Running a business is expensive, starting with paying your employees' salaries. Providing benefits to those employees is even more expensive. But if a company wants to stay competitive and appeal to top professionals in its industry, or if it just wants to improve morale and reduce turnover, then it must provide benefits to employees above and beyond their salaries.
February 7, 2013 For those of us who grew up in a pretty non-technological world, there were certain things we were taught to do, like hand-writing a thank you note if someone gave you a gift or did something nice for you. Now, with the advent of cell phones, voicemail, email and Facebook, have the rules of etiquette changed with the technology?
February 2, 2013 Each year, Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog, predicts the weather for the rest of the winter. If he sees his shadow, we will get six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t see his shadow, we will get an early spring. This year, Punxsutawny Phil did not see his shadow on Groundhog Day so his prediction is an early spring. But what if Phil or one of his relatives made the prediction in Grand Junction instead?
The NFL playoffs start, and the college bowl season nears its close. Here's what to watch this weekend:
December 31, 2012 I've heard of several different family New Year's traditions including the champagne toast or kissing a loved one at midnight. Our family has adopted the southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas.
When it comes time to celebrate the passing of another year, people around the world often gather together and make a lot of noise in order to demonstrate their good cheer.
Some people complain about the over-commercialization of the holiday season and how the need to buy and buy has drained all the charm out of Christmastime. Well, it’s not totally gone. Eager children still get wonderful toys, families still come together for great meals, and there’s always the off chance you’ll spot someone you like very much standing beneath the mistletoe, which means you have the right to give that person a Christmas kiss.
