Posted by Brian Reed on December 4th, 2011 ~
0 Comments Facebook on Tuesday agreed to a Federal Trade Commission order that bars Facebook from deceiving consumers about its privacy practices and requires it to submit to monitoring for 20 years.
The sanction stems from privacy setting changes that Facebook made in December 2009, without asking users’ permission. The company told users they could keep their information on Facebook private, when, in fact, it repeatedly allowed information to be shared and made public.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg insisted in a blog posting that the company has a good history of providing transparency and control over who can see your information, but acknowledged that they’ve made a bunch of mistakes.
The FTC’s sanction comes as Facebook readies itself for a high-profile initial public offering of stock, expected next spring. Meanwhile, the company has come under rising criticism in the U.S. Read more…
Posted by Admin on December 1st, 2011 ~
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A good tenant is an essential requirement for your financial wellness and stable source of income. As a landlord you spend a lot of time on thorough checking of candidates. If you rent an apartment and want to move out as soon as possible you need a good tenant too. It is very easy to find a tenant through tenanthunter.com in any situation. Professionals have all the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to make this process faster and smoother.
Of course, you can do it yourself and you need to be attentive to detail. The first meeting or telephone conversation with your prospective tenant is the beginning of the selection process to find a suitable candidate.
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Posted by Nathan Torres on November 30th, 2011 ~
0 Comments Facebook users everywhere are being warned about a new scam hitting the social network, to add to the ever-increasing list of things to watch out for on the site.
This latest ruse is a phishing attempt in the form of a private message informing the user that their profile violates the networks policies on annoying or insulting behaviour, and will be deleted within 24 hours unless the account is re-verified. The message contains a link which leads to a page like this:
Notice the field asking for the first 6 digits of your credit or debit card…which youre asked for again on another page:
Youre also asked for your webmail details, and armed with all this information scammers can hijack your account, send further phishing messages to everyone on your friends list, your email contacts and more.
You can read about more Facebook-related scams at www.hoax-slayer.com.
Its not just Facebook users at risk of falling victim to phishing. I
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Tags: Social, Social Networks
Posted by Sara Lopez on November 28th, 2011 ~
0 Comments This year, there was one Thanksgiving leftover that stuck with me more than the buttermilk pecan pie. It was a story my sister shared of a turkey-related grand opening event that sounded especially memorable. When Academy Sports and Outdoors, a Houston chain, opened a location in Auburn, Ala., a few years ago, it teamed up with a couple of local radio personalities to host a turkey-tossing event.
The toss started at 6 a.m. and my sister, Juli, who teaches school, stopped by on her way to work hoping, truth be told, that she wouldn’t run in to anyone she knew. With three kids playing sports, she decided the prospect of winning a $500 gift certificate was worth the potential embarrassment. So she competed in the ladies high-heel toss category. “We got there at 7:30 a.m., she told us as we passed around our own turkey, and it was cold, but there were already several hundred people there lining up to toss a turkey, laughing and drinking coffee it was like a big fair. And
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Tags: Opening, Opening Big
Posted by Nathan Torres on November 22nd, 2011 ~
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Back a few years ago I was in a tight position with money. I had credit card debt, a car loan, and mortgage to boot. Around this time I received a call from my lender telling me that I could lower my mortgage rate. In fact, the lender even mentioned that I could do a cash out refinance and consolidate any debt since I had such a great credit rating and plenty of equity in my home.
As a result I ended up consolidating my credit card debt into my mortgage and was eventually able to free myself of all the heavy debt I was paying. However in my situation a cash out refinance loan worked great but you might be wondering would it work in yours? In this article Im going to cover what is a cash out refinance, the rules behind them, and when you should and should not get one.
To start a cash out refinance mortgage is a loan that will allow you to pull extra cash out of your mortgage provided you have enough equity in your home. For e
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Posted by Sara Lopez on November 21st, 2011 ~
0 Comments In my years in business Ive seen performance reviews from several angles, good and bad. As my employee numbers grew past a handful to several dozen, the reviews seemed more necessary than they were when we were smaller.
One of my earlier employees took the job offer only on the condition of two reviews per year.
But I was never comfortable with them. My management style was working shoulder to shoulder with the people, when we were a smaller team. It was hard to suddenly get into a boss-subordinate mode and deliver a report card.
The people who worked for me would tell you, I often put it off, and I didnt do that good a job when I did it.
On the other hand, people need and want reviews because they want to have some sense of how theyre doing. And as your company grows, it needs management too, as well as leadership. And reviews help people keep on track.
I caught an interesting post called Should Performance Reviews Live — or Die? posted by the Summers Hospitality Group earlier this week. I
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Posted by Brian Reed on November 20th, 2011 ~
0 Comments The CH2M Hill Corpus Christi Office held a Nov. 3 open house for their new location in the downtown Tower II building. At the event, CH2M HILL awarded a $15,000 Dollars for Doers Grant to Friends of the Billy Sandifer Big Shell Beach Clean-Up. A $1,000 grant also was presented to Jeremy Barnes of the Boy Scouts South Texas Council. CH2M HILL encourages community volunteerism from its staff and awards Dollar for Doers grants to non-profits.
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