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Timing is critical when planning an exit strategy, and business owners must consider several factors. In our 26+ years of assisting business owners in their exit planning, “when is the right time to sell?” is a question we hear all the time. But from an owner’s standpoint, this could be tricky to predict. Is it when you are near retirement age? Or is it when you have found a good person to step into your shoes?
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The blueprint to achieve a lifetime of great health is increasingly clear and within our control. But unlocking it requires challenging the orthodoxies currently guiding individuals and institutions.
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QUESTION: Everybody in the employee benefits field uses acronyms like ALE, MLR, and ACA. What do these and other employee benefits acronyms stand for? ANSWER: Here’s an explanatory list of common acronyms primarily used in our Health Care Reform manual. (Last week’s Checkpoint Question of the Week included acronyms primarily used in our COBRA, HIPAA, and Group Health Plan Mandates manuals, and the Checkpoint Question of the Week from the week before included acronyms from the ERISA Complia
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I n many ways, 2022 was a year of instability. Many individuals and organizations spent the year trying to put the pandemic, which had dominated every aspect of life in 2020 and 2021, behind them, even while still dealing with its lasting effects. Yet, the dark days that COVID-19 brought failed to recede. The face coverings, testing, and closed offices gave way to Inflation, economic upheaval, and political discord.
Posted by John Bai (Northeastern University), Anya Mkrtchyan (UMass Amherst), on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Editor's Note: John Bai is an Associate Professor at D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University; and Anya Mkrtchyan is an Associate Professor at Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts–Amherst. This post is based on their article forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics.
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Posted by Leo E. Strine, Jr. (University of Pennsylvania), on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Editor's Note: Leo E. Strine, Jr. is the Michael L. Wachter Distinguished Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Senior Fellow, Harvard Program on Corporate Governance; Of Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and former Chief Justice and Chancellor, the State of Delaware.
The VA will now be required to encourage hybrid appraisals. If you are a VA Appraiser, here’s a bit of news you need to keep tabs on. Senate Passes VA Appraisal Modernization Measure – theMReport.com The U.S. Senate has announced the passage of HR 7735, the Improving Access to the VA Home Loan Benefit Act of 2022. Under the terms of HR 7735, sponsored by Sen.
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