Tune-in. Plug-in.
SemaConnect, a start-up company in Baltimore, Md., is offering apartment owners the opportunity to plug into the electric car trend and earn ancillary income in the process.
Founded just two years ago, SemaConnect is offering...
It’s the law
If the incident involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn had taken place in Paris rather than New York, the complainant would have likely been talked out of pressing charges, said Abigail Saguy, a sociologist at the University...
Referrals work
We studied 10,000 accounts in a large bank over a period of three years, and found that customers obtained through referrals are both more loyal and more valuable than other customers. After controlling for...
Killing the electric car… again
The advent of plug-in cars, or "EVs," has been hyped-up beyond the fad level. There now may be 3,000 plug-in cars out of our national fleet of 300,000,000 oil-fired cars. Even under the most...
Getting the green light
In January, NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe told attendees at NAHB Builder's show in Orlando, Fla., that he expects 2011's selling season for single-family homes to beat out 2010, with job growth providing an...
A primer in tribalism
You know, like, "I'm a Mac," or "I'm a PC."
That's called tribalism.
Back in the day, the unity of the tribe, in its purist form, was based on kinship. If you weren't kin, you were...
Bring the best of America into your business
This staggering rate of attrition costs employers a great deal of money, and makes it a constant challenge to find qualified, reliable people to hire for leasing positions such as managers, maintenance techs and...
Change in the air
What is yet unclear is what will replace them.
The GSEs are blamed in large part for the single-family finance bubble that led to the current economic downturn, and the country's leaders believe GSE reform...
How to garner the right kind of attention
No matter how talented or accomplished you are, you cannot always count on attracting and retaining the attention of others. Too many options compete for everyone's attention, and they multiply with each passing day....
HUD gets a haircut
In line with President Barack Obama's directive to cut the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade, HUD's budget creates no new programs and proposes additional funding only for programs that assist the...
In a twist
The survey of nearly 1,000 adults found that 77 percent of Americans are stressed about work. What are workers stressed about?
14 percent cite low pay
11 percent, commuting
9 percent, an unreasonable workload
...
Is criticism more effective than praise?
If you do, you're only human. Paying more attention to what's wrong isn't wrongheaded or perverse. In fact, you could say you do it because, in your experience, criticism produces better results than praise....
All about the “O”
At the beginning of the year, UDR CEO Tom Toomey predicted good things for the apartment industry. "We support the consensus view that the macro trends for our industry are some of the best...
Where strong foundations prevail
"It's true. In the ghetto, only the strong survive—and I don't mean just physical strength," West said. "I mean strength found in family, religion, friendship, quick wit, love and hard work."
Founded in 1866, the...
What is a QR code and why do you need one?
What are QR codes?
They come to us from Japan where they are very common. QR is short for Quick Response; they can be read quickly by a cell phone. They are used to take...
