Laura Mooney

The glory days seem far behind us, as stock prices fall, retail sales plummet, budgets are cut and global markets struggle. Businesses and government organizations are both looking for ways to dramatically reduce costs, do more with less and basically just survive. Most companies are using what seems to be a logical approach-cut, cut, cut! […]

I was recently out to dinner with some friends, and the majority of us chose to indulge in sharing a large plate of nachos with the works and several quesadillas (and okay, maybe a few folks also ordered margaritas-why not blow an entire day’s calorie count at once). But one friend ordered a salad and […]