VOL. 35 | NO. 17 | Friday, April 29, 2011
Information, image at risk without established policies
For every employee who’s using the office’s high-speed Internet connection to verify data and connect with customers, there’s another one posting outtakes from corporate memos to a joke website. Or worse.
Sour cordite clouds of spent black powder swirl around Dennis Boggs as he sets his black stovepipe hat on the camp table and steps into the crowd of saluting Union soldiers and 21st Century admirers.
Nashville’s Elvis Wilson – a veteran of the advertising business in Nashville – hopes Abe Lincoln propels him into the big-time.
GET A JOB!
In today’s uncertain work environment, the likelihood of employees having to lay off employees is common. Many employees being laid off often experience confusion, disorientation and anger. The question they most often ask themselves is, “What do I do now?” And the question that employers often ask themselves is, “What can I do to help the employee or employees I am letting go?”
NEWSMAKERS
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, has elected 13 new shareholders across the firm, including two attorneys in its Nashville office: Courtney H. Gilmer and Samuel F. Miller.
BOOK REVIEW
Your assistant puts up with a lot.
I SWEAR
Editor’s note: Judge Vic is on vacation this week. This column is from October 2009.
KAY'S COOKING CORNER
This past week I served lunch at the office. Everyone loves this, but little do they know they are guinea pigs.
STATE LEGISLATURE
NASHVILLE (AP) — The Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would require Tennessee insurance companies to include hearing aids for individuals up to 18 years of age in their policies despite opponents who say the mandate could drive up health care costs.
NASHVILLE (AP) — There may still be life in a proposal to repeal Tennessee teachers' collective bargaining rights after its sponsor said Wednesday that a committee will reconvene to hear the bill.
NASHVILLE (AP) — Two contentious immigration proposals have been delayed in the House Finance Subcommittee.
NASHVILLE (AP) — The chairwoman of the Senate Education Committee has withdrawn legislation to reject the appointment of three members of the Tennessee Board of Regents after one of them resigned.
REGIONAL
MURFREESBORO (AP) — Officials at Middle Tennessee State University say the school is now the only four-year institution in the state that gives re-entry scholarships to older, non-traditional students who want to get a degree.
NATIONAL BUSINESS
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil tumbled nearly 7 percent Thursday amid new signs that demand for fuel in the U.S. is weakening.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. remains atop the Fortune 500 list even as it struggled to keep its U.S. customers coming in the door.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fixed mortgage rates dipped to the lowest level of the year this week. The third straight weekly decline comes at the start of the peak buying season.
NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers reported surging April sales that were helped by a late Easter, extending strong spending momentum since late last year.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits surged last week to the highest level in eight months, a troubling sign a day ahead of the government's report on April employment.
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. reported its highest quarterly profit in more than a decade, helped by demand for fuel-efficient cars and a big gain from selling its stake in its former auto parts business.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) — CVS Caremark Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter net income fell nearly 8 percent on lower margins and higher costs.
NATIONAL POLITICS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden and top lawmakers are beginning their quest to tame the spiraling U.S. debt with small steps aimed at finding what common ground might exist in vastly different approaches toward restructuring government spending.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It would be harder for tour bus companies to win permission to operate and easier for the government to put rogue operators out of business under a series of bus safety steps announced Thursday by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.