My colleague, Paul Magnone, recently wrote an interesting piece on Forbes Front Line Insight discussing Four Big Data Trends That Change Everything. To paraphrase Paul, rather than be blindsided by new trends, consider the following four movements for future growth: read »
Today, both at a press conference and on the White House web site, the President touted the “success” of his health care law in part due to the law's Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) rule. The rules specifies that insurers spend a minimum percentage of their premiums on paying medical costs, as opposed to other costs – and to pay a rebate to consumers if the medical costs turned out, at the end of the year, to be “too low” as a percentage of the premiums In the individual and small-employer markets, the[...] read »
Outside of the now famous transit zone at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, outside of the drama over the NSA leaks and the sometimes angry colloquies over what constitutes ethical journalism and righteous whistleblowing, outside of the international posturing and the predictable fists shaken at the United States by predictable politicians and parties, there is the first truly effective and heartening by-product of what has come to be known as the "Snowden Effect." read »
When developing your change communication strategy, you need to tell people what they really want to hear. You also need to look like you believe it! read »
A one-year ban by the Union County (N.C.) Public Schools against playing prerecorded songs with any lyrics at ballgames has been overturned, so no longer will crowds be fired up by "Rock 'n' Roll, Part Two" with the only word, "hey," bleeped out, and no longer will the dance team be stuck doing every routine to the sound of the Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein." read »
While the major indexes look to be firing on all cyclinders, the Sector Sum indicator shows deterioration beneath the surface. The chart below shows the Sector Sum making lower highs even as the S&P 500 makes new highs. read »
Hedge fund investing promises a very simple outcome: Give your money to a manager and he or she will do whatever it takes to make your assets rise in all markets. read »
Lois Lerner may be steadfastly taking the Fifth, but Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Russell George appeared to before a key committee and made a few things clear: read »
By Michael Moran and Jonathan Wood read »