Op/ed: Ten reasons to scrap employee performance reviews
Everybody hates giving them and getting them.
Read More →Op/ed: Ten ways to shift to whole-family financial planning
By John Ambrecht on February 22, 2012 For decades, estate and family business succession planning have been primarily about legally protecting and distributing family wealth and reassigning business assets, roles and responsibilities according to the wishes of those at the helm of the company or family unit. However, the landscape is shifting to incorporate a Read More →
Read More →Letter to the editor: Presidential pardon would compromise integrity
There is a sticking point on a presidential pardon, and that is integrity.
Read More →Letter to the editor: CEQA makes for better projects
CEQA isn’t perfect, but it provides a vehicle for community engagement and an opportunity to make projects better.
Read More →Op/ed: To protect community assets, Congress needs to level the playing field for small banks
For community banks, these new regulations are as onerous as they are expensive.
Read More →Op/ed: Running up a tab at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
Show me a flat space anywhere — home, office, car — and it’s yet another great place to put a tablet touch screen.
Read More →Op/ed: Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Congress
By Billie Greer on Jan. 11, 2013 Butch Cassidy: Alright. I’ll jump first. Sundance Kid: No. Butch Cassidy: Then you jump first. Sundance Kid: No, I said. Butch Cassidy: What’s the matter with you? Sundance Kid: I can’t swim. Butch Cassidy: Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you. So went the dialogue as Read More →
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