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MassMutual Sees Continued Momentum in the Nonprofit Market
MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division has been selected by the Thames Valley Council for Community Action, Inc. (TVCCA) as the new provider for the organization’s $5.2 million 401(a) and $4.4 million 403(b) retirement plans. TVCCA, based in southeastern Connecticut, is a private, nonprofit corporation that has been providing social services to economically and otherwise disadvantaged citizens in [...]
Continue reading...New CARD Act Disclosures
Sunday, March 7, 2010
The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009, which took effect February 22, 2010, requires new disclosures on monthly credit card statements. The Financial Services Roundtable and the Center for Responsible Lending have teamed up to explain a few of these new disclosures, which are intended to make the cost of credit [...]
Continue reading...MassMutual Survey: Finding Work-Life Balance Difficult When Family Business Is Your Life
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Finding a healthy balance between work and home life is tough enough, but when you work for a family business and your colleagues are your kin, it can require a sense of coordination worthy of a high-wire circus act. But striking a balance is not impossible, and can make a family business even more enjoyable and [...]
Continue reading...Straight Answers at a Premium in US Insurance Market
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Five years ago today, underwriters at Beazley USA Services Inc., a subsidiary of Beazley Group, one of the largest insurers in the Lloyd’s business market, bound their first professional liability policy on US soil. Beazley’s locally underwritten US business has since grown to more than $370 million in annual premiums and Beazley’s US underwriters [...]
Continue reading...Jobs Bill Tax Credit Not Enough: More Small Businesses Turn to Business Cash Advances
Friday, February 26, 2010
The jobs bill approved by the U.S. Senate includes a tax credit meant as a hiring incentive for small business. But small businesses say it’s not enough. With many struggling to meet payroll while revenue is down, hiring a new employee in return for a few thousand dollars is not feasible or smart. Businesses are turning [...]
Continue reading...Corporations Gain Control Over Far-Flung Food Spend
Friday, February 26, 2010
Vmeals online catering service a top choice for corporate accounting and management News Highlights: - Challenging economy increases demand for control over corporate food spend - Vmeals corporate account technology provides budgeting, real-time reporting - Corporations want consolidated ordering and spending information Ask any corporate CFO who manages multiple offices and large, remote sales forces how they manage their spending [...]
Continue reading...Foreclosure Experts Claim Credit Card Reform Harming Housing Industry
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Foreclosure experts at USHUD.com and Heavy Hammer Inc. say the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009, which went into effect this week, is slashing into an already beleaguered real estate market. Michael Urbanski, CEO of USHUD.com and Heavy Hammer Inc., says credit card companies, in anticipation of this law becoming effective, have [...]
Continue reading...More Than 1 Billion Speakers of Endangered Languages Get Access to Technology
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Microsoft Local Language Program announces new business initiatives to provide technology access, helping to grow local economies. It is estimated that every 14 days a language dies. This means that during the Winter Olympic Games, currently happening in Vancouver, B.C., one more of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth — many of them not [...]
Continue reading...Real Estate Auctions Continue To Assist Serious Sellers
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tranzon Integrated Property Group (”Tranzon”) has announced the closing of the Central Plaza Shopping Center, a 50,000 sq. ft. center on over 7 acres of land in North Branford, CT. During the short 5-week marketing period, Tranzon surfaced 230 interested bidders who self-qualified by filling out confidentiality agreements. From this group, 53 parties [...]
Continue reading...American Workers No Longer See Their Jobs as a ‘Labor of Love’
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Employees May Look for Change on the Horizon as Workplace Attitudes Begin to Shift in 2010 While the unemployment rate for business has started to show a slight decrease to 9.7%, and as companies appear to be shedding fewer jobs, there’s increased belief that the worst of the recession is behind us and that the country [...]
Continue reading...Prospects for Employment Gains Improve According to Fannie Mae’s Economic & Mortgage Market Analysis Group
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Evidence of Economic Strength Continues; Real Estate Outlook Hopeful for 2010 Economic growth continues at a moderate pace as noted in the February 2010 Economic Outlook released today by Fannie Mae’s (NYSE: FNM) Economics & Mortgage Market Analysis Group. The labor market is improving gradually, with more than 500,000 household jobs created in January. The length [...]
Continue reading...Credit Reform Is Coming - Know Where You Stand
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Equifax offers consumers more insight into their credit history; in advance of Credit CARD Act Major provisions of the Credit CARD (Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure) Act of 2009 legislation, including new rules regarding rates, limits and fees, as well as billing and payments will make it easier for consumers to take control [...]
Continue reading...Critical Infrastructure Twice as Likely to be Targeted by Cybercriminals
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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Leading Provider of SaaS Web Security Releases Annual Global Threat Report ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of SaaS Web Security, today issued its Annual Global Threat Report, revealing that critical infrastructure such as energy, pharmaceutical and government assets are more than twice as likely to be targeted by cybercriminals than other organizations. The report is [...]
Continue reading...41st Parameter Extends Fight Against Online Fraud Through Expanded Operations in Europe
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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Appoints Information Security Industry Veteran to Drive EMEA Expansion 41st Parameter, the leading provider of web fraud detection and prevention solutions, today announced the expansion of its European presence with the opening of a new office in Munich, Germany. The company simultaneously announced the appointment of information security veteran David Curran as vice president of [...]
Continue reading...Strategic Workforce Planning to Help Manage HR Issues As the Economic Recovery Progresses
Saturday, February 13, 2010
As the recovery progresses, employers will shift their focus from cutting labor costs back to preserving talent and investing in key segments of their workforce – issues at the very heart of strategic workforce planning (SWP), The Conference Board reports today. “Employers who’ve been forced to focus on reducing headcount will return to deciding whether to [...]
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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