trailer for Molly's Game Opening this holiday season is the film Molly's Game , which is a biopic about an Olympic-hopeful who became an extremely successful poker-game-hosting entrepreneur. Molly Bloom, portrayed by Jessica Chastain, thinks...

Fareed Zakaria on the new tax bill Whether or not one agrees with the wisdom of the GOP tax bill, if it becomes law (as it looks like it will, as of December 17th, 2017), then each taxpayer probably wants to make the best of it on a personal basis....

from Grammarly.com It is a little ironic for me, as an instructor, to read an article in which the REQUESTOR of the letter of recommendation is making an argument for changing the process. Often it is the professor or former boss that is inundated...

Tracy's Dogs, a different, non-profit, organization with the same mission Depending upon where you live, the puppies you see at your local adoption center may not be local strays...but rather may be imports from elsewhere in the country. There are...

image from YouTube video produced by Wah! Banana Interviewing for a job means that you have your "foot in the door." You have made the "paper cut" and the employer is interested enough in you as a future employee to take the time...

Trevor Noah reports on NFL players kneeling (language warning) Noam Scheiber, writing in the NYT, has researched labor law regarding the recent kneeling done by athletes during the national anthem. Is it legal? Should the NFL stop it? His take-away...

trailer of Netflix series from YouTube Ozark' s initial reviews described it as being less compelling than Breaking Bad. Therefore , in the era of Too Much TV ( Forbes ), it did not get my attention right away. But a recommendation from a former...

Zuckerberg spins Facebook's involvement in politics Facebook has been in the news lately--not for its cute baby goat videos, but for its considerable political influence. Mark Zuckerberg's belated and underwhelming response to his company's...

Adam Bryant, editor/writer of The Corner Office column, NYT Sarah Thompson is now the global CEO of Droga5 , an innovative ad agency. But she wasn't always. The early years of her career--as well as upbringing by hippie parents--don't obviously...

PBS NewsHour on the Equifax hack Equifax, one of the three gatekeepers of credit histories for individuals, recently announced a breach affecting virtually all financially active individuals in the United States. The breach occurred between May and...

from PopTrigger "Range anxiety" is less of an issue for the Tesla Model S (200+ miles) than it is for other all-electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf (107 miles). Nevertheless, for those evacuating areas of Florida in the path of Hurricane...

from the YouTube page of Charmalee Kirk Silicon Valley firms--including Instagram, Twitter, Amazon, and Facebook--have been making donations to public school teachers willing to brand themselves and use their products in their curriculum. One teacher...

from CBS News Should retailers hike the prices of supplies needed for survival when a disaster strikes? Does the "law of supply and demand" give entrepreneurs the right to buy up supplies, then re-sell the water and the matches and the gasoline...

from CBS News, Los Angeles Amazon did not require vendors selling eye protection for viewing the partial solar eclipse to prove they were selling "certified" wares prior to posting on the retail site. But it turns out SOME of the glasses...

"Master Procrastinator" Tim Urban TEDTalk Procrastination sometimes feels good in the moment, but it can cause problems for oneself and for others in the long run. It can really make you look bad--as well as annoy others--at work. We all do...

image from Avalere Health LLC via Investopedia A PBM is a "Pharmacy Benefit Manager." This is a middleman in the insurance-pharmacy-drug-doctor-patient industry. Originally, these entities worked for big providers like state and federal government...

image from Human Resource Services What can a person in a small business do with information regarding organizational problems, if they don't have any real power? The Workologist advice column linked below asks the question: " How can I...

image from NYT ; The Haggler The Haggler is moving on. He is taking a position with the London Times , as his real life persona, David Segal . The Haggler Twitter presence is dissolving. His work is changing. Consumer advocacy has lost a brilliant...

image from Kaspersky Blog How could ransomware get any worse? Now it is being reported that ransomware victims are being given a choice: either pay up in bitcoin...or turn on the ransomers to two more potential victims. Popcorn time is the first ransomware...

The Wizard of Lies trailer The story of Bernie Madoff is a classic drama involving business ethics. Madoff was the financial manipulator behind the largest Ponzi scheme in American history. A Ponzi scheme is set up so that the earlier investors are...

from The Edge TV, YouTube In 2013, Malaysian financier Jho Low made Steven Witcof's extravagant plans for the NYC Park Lane property seem possible. Low had promised 85% of the financing, and had provided twice the usual non-refundable down payment...

United Health Group has been sued by the Justice Department . The Justice Department alleges that UnitedHealth has over-billed Medicare by hundreds of millions dollars per year. It appears that UnitedHealth systematically made patients look sicker than...

AON Affinity executive discusses cyber risk via AICPA and YouTube The AICPA , which is the professional organization that promulgates standards for accounting reporting and auditing, is issuing guidelines on assessing and mitigating cyber risk. Amy...

In these days when egregious ethical violations by businesses, complicated by cover-ups, often make headlines--here is some good news: KPMG (one of the Big Four auditing firms), has taken immediate action to fire five partners and one other individual...

from HipHollywood via YouTube People working for corporations rarely act publicly in ways that contradict what they perceive is acceptable by the corporation. Attitudes filter down. If profit-driven sales quotas are a priority at the top, the end-justifies...