HIPAA has been a trend setter in USA as regards Privacy and Information Security in the Health Care Industry. HITECH act has only enhanced the importance of HIPAA. With President Obama being elected for an extended presidential term and his focus on Health Care, the HIPAA-HITECH regime of information security will continue to dominate the [...]

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Less Fortunate Pirates by Bryan Borland Sibling Rivalry Press, $14.95, 87 pages Review by Michael Ernest Sweet I don’t often write book reviews anymore. I simply don’t have the time or interest. However, when Bryan Borland’s Less Fortunate Pirates came across my desk, I simply could not resist. Subtitled Poems From the First Year Without my Father the [...]

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Jiminy Cricket read the story of his wooden charge in the newspaper.  He shook his head sadly at Rusty Collins, who apparently had mucked up the story of Pinocchio, so he set out to correct it, whistling all the way into town. Jiminy found ol’ Rusty lounging alongside The Fox, who was telling Rusty about [...]

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I’ve noticed that payday loan opponents seem to fixate on the idea of a 36% APR as somehow being “fair”, such as the reply from Samuel Bell to this post by an executive at Advance America.  I don’t see why 36% is special.  Why not 35%?  Or 37%?   Based on the fact that payday loan [...]

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I am all for financial education. In fact, I’d love to know if there was any way the federal government could actually mandate a high school and college class in basic economics and personal finance. I believe Americans are woefully undereducated about these topics. And I think the payday loan industry would agree with me. [...]

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