The group’s website encourages supporters [...]
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The $1 Trillion Empty Promise
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
March 2, 2010
Employees of state and local governments across America labor for (usually) fairly modest salaries, but they have the security of knowing that their employers guarantee them generous pension, health care and other retirement benefits. They ought to feel quite a bit less secure. A recent report by The Pew Center on the States found a $1 [...]
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March 2, 2010
Employees of state and local governments across America labor for (usually) fairly modest salaries, but they have the security of knowing that their employers guarantee them generous pension, health care and other retirement benefits. They ought to feel quite a bit less secure. A recent report by The Pew Center on the States found a $1 [...]
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Meet China’s ‘Ant Tribe’
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
March 1, 2010
China’s economic growth may hit 9 percent this year, but Guan Jian, profiled recently by the Los Angeles Times, is not feeling the benefits of his country’s rapidly expanding economy. Guan, 24, is a member of China’s “Ant Tribe.” Given their nickname by a recent book documenting their struggles, China’s estimated 3 million “ants” are young [...]
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March 1, 2010
China’s economic growth may hit 9 percent this year, but Guan Jian, profiled recently by the Los Angeles Times, is not feeling the benefits of his country’s rapidly expanding economy. Guan, 24, is a member of China’s “Ant Tribe.” Given their nickname by a recent book documenting their struggles, China’s estimated 3 million “ants” are young [...]
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Fallible Forecasts
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
February 26, 2010
In 2007, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change surprised scientists when it declared in its seminal report on global warming that certain huge Himalayan glaciers might melt away completely by 2035. “It’s physically impossible to kill the ice that fast,” Jeffrey Kargel, a professor at the University of Arizona who studies glaciers, told The Washington [...]
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February 26, 2010
In 2007, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change surprised scientists when it declared in its seminal report on global warming that certain huge Himalayan glaciers might melt away completely by 2035. “It’s physically impossible to kill the ice that fast,” Jeffrey Kargel, a professor at the University of Arizona who studies glaciers, told The Washington [...]
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Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences
By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
February 25, 2010
When it comes to making good health care policy, good intentions are not enough. That is something President Obama and lawmakers should remember as they meet today to discuss health care reform. And, if they find that maxim slipping their minds, they need only look to New York for a reminder. In 1992 then-Gov. Mario Cuomo signed [...]
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February 25, 2010
When it comes to making good health care policy, good intentions are not enough. That is something President Obama and lawmakers should remember as they meet today to discuss health care reform. And, if they find that maxim slipping their minds, they need only look to New York for a reminder. In 1992 then-Gov. Mario Cuomo signed [...]
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So Long, Charlie
March 10, 2010
Last week, the ethically challenged Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a temporary leave of absence from his position as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee until the ethics committee finishes its investigation of him. Given the number of Rangel’s alleged missteps, that could be awhile. The former chairman, who led the [...]
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