If you’re like many attorneys, you’d love to replace your old computer with a faster model but can’t justify shelling out all that money when the old workhorse still gets the job done adequately. But have you ever wondered how ...
Read More »Eccleston: Protection of retired investors becomes a priority
Senior investors, as well as baby boomers who are retired or who are approaching retirement, should take some comfort from a recent notice to financial services firms, Regulatory Notice 07-43. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority states that the purpose of ...
Read More »Hughes: Sleep: A time-consuming but worthy resolution
With the New Year come resolutions. He who fails to plan, plans to fail. So, we resolve to do better, plan better, make better choices, spend our time wiser, and to take better care of ourselves and others. No matter ...
Read More »Court decides who may be called a financial adviser
The Financial Planning Association beat the stockbrokers in the name-calling contest. They sued over whether brokers could call themselves investment advisers and run your money for a fee. A federal appeals court said no. A stockbroker is a salesperson, not ...
Read More »Sleep: A time-consuming but worthy resolution
With the New Year come resolutions. He who fails to plan, plans to fail. So, we resolve to do better, plan better, make better choices, spend our time more wisely, and to take better care of ourselves and others. No ...
Read More »Practice ‘business’ to practice success
Starting a new firm, several aspects of which we’ve discussed in recent columns, is something quite distinct and separate from practicing law. It brings the lawyer face to face with what I have often called “the business of law.” The ...
Read More »A good year provides its own balance sheet (11016)
It’s that time of year again when we look back at the previous year and forward to the coming 366 days. (2008 is a leap year.) Also, I think small-business owners everywhere are looking at their year-end financials and assessing ...
Read More »A good year provides its own balance sheet
It’s that time of year again when we look back at the previous year and forward to the coming 365 days. Also, I think small-business owners everywhere are looking at their year-end financials and assessing their goals. I know I ...
Read More »Napier: A good year provides its own balance sheet
It’s that time of year again when we look back at the previous year and forward to the coming 365 days. (Well, 366 with the leap year.) Also, I think small-business owners everywhere are looking at their year-end financials and ...
Read More »How children can provide a pension for parents
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Having been abandoned by his parents, surviving five foster homes and bootstrapping his way into American baseball’s minor leagues, Tom Anthony eventually hustled his way into a job as a commentator on football ...
Read More »New Bush rules cover chimp homes, bumped flyers
For U.S. rule watchers who live in the digital world, the new searchable, online version of the Bush administration’s semi-annual regulatory agenda was an early holiday gift. For those who like to scoff at 1,500-page lists of documents, it’s cause ...
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