Americanics

In 2002, Alcoa bought Fairchild Fasteners from the Fairchild Corporation, an aerospace company under the leadership of one Jeffery Steiner, for $657 million–in cash! The union between Alcoa and Fairchild Corp produced the entity known as Alcoa Fastening Systems.
In purchasing Fairchild Fasteners from the Fairchild Corporation, Alcoa Inc combined the division with its […]

People are empowered when they are given the authority and responsibility to make decisions affecting their work with a minimum of interference and second guessing by others.
Empowerment is an overused and under?practiced term. When people are empowered they bring their minds to work. They are engaged in making decisions that affect their part of the […]

Why do some children still do best after divorce and separation? Is there divorce parenting approaches that really work? Read and learn the divorce parenting approaches that really work.
Going through the process of divorce is a challenging life transition for both parents and children. During their parents’ divorce, children often feel a wide variety of […]

This is one of a series of brief articles on holding difficult conversations. In earlier issues of Ki Moments, I suggested ways to open communications that create mutual respect; we talked about the importance of knowing your purpose for the conversation; and we added Inquiry and Curiosity to our conversational toolbox. Here the topic is […]

Lenders and investors may see hundreds of business plans in a single day. Make your business plan stand out against the rest, and avoid these common mistakes.
1. Not proving that you have the management expertise to make it happen. The quality of your people will lend credibility to your ideas and even to your financial […]

According to the Federal Housing Finance Board:…
“As of October 2004, The U.S. national average purchase price for a single-family home reached $264,540.” If your house is worth at least the U.S. average and you can add an additional 1.25% in value to your home’s selling price, you’d pocket an extra $3,306.75. Minor changes can […]

One of the many fascinating aspects of moving from one country to another is the difference in attitudes to baby care. In my case, I had two children in England, where I come from, and now have a two year old born in the Philippines, where I now live. I have therefore had plenty of […]

If you’ve read my first article, BUDGETING YOUR LOG HOME: Where do you start?, you’ve got a very basic overview of the process. However, there are still a number of questions I’d like to address. Again, many of these questions will come up if you build any custom home, but I’d venture to guess […]

When you hear the phrase, ‘guerrilla parenting techniques’, what images come to mind? I see a big, broad shouldered soldier, dressed in green fatigues, with brown paint on his face. His chest is crisscrossed with ammunition for the guns strapped on his legs. He’s quietly hidden under the cover of trees, waiting […]

Interest only mortgages gained popularity during the recent home sales
price boom. Now that homes sales have slowed and prices have leveled out,
will the number of interest only mortgages also decrease?
Once only a tiny percentage of the mortgage market; interest only mortgages
consist of about 10% of the current market. And mortgage companies […]