I am on a serious roll with business novels. This time it is the newly-published Simplifying Innovation by Michael A. Dalton. The basic idea behind this book is to apply Theory of Constraints ideas to the process of innovation. Overall, I thought the book did a good job of putting it all together ...

The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled a county could not bar the operation of a commercial composting business in a zoning district where the business was not permitted as a matter of right, because it could not produce a zoning map establishing the property’s zoning (The Rohrbach family operates a ho ...

The Washington Times offers this report....

Most everyone would agree that it is a good idea to shield children from most parental conflict. Nevertheless, there are many times during and after divorces when children get drawn into family disputes and end up in the middle, with both sides pulling on them. The following is a brief list of 5 &qu ...

By Sarah Fendrick -- On Monday and Tuesday, February 8-9, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was closed due to weather. As a result of the closing, the USPTO will consider each of Monday and Tuesday, February 8-9, 2010 to be a "Federal holiday within the District of Columbia" under 35 U.S.C. ...

The New York Times has about the history—and pronunciation—of the Saints’ emblem, the fleur-de-lis. Among the things I didn’t know: in France, the is not silent. an interesting article s

CNN Money.com has posted an article about how you might still be pursued by mortgage lenders even after your home has been foreclosed. If a foreclosed home sells at auction for less than what the mortgage is worth, the former homeowners are responsible for the difference. These "deficiency judgmen ...

CNN Money.com has posted an article about how you might still be pursued by mortgage lenders even after your home has been foreclosed. If a foreclosed home sells at auction for less than what the mortgage is worth, the former homeowners are responsible for the difference. These "deficiency judgmen ...

  FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 8, 2010 – A bust of Justice William E. McAnulty Jr. will be unveiled Thursday, Feb. 11, as part of a tribute to the late justice during the Black History Month program at the Capitol in Frankfort. The event will take place at noon in the Capitol Rotunda and is open to the pu ...

Toyota’s news is just getting worse. According to Business Week the number of class action lawsuits has hit 41 and around the world there are millions of Toyota owners riding the bus.