Wellness: Candy Company Helps Workers Cut Calories; Employees Eager to...
Byline: Kathleen Koster Employees of the American Licorice Company are not only proud to celebrate nearly 100 years of making Red Vines and other yummy treats; they also relish the company-sponsored...
View Article-HSBC's Sale of Balance Stake in Ping an Insurance Gets Approval
Global Banking News-February 1, 2013--HSBC's sale of balance stake in Ping An Insurance gets approval(C)2013 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 01 February 2013 According...
View ArticleTxDOT Plans New P3s and Bond Issues
Byline: Richard Williamson DALLAS - The Texas Transportation Commission plans to develop a major Dallas-Fort Worth freeway as a tolled public-private partnership and is re-issuing a request for...
View ArticleFresno in a Tight Spot
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View ArticleDetroit Suburb Warns It Could Be Broke by Month's End
Byline: Caitlin Devitt CHICAGO -- The Detroit suburb of Allen Park is in danger of running out of money by the end of February and has started to delay payments to vendors while the city's new...
View ArticleEMPLOYER MATCHES: Sponsors May Say, 'Me, Too' on Once-a-Year Match; IBM...
Byline: Andrea Davis IBM's announcement late last year that it was switching its 401(k) employer match from twice a month to once a year garnered a lot of attention and drew fire from Alliance@IBM, an...
View ArticleCOMPLIANCE: IRS Expands System for Fixing Faulty Retirement Plans; Revenue...
Byline: Michael Cohn The Internal Revenue Service has released a long-awaited set of rules for correcting employee retirement plans that fail to meet the requirements of the Tax Code. The revenue...
View ArticleInside Baseball; with PPACA Implementation in Full Swing, the Top Four Broker...
Byline: Elizabeth Galentine From addressing essential health benefits to ensuring there's a solution to modified community rating provisions, the leaders of the top lobbying firms representing employee...
View ArticleBusiness Owners Eye Tax Relief; the Cash Balance Pension Plan Proves to Be an...
Byline: Jeffrey Jackson The fiscal cliff debate culminated in the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The Act extended certain tax provisions that expired at the end of 2012, including...
View ArticleAct Now on Private Exchanges
Uncertainty often leads to inaction. Change brings opportunity. We have moved from a time of uncertainty to a time of change. Prior to the SCOTUS decision and the November election there was...
View ArticleSharing a New Core with Others; When It Came Time for PointBank to Upgrade...
Byline: Shane Kite PointBank is converting its core banking to VSoft's CoreSoft, a modern browser-based system built with J2EE technology. The $350 million bank is so confident in CoreSoft's abilities...
View ArticleThe Hole in Health Management; Behavioral Health Must Play an Integrated Role...
Byline: Sean Fogarty For some employers, population health management focuses only on the management of members who have chronic health conditions. For others, PHM supports members in all stages of...
View ArticleFinding a Niche; Market Segmentation: Advantages for the Broker and Clients...
Byline: Andy Torelli When you think of client diversity, what comes to mind? Do you believe being a generalist is the appropriate course for your future? My firm, e3 Financial, is the antithesis of...
View ArticleFarming out the Core; the New CIO of Simplicity Bank Realized Managing the...
Byline: Shane Kite When David Hanighen arrived in October 2011 as the newly hired CIO at Simplicity Bank, it was immediately obvious to him what the Covina, Calif.-based institution had to do to wring...
View ArticleVarbriefs
Byline: Editorial Staff QUEUE ASSOCIATES OPENS HONG KONG OFFICE New York - Microsoft Dynamics partner Queue Associates Inc. is opening a Hong Kong office and, effectively, Queue Associates Worldwide...
View ArticleMeet the Green Team; When It Comes to Alternative Energy, Massachusetts CPA...
Byline: Tamika Cody It's safe to say that Rodman & Rodman's alternative energy practice has deep roots. Over the last three decades, the firm has evolved as a specialist in providing accounting...
View ArticleRedefining Entry-Level; Cloud-Based Offerings Change the Face of Low-Cost...
Byline: Ted Needleman It used to be easy to define entry-level accounting software - QuickBooks, Peachtree, and MYOB pretty much covered it. That's far from the case now. With microbusinesses becoming...
View ArticleMeet Our Accountant of the Month
Byline: Danielle Lee / Atlanta When the boss at your first job out of college challenges you to run a marathon, what's the recommended response? If you're Haley Chura, weeks into an auditing role at...
View Article-M&T Hires Chief Risk Officer
Global Banking News-February 1, 2013--M&T hires chief risk officer(C)2013 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 01 February 2013 M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB) has announced...
View Article-Jordan Bank's Syria Unit Reports Theft
Global Banking News-February 1, 2013--Jordan Bank's Syria unit reports theft(C)2013 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 01 February 2013 The Syrian affiliate of Jordan's...
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