LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CitizenWire) — According to Martin Engineering, you should not buy a residential or commercial property without first obtaining a professional opinion from an engineer/surveyor. ‘In recent years, I have seen many tragic situations resulting from property line assumptions that could be caught in minutes by a professional doing a simple review,’ says […]
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Concerned Californians Urged to Contact Their State Senators: ‘Vote No on AB 999’
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — Concerned that long-term care insurance rates might go up? ‘The California Assembly feels your pain,’ says Cameron Truesdell, CEO of LTC Financial Partners LLC, ‘but they just passed a bill, AB 999, that will only make matters worse if the State Senate also passes it.’ LTCFP is one of America’s largest […]
No More Gold in them Thar Hills – California’s Budget $1.8M Error to Kill Gold Mining Industry, says Gold Pan California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, is bustling with suction dredge gold miners who are anxiously seeking a last-minute deletion of a math mistake in the current State Budget battle. ‘This is a new financial disaster headed straight to the heart of the Golden […]
Gold Pan California lobbies California Legislature on Eve of Killing Industry over $1.8 Million Math Mistake
CONCORD, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, is bustling with suction dredge gold miners who are anxiously trying to get information about what is going on in Sacramento. ‘This is a new financial disaster headed straight to the heart of the Golden State,’ says GPC […]
California legislature trying to stop publication of findings on suction dredge gold mining ‘science’ says Gold Pan California
CONCORD, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Gold Pan California has been building inventory of gold mining equipment in anticipation of the season re-opening in November. That anticipation is quickly fading and scorn for the Calif. Legislature is taking its place, for owner Mike Dunn. Pointing to a hefty 1,500-page scientific report, Dunn declares ‘The Legislature is trying […]
Truth About Diamonds Blog by Jewelry Expert Ira Weissman Gives Diamond Shoppers the Inside Scoop
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — After seven years in the diamond business, Ira Weissman launched a website – Truth About Diamonds – to help diamond shoppers make educated decisions and garner significant savings; and he loves what he does.
Gold Pan California says Golden State Legislature Poised to Kill Gold Mining Industry
CONCORD, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop, has been looking forward to the relief of November like salve applied to a burn. Owner Mike Dunn’s anticipation of relief was suddenly diverted 2 weeks ago, when the California Legislature began shuffling last minute trailer budget bill language which, if passed, will […]
3 Ways to Overcome Downfalls of Current Job Market from SET Personal Marketing
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — With unemployment rates hanging at a steady 9 percent, job hunting continues to be a daunting task for the unemployed. However, SET Personal Marketing, a firm that specializes in helping professionals find work or change careers, offers advice to job seekers on how to land a job, despite these tough […]
Tribeca Kid Coach Offers Essential Tips for Parents on and Before Prom Night
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — While prom night is a cultural right of passage, every year teens die, or injure themselves or others drinking and participating in high risk behavior. Peter Favaro, Ph.D., who manages a child and teen psychology practice called Tribeca Kid Coach, offers words of advice for parents as we approach […]
Speaking at an LTC Insurance Conference, Cameron Truesdell Points to Huge Opportunities in Worksite Sales
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — In the long-term care insurance (LTCi) sales field, business has been pretty flat for the past few years. ‘But that can change dramatically if we’re willing to reinvent ourselves,’ said Cameron Truesdell of LTCFP in a keynote speech at the 2011 National LTCi Producers Summit.
Peter J. Favaro, Ph.D. Coaches Parents on the News of bin Laden’s Death
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — Osama bin Laden’s death can present challenges to parents who might not know what to make of their own mixed feelings. Dr. Peter Favaro, child psychologist and parenting expert, offers advice to parents who want to know how to help children cope with information and images they might encounter […]
Executives Learn How to Create Their Next New Job in 2011-12 with Tips from ERI Personal Marketing
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — After gaining years of experience in your current field, you are ready for your next challenge. ERI Personal Marketing, a firm specializing in assisting executives and professionals in their career search, knows that if you are like many executives in today’s job market, your next position may very likely be […]
Personal marketing and your career: developing positive chemistry can help you succeed in a job interview
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — In order for an interview to turn into a good offer, SET Personal Marketing, a firm specializing in helping professionals find work or change careers, advises that it should be far more than just a question-and-answer session. One strategy Robert J. Gerberg, Chairman of SET Personal Marketing, suggests is to […]
Nea Community Learning Center Teacher David Maduli Discusses Egypt Political Change on PBS NewsHour
ALAMEDA, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Nea Community Learning Center teacher David Maduli is among a nationwide group of educators chosen by PBS NewsHour to participate in a live online discussion exploring recent political events in Egypt. The discussion will take place Tuesday, February 15 at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT).
Opinion: Not Enough Job Hunters Use Personal Websites to Get Results in Their Job Search
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — With employment slowly picking up in 2011, a survey shows that there are still very few job seekers using websites to market and promote their skills – when they certainly should be. ‘Using a website to market experience and skills can drastically impact your job search,’ Robert J. Gerberg, CEO […]
New Study by Personal Marketing Firm ERI shows Holding Off on the Job Search Can Greatly Diminish Chances of Finding a Job in 2011
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — In today’s job market, the waiting game is a game most can’t afford to play. Those seeking a job in a stagnant economy must act quickly and aggressively. ‘Even in difficult times, employers believe good talent doesn’t last long in the market. So job seekers can give themselves a week […]
Job Expert Bob Gerberg Reveals How Stories Can Help You Succeed in Job Interviews
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — People don’t remember numbers or excessive facts, but they do remember a good story. So it makes sense that if you’re telling and using stories in your job search and interviews, people are going to remember you too. Pioneered by Robert J. Gerberg, senior consultant at SET, the technique is […]
PuroGold books and investing blog launched by Barrie Watson
BEULAH, Colo. (CitizenWire) — Barrie Watson is the owner and operator of the website PuroGold.com, as well as a devoted bookseller and gold investor. For those seeking advice and insight on gold collecting, gold investing, book collecting, or great literatures, his site provides all that and more.
