Statewide law firm names new partners in region
Shutts & Bowen has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach. Originally found on Business Observer Read More
5 useful tools to understand your client’s needs
Being a freelancer is a daunting task for anyone. Be it a designer, writer, developer or UXer, freelancing is a full-time — and sometimes a 24-hour job. You will need to anticipate, plan and confirm your client’s needs and wants, and deliver with limited time and resources. Sometimes, you need to accomplish tasks with limited…
COUV Stock Halted for 14 Days, SEC Raises Questions about “Accuracy” in Press Releases
Corporate Universe, Inc. (OTC Pink: COUV) has been soaring to new highs lately. It’s part of a larger trend where dozens of stocks, in the typically illiquid OTC markets, have come to life in recent months. At the beginning of December 2020, COUV was trading near $0.02 per share. Yesterday it closed at $0.84, an…
George Shultz: A Centenarian’s 8 Decades of Service Remembered
Former Secretary of State George Shultz died Saturday at the impressive age of 100 at his home in Stanford, California, where he had been a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution since 1982. Shultz died on the birthday of the president, Ronald Reagan, with whom he left his greatest mark on history. The cause of death has…
Ben Roback: Biden’s new administration. Are you not entertained? (No: and don’t expect to be.)
Ben Roback is Head of Trade and International Policy at Cicero Group. There is an iconic scene in Gladiator when Maximus (Russell Crowe) lifts his arms out and exclaims: “Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained! Is this not why you were here?” Donald Trump’s departure from Washington aboard Marine One was markedly less…
Andrew Murrison: I voted for lockdown. But the choice between saving lives and losing freedom is hard.
Dr Andrew Murrison is a former Foreign Office and DfID Minister, a doctor, and MP for South-West Wiltshire. Breaking bad news, laying out unpalatable options, are among the most difficult conversations any doctor will have. With the government bringing the immediate COVID crisis to heel, difficult conversations are needed to test the boundaries of society’s…
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: This unbrushed, unkempt PM reckons he can beat the Nats
“I have the confidence to do things my own way,” Boris Johnson’s hair declared. It was this week messier than ever: unbrushed, unkempt, uncut, as if the Prime Minister had washed it and fallen asleep with it in a wet and tangled mess, so that when he awoke it would stick out in every direction….
Ranil Jayawardena: A strong trading partnership with India will be a central feature of Global Britain
Ranil Jayawardena is Minister for International Trade, and is MP for North East Hampshire. Benjamin Disraeli once said that the secrets to success in politics were to “be amusing, never [to] tell unkind stories and above all, never [to] tell long ones.” I will make sure to abide by the latter two rules here, though…
Calling Conservatives: New public appointments announced. Chair of UK Research & Innovation – and more
Eight years ago, the TaxPayers’ Alliance reported that “in the last year, five times more Labour people were appointed to public bodies than Tories”. It currently reports that almost half of avowedly political appointees last year owed their allegiance to Labour Party, compared to less than a third for the Conservatives. Despite the selection of…