HONG KONG - Tonight's sortie was an old-fashioned stakeout, Buck had said. If Yvonne had ever been on one, she would have understood his sentiment, but instead she was anxious, feeling exposed to dangers she never experienced working in her labs behind the protection of computer screens and miles, sometimes thousands of them, between her
HONG KONG - Stokes showed the team how to attach the implants to their molars and demonstrated their operation. ?A simple bite at the back of the mouth, like you?re eating a cracker, turns it on,? he said. ?Another bite turns it off.? Silk sat back in one of the luxurious chairs in Yvonne?s suite,
SAN PAULO, Brazil - NSA former contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden has written an open letter to the people of Brazil, published by newspaper Folha de S?o Paulo this week. Read the full text of the letter below, where Snowden attempts to ask the country for asylum for the second time. "Six months ago, I
MACAU - Stokes turned right, down a cramped aisle into the coach section of Air Asia charter flight 711, a non-stop to Macau packed with people eager to try their luck at the MGM. Yvonne smirked as he shook his head over the seat he?d been assigned, in the middle of the last row. He
SAN FRANCISCO - Buck Ryan made boxcars full of money repossessing aircraft whose buyers were in default. The glamorous sounding business, though, meant spending hours in dark and dirty locations, waiting, watching and drinking gallons of bad coffee, poised for the right opportunity to move. So when it came to spending that money, Buck made
DETROIT - Last week the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued Final Regulations addressing the net investment income tax provisions of IRC ?1411. These Final Regulations modify certain provisions of the Proposed Regulations that were issued in December, 2012. On October 29, 2013 we issued an E-Alert that describes planning opportunities under the Proposed Regulations
DETROIT - Inforum applauds Mary Barra on this well-deserved and historic promotion, demonstrating that talent is a company's best differentiator. December 10 will forever change how the industry - and the tremendous opportunities within it - are viewed by the world and young women, in particular. This sends a powerful message to the next generation
DETROIT - Few of us were math majors in college. Even fewer of us ever worked as a detective. Yet the Department of Labor?s 401(k) provider and participant disclosure rules require both skills! As a quick refresher, the DOL issued regulations in 2012 requiring that most parties being paid out of 401(k) plan assets inform
DETROIT - ?We recently acquired another company. Now we need to terminate its plans and update our plans to show those employees joined.? Regularly, I hear about changes like this, but the problem? It?s after the fact and too late to act. Action needs to be taken before a change. After, the options are limited
DETROIT - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforces the federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate in employment. Employers covered by these laws cannot discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. These laws also prohibit retaliation for making a complaint or participating in an investigation. Most employers