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Addressing attendees Sunday at EBN‘s 21st annual Benefits Forum & Expo, keynote speaker Morton Kondracke handicapped the 2008 presidential election.
Acknowledging that his “crystal ball has cataracts,” Kondracke said that “if you put a gun to my head,” Sen. Barack Obama will be victorious in November, based largely on a public appetite for new leadership.
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It goes without saying that recession taught everyone some valuable lessons about making every penny count and that the employment and financial landscape likely are forever changed.
Maybe its because I have miles to go until I can actually collect Social Security not to mention the fact that Im not wholly convinced it will be available to me even when Im eligible but I tend to gloss over the annual SSA statements that tell me how much of a benefit I could collect once my working days are at last behind me.
As a follow-up to EBN’s rewards and recognition coverage this month, I recently had an interesting and highly amusing conversation with Steve Humphreys, CEO of global rewards and recognition firm Grass Roots. According to Humphreys, crafting rewards programs for global employers creates some challenges. For one, employee gifts like iPods and Amazon.com gift cards apparently aren’t the big crowd pleasers they are here in the States. So, what is a hit?
President Obama last night hosted a townhall meeting at the White House that aired as a one-hour special on ABC's news show 'Primetime Live.' Taking on questions from everything from how to pay doctors to how to pay for reform overall, the president offered few specifics to add to the ongoing debate on overhauling the nation's health care system.
Just under an hour ago, the DOL-SEC hearing on target-date funds got underway. (No need to miss out on the events! Click here for a list of today's speakers and link to the live webcast.) Scheduled to testify today is Jeff Coons, co-director of research at Manning & Napier Advisors. The firm's primary gig is managing lifecycle investments for employer clients to the tune of about $16 billion. I spoke with Coons yesterday to get