Common Cybersecurity Concerns for Private Equity and Hedge Funds
As alternative investments such as private equity and hedge funds explode with success, more and more fund managers are entering the space. For many new fund managers, the process of starting a private equity firm or hedge fund often doesn’t give cybersecurity practices enough weight – a decision that can lead to huge ramifications in …
Reasons Why Texting and Driving is Worse Than Drinking and Driving
Thanks to aggressive campaigning, everyone is aware of the dangers of drinking and driving. From the old-school Red Ribbon Week to DUI defense lawyers and police stations, organizations have done their part to reveal how hazardous driving under the influence truly is. Did you know that texting and driving is worse than drunk driving, though? …
How to Manage an Employee Going Through a Divorce
Personal issues directly affect an employee’s ability to perform the duties of their job. With 40 to 50 percent of all marriages ending in divorce, the likelihood of this tragedy affecting your employees is high. Naturally, you want to be proactive about this situation before your employee’s productivity starts slipping. Here’s how to manage the …
Policeman Wins Sexual Orientation Award of Twenty Million Dollars.
A Missouri police officer has been awarded just about twenty million dollars by a court jury, after alleging that the officers above him in his department found his sexual orientation objectionable and asked him to ‘tone down’ his homosexualality. Sergeant Keith Wildhaber of Saint Louis County Police claimed in his suit that he was tipped …
Wildfires Blaze Out of Control in California.
The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has now declared a state of emergency for the entire state as wildfires ravage both northern and southern California. Hundreds of thousands of people are being evacuated this evening, and over a million residents are without electricity because the utilities are afraid of starting new wildfires while the Santa …
YouTube to MP3 Converters: Storage
In order to get started saving YouTube videos as MP3 files, there are a few things you need to check off your list. While it’s not hard to use YouTube to Mp3 converters, its best to have everything you need to get the full, successful experience of using a YouTube to MP3 converter. Mostly (other …
America’s Air Quality Declines.
A new study shows that toxic air pollution is increasing on a national level, and has been for the past three years, which reverses more than ten years of cleaner air gains. The EPA has published data this week from researchers at prestigious Carnegie Mellon University that show a jump in fine particulate pollution during …
New Mexico Oil Boom a Political Hot Potato.
The southeastern section of New Mexico is experiencing a mini oil boom of sorts. The gushers are coming in on a regular basis in this Republican-dominated enclave of wildcatters. But there’s a problem brewing up in Santa Fe, the state capital, where last year the Democrat-dominated legislatures drew up a program of bills dubbed “The …
Wildfires Wreak Havoc in Northern California.
Utility officials said late Saturday night that they would have to shut off the power grid for nearly one million users in Northern California either today or tomorrow, because of the fear that raging wildfires, such as the Kincade conflagration, would become uncontrollable and highly destructive in urban areas later today due to low humidity …
UAW/GM Strike Ends Today
UAW workers approved the contract their union representatives hammered out with General Motors Corporation earlier today. This approval ends the strike that has shut down dozens of factories throughout the Midwest and the so-called Rust Belt since the beginning of September. The United Auto Workers used their UAW website to make the announcement this morning, …
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