Glass ceiling has not budged for many of Japan's working women
As we enter the third decade of the "lost decade," there is much to despair about the state of Japan. There has been a sharp increase in the number of working poor, mostly due to the spread of nonregular employment, which now involves 34 percent of the workforce, nearly double the level of the asset-bubble peak in 1989. Tachibanaki explains that this massive shift in Japan's employment system ...

SSTF - Steve Goss’s Bombshell – What Could it Mean?
I have written often on the status of SS. I also have some understanding of illegal aliens working in the US. I have sponsored four over the course of many years. I don’t hire them. But I pay many companies that do. The employers know they are illegal, but the workers have SS cards (fake) and so long as the PR taxes are collected no one seems to care. These two interests of mine dovetail. SS has ...

Robert Ross: Our Obligation to Educate California Consumers about Their New Health Care Rights
Our foundation just began a major statewide consumer education effort to let people know about what's in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

Kenmare has the mettle to grow in FTSE 250
Kenmare Resources has been developing a world-class titanium asset in Mozambique for a number of years – and management have made substantial progress.

Giving LM homes and families a fresh start
Since 2007 Lower Merion Township’s Affordable House Purchase Program has made it possible for two families to become homeowners when that dream seemed out of reach.