Archive for January, 2009

Disaster Preparedness Summits Across the Nation

January 14, 2009

Preparing The World… One Business At A Time**  http://www.nationaldisastersummit.org/

Did you know that one in four businesses experiencing a major emergency fails? According to a study by The Advertising Council, less than half of America’s business owners have an established, comprehensive disaster preparedness plan in place. As the number of declared emergencies [...]

Five Bailout Lessons From Katrina

January 5, 2009

Wednesday 24 December 2008

by: Bill Quigley, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Hurricane Katrina victim, Lewis Reddick, stands in the FEMA Diamond travel trailer park in May of 2008. (Photo: Getty Images)

    The US has committed nearly three trillion dollars to the financial bailout so far. The Federal Reserve has made more than [...]