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New Florida condo rules: Developer buyouts offer lifelines to owners
The deadline for associations to receive their completed structural reserve studies is Dec. 31. Across the state, condo owners and their associations are going to soon be waking up to the reality that their financial situation is more tenuous tha...
Firms Must Pressure Trump to Solve America's Fiscal Troubles
Owners of successful private businesses are breathing a collective sigh of relief over last week's election results. Rather than being targeted for making more money than the Biden-Harris administration thinks is fair, or potentially facing
Why did Hurricane Helene hit Asheville so hard?
In the aftermath of the devastating floods caused by Hurricane Helene, which hit the southeastern United States in late September 2024, communities that once considered themselves immune to the impacts of climate change are being forced to recons...
Many Older Adults Lack Financial Security: What Can We Do?
America is grappling with a significant shift that endangers the financial stability of its older adults. As private industry transitioned from employer-managed defined benefit pensions to self-directed defined contribution programs, many Baby Bo...
Ignore The 'Dark Web' At Your Peril
Internationally, law firms, among other industries, are increasingly recognizing the threats to their clients and their own internal systems, and boning up their dark web monitoring efforts. It may be an expensive pursuit, but you don’t want to think about the havoc that might be caused by ignoring or missing a threat
Price Transparency Reveals Multiple Dimensions of Healthcare Inequities Beyond Just Patients
Price transparency - the much-discussed US regulations that became federal law in 2019 - has taken time to implement, but its significant side effects are now being revealed. For the first time, we are clearly seeing that inequities in our he...
Kansas City Chiefs' owner should look at this good idea from the Dolphins and the Rams
If only every sports team owner had it this good: Kansas City Chiefs CEO and controlling shareholder Clark Hunt is trying to decide whether to move his Kansas City-based team across the border from Missouri to the Kansas side of the metropolitan...
Small Businesses Can't Handle Another Four Years Of A Democrat-Run IRS
It's not just the tax code that's on the ballot this fall in the presidential election, but how that code will be enforced for the next four years. The Biden-era IRS has taken an approach that's fairly hostile to successful business owners,...
Four Things to Know About Your Collectibles and Homeowners Insurance
The market for collectibles has exploded in recent years, as investors increasingly view collectibles as a steady element of their p...
The construction industry must adapt to survive in an era of economic instability
The construction industry must adapt to survive in an era of economic instability27 Sep, 2024 By Carl Oliveri
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Small Business customer using an AI chatbot How to Reduce the Risks of Using Chatbots-And Ensure They Align With Brand Values
Can you give your AI chatbots your company's real core values and brand voice? With the White House and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cracking down on companies’ use of chatbots, businesses are under new scrutiny to ensure that their AI-powered chatbots aren’t leaving customers in a dreaded doom-loop of non-answers and evasions. Building a chatbot that meets regulators’ (and customers’) expectations requires CTOs and CMOs to ensure that chatbots are trained with the same diligence and values as human employees.
Private Capital Can Save America's Crumbling Roads and Bridges
Even with the landmark $1.3 trillion 2021 infrastructure bill under its belt, the Biden Administration returned to Congress this summer to ask for more money to repair Maryland's critically damaged Francis S...
Florida's long-term economic growth depends on embracing Live Local Act
Florida's economic future is under threat from a severe affordable housing crisis. The state's rapid growth is phenomenal, but we cannot become a victim of our own success. Without affordable housing for Florida's workforce, we will cripple...
A Dramatic Tax Pounding Come 2026
It's a matter of debate as to whether or not the future of democracy is at stake in this year's presidential election. But the future of your tax bill certainly is. And the differences for successful business owners could be drama...