Any team whose members are not all physically under the same roof can be considered to be virtual, as long as the participants have complementary skills and knowledge that produce greater value when they work together than if they worked separately. A virtual team can be local, national, or global, with members from one firm or many. Teams can be made up of full-time, in-house […]

No place to call Home You’re on your way home from work or school and you stop at a red light. As you patiently wait for the light to glisten green you notice someone walking in between the rows of cars. It’s not the usual person who’s always selling water and random fruits; instead it’s a person in raggedy clothes holding a sign that reads […]

Introduction Madness and lunacy are both words that have been loosely used throughout history. Although modern research allows us to discover and treat madness and lunacy more accurately this was not always the case. It is interesting to look at what people actually mean when they use the term madness and what people used to do about it. Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals […]

Introduction The European financial transaction tax (FTT) is a proposal by the European Commission expected to be introduced in 2014, covering the 27 state members of the EU. This tax is intended to cover financial transactions between financial institutions, with proposed charges against exchange of shares and bonds, and derivative contracts.[1] The tax is expected to raise 57 billion Euros a year if implemented and […]

It is ironic and coincidental this memo comes on the heals of the massive Anheuser-Busch/InBev acquisition. The leak of our interest in GE Appliance by Wall Street Journal blog “Deal Journal” has not sullied our position or interest. It is strongly recommended Haier begin to line up financing for an asset purchase of GE Appliance. Louisville, KY-based GE Appliance is an attractive acquisition target for […]

Have you ever wondered “how to find yourself? ” But.. . how is “finding yourself” possible? If you’re trying to find yourself, you really need to know what you’re looking for, or you won’t know when you’ve found it. Back in ancient times, the greeks had philosophers. They would do nothing but sit around and think. Plato is one of the most famous of the […]

Manning et al., (2009) claim that one in 11 children aged less than 16 in the UK are living in a family where there is an alcohol or drug problem. However it is important to note that not all parents who are substance misusers are bad parents, but the habit can affect their parenting capacity (Murphy et al., 2003). Children who live with parents who […]

For 11 years, Arianna Huffington was the public face of the Huffington Post, the news site she created, nurtured and then sold. In August, she announced her decision to step down as its editor-in-chief to focus on a new health and wellness startup.  focused on leaving behind a business that had taken on a life of its own. “Great companies always succeed beyond their founder,” the founder […]

Flexible budget is a budget, which by recognizing the difference between fixed and variable costs in relation to fluctuations in output, turnover or other variable factors. It is designed to change in relation to the level of activity actually attained. It sometimes referred to a multi-volume budget. The Flexible budget takes the account of range of possible volumes. Since the fixed costs do not vary […]

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and the phenomena that we usually refer to as weather. Weather is constantly changing… it refers to the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place. Climate is a description of aggregate weather conditions. 2. Temperature of the air, humidity of the air, type and amount of cloudiness, type and amount of precipitation, pressure exerted […]