I am often amazed at people’s reactions to things. The good, the bad and the ugly.  And don’t think for a minute that I am leaving myself out of the “people” category.  I find myself reacting to various situations in ways that surprise me.  Sometimes good, sometimes not so much. One of the things that I find amazing is the reaction of pu [...]

On Firday, Circuit Court Judge Dean Sword ruled in favor of attorney Verbana Askew who was seeking $8400 dollars in fees, based on a billing rate of $350 per hour. Judge Sword said he was flabbergasted at that amount she was billing. Circuit Court Judge Dean Sword ruled that attorney Verbena Askew was entitled to legal fees from Portsmouth because [...]

And social networking/Web 2.0 gets a shot in the arm.  In an effort to leverage in house maintained blogs and websites, companies, specifically SUN and it’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz, have lobbied the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow disclosure of financials through those media outlets. The SEC has announced that it will recogni [...]

UPDATE: Ms. George and Ms. Cox-Wynn, I would like to bring to your attention this article.  I will quote a key point below.  My emphasis added: 42 percent of responding newspapers have added “early teams” to cover breaking news in the morning, and many are timing their deadlines to make sure there’s fresh content at peak traffic tim [...]