S.C. Governor Signs Workers' Comp Order (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Gov. Mark Sanford signed an executive order Thursday requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to use objective standards when awarding disability payments, saying such benchmarks ensure injured employees are treated fairly....more...Ask SCORE: Avoid common mistakes in your business (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Q: What mistakes should a small business owner avoid? Don't put off writing your business plan. Do not wait until you have enough time because there is never enough time. You will never have enough people to give you the time, but you might have too many people....more... Governor sets payout for workers (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Gov. Mark Sanford signed an executive order Thursday requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to use objective standards when awarding disability payments, saying such benchmarks ensure injured employees are treated fairly. Critics said they don't believe Sanford had the authority to issue the mandate, and said the issue may be decided in court. The Republican governor said the standards ......more... Preparing for Your Second Act (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
F. Scott Fitzgerald once observed, "There are no second acts in American lives," but if he were alive today, he might consider revising the quote. After a lifetime in politics, Al Gore won an Academy Award and has refashioned himself into a business and media mogul, founding an investment firm, an Internet television concern, and advising or sitting on the boards of companies such as Google ......more... Stein: Ranking the East teams on their offseason moves (ESPN)
Marc Stein ranks the Eastern Conference teams, from best to worst, on their offseason moves....more... Broadcasts open window on local officials (News Transcript)
Ihave been a resident of Manalapan for over six years and this is the second letter I am writing concerning the way this township conducts its business. We as residents are very fortunate to now have available to us the ability through Channel 77 to watch how our township government works. This, however, has proven to be a doubleedged sword....more... Cozen O'Connor Faces Gender Discrimination Lawsuit (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Cozen O'Connor has been hit with a sex discrimination suit by a lawyer who claims she was ousted from the firm less than a month after she filed a formal complaint of gender discrimination with the firm's director of human resources....more... September 21, 2007 (Arts Journal)
Boehm: Newspapers problems? It ain't objectivity. Once again Mike Boehm from the Los Angeles Times has contributed a quality comment that I feel compelled to showcase....more... Los Rios to build community college center at UCD (The Daily Democrat)
As it reaches an important milestone, a project to build a community college branch in a residential and commercial development at UC Davis - a first for a UC campus - is being heralded as a demonstration of deepening educational partnerships for the benefit of students....more... |