Pictures of Senator Barack Obama in a traditional Somali warrior’s turban have surfaced on the internet and been given widespread distribution. I remember when former Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, a one time Governor of Massachusetts, was caught wearing a camouflage helmet riding... read more

With the stock market closer to twelve thousand than fourteen thousand as measured by the Dow, headline writers and other news sources are making it clear that financial markets will not truly rally towards the fourteen thousand benchmark and probably beyond until Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke,... read more

In an effort to add excitement and generate interest to what appears is destined to be a dry, intellectual, theoretically high minded, six month long Presidential contest, “The New York Times” has published an article suggesting that Republican candidate John McCain was too close to a telecommunications... read more

There are probably many folks who acted in high school college productions, only to have their dreams of stardom placed on the back burner of real life. Their time in the spotlight has become a memory in between house payments, babysitting and overtime. But at some point, the desire to get back on... read more

My doctor does not perform miracles.  He is not a faith healer.  He does not heal the halting or halt healing, if he can.  But he does have a lot of medical experience, many connections and a good practice.  Still, as for bringing back the dead, no, he cannot do that and I do not think he contemplates... read more

The Dow Jones Industrial Average of thirty industrial companies is dropping two companies, Honeywell, HON, a diversified manufacturer of power systems and other industrial supplies, and Altria, MO, now just a tobacco company, and replacing them with Bank of America, BAC, a large bank, and Chevron, CVX,... read more

Last year, from the endless depths of its accumulated wisdom and financial acumen, the Federal Reserve was sending interest rates higher.  This made borrowing money ever more costly, making it more expensive to buy a car or own a house.  This slowed sales and experienced investors in the financial... read more

The results for Super Tuesday finally have been counted.  There may be leaders in the race for the White House, but quite possibly there may be no leaders, only candidates, the race being so close and the issues so cloudy that it is hard to tell exactly who did what and when or if they did do what did... read more

By Mary White, M.A., SPHR, MTI Business Solutions When your goal is to grow your business, one of the most important things you can do is spend time learning how to generate publicity for your organization. The key to getting publicity for your company is to develop and implement a sound public relations... read more

by Mary White, M.A., SPHR, MTI Business Solutions Management can be a very rewarding career. However, many people apply for or accept their first management job without stopping and thinking about what it really means to make the transition from being an employee to being a supervisor. A lot of things... read more