Lenders Should Adopt Model Privacy Form Prior to Year’s End to Retain Safe Harbor under Gramm-Leach-Bliley, says IDS’ Curt Doman
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CitizenWire) — Curt Doman, president of International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), a mortgage document preparation vendor, says lenders who have not adopted the Model Privacy Form are exposing themselves to unnecessary risk. Lenders are not required to adopt the Model Form and may, in fact, develop their own form to use.
Grandich Publications LLC announces report on personal finance and hoarding: ‘2011 Grandich Self-Storage Factor’
WALL, N.J. (CitizenWire) — Market and economic commentator Peter Grandich has long stated that one of the biggest maladies with the American economy is our obsession with ‘stuff.’ The boom in the self-storage industry, he says, is symbolic of our addiction to excess.
Reports of the death of long-term care insurance are highly exaggerated, according to LTC Financial Partners LLC
KIRKLAND, Wash. (CitizenWire) — Reports of the death of long-term care insurance are highly exaggerated, according to LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP), one of the nation’s largest and most experienced LTCI agencies. Last Thursday, when MetLife announced it would stop selling new LTCI coverage, ‘It wasn’t the end of the world,’ says Cameron Truesdell, LTCFP’s […]
2010 ‘Year of Mortgage Origination,’ and Point-of-Sale Key to Quality Control, Investor Confidence, says DMD Pres. Rob Katz
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CitizenWire) — Rob Katz, president of Del Mar DataTrac, Inc., an industry pioneer in business intelligence, paperless lending, and loan process workflow tools, says that the most important lesson learned by mortgage lenders in 2010 is that loan origination has become the focal point for quality control.
Six Ways to Build Your Appeal in the Job Market from expert Robert Gerberg
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CitizenWire) — Most job seekers take far too narrow a view of themselves and fail to do simple things that would broaden their appeal, said Robert J. Gerberg, Chairman of SET, a personal marketing firm working with professionals and executives seeking $100,000 or more. ‘People could increase their opportunities significantly if they […]
The Future Research Group of the World Mind Network says Web 2.0 is Leap Forward in Human Evolution
GENEVA, Switzerland (CitizenWire) — The Future Research Group of the World Mind Network, a think tank composed of scholars from the Silicon Valley, Oxford, Harvard, Rutgers, the Universities of Tokyo and Lausanne, and Kansas State University, says that popular Internet and Smart Phone phenomena which have emerged in the last five years represent a quantum […]
Pet-care ventures are thriving says business broker Loren Marc Schmerler
ATLANTA, Ga. (CitizenWire) — The economy may be in the doghouse, but Georgia businesses that pamper pooches and caress kittens are doing well. Last year, top Georgia business broker Loren Marc Schmerler, of Bottom Line Management, Inc., helped owners sell two pet-centered businesses, and says such businesses are bucking the economic trend.
Dr. Sher, the longest active practitioner of IVF in the U.S., credits Nobel winner Robert Edwards for success
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (CitizenWire) — Dr. Geoffrey Sher of the Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine (SIRM) applauded the selection of Britain’s Robert Edwards, recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Edwards’ work led to the first ‘test-tube’ baby, Louise Brown, born in July 1978 in Britain. Since her birth, more than 3 […]
Opinion: African Governments Should Initiate Taxation from Onset of Business Start-Ups
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mr. Henry Oliver Ford is a man that most people have never heard of before. Mr. Ford spends every moment of the day working to create a better world. Henry works to provide food to West Africa. Ford helps to run World Food Association. Mr. Ford founded this company with […]
Opinion: A new finance structure for West Africa is proposed by WFAO’s Henry Oliver Ford
MIAMI, Fla. — Mr. Henry Oliver Ford of WFAO announces a new finance structure for West Africa. This new plan for structured finance is to help the socio-economic infrastructure. The plan that Mr. Ford has developed encompasses agriculture development, employee wage generation, Government tax base creation and the use of in-ground assets as a hedge […]
Boy from the Bronx, Commentator Peter Grandich, Supports Congressional Candidate from Harlem, Michel Faulkner
NEW YORK, N.Y. — As a financial commentator, Peter Grandich always has something to say and his opinions and forecasts are sought-after by hundreds of thousands on his daily blog, The Grandich Letter. Yet, in over 25 years of broadcasting his opinion, Grandich has never endorsed a candidate for political office. Until now.
Opinion: The Not-So-Silver Lining of Cloud Computing: Intuit Goes Dark for Two Days, Giving Pause to the Small Business Owner
NORWALK, Conn. — Things did not go as planned when Joe Presto of the Norwalk-based IT consulting firm Desktop Guerrillas tried to send out his monthly invoices last Tuesday night. After error messages kept popping up, Presto did a Google search and quickly determined that the issue was with Intuit’s system, not his own. The […]