Tournament Format "What format do you choose when the two-handicap in the office insists on individual stroke play while others are nervous because it's their first time out? Answer the questions below to find the...
Having spent $22 million to build a luxurious, world-class spa and to remodel its 207 guest rooms, the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa in Ojai, Calif. has renewed its reputation as an elegant hideaway. The 31,000-square...
The story of meetings at Colum-bus Life Insurance Co. in Cin-cinnati is a story of continuity. There are general agents and agents qualifying for the National Convention who attended the meeting when they were kids...
Ruggers,Packers, andRaccoons Rugby is a tough-guy sport. Rugby players don't wear helmets. They don't wear pads. You've seen the bumper sticker, right? "Give blood, play rugby." Chuck Lane discovered the game in 1963...
I don't know which is more remarkable, the fact that more than one in three respondents to our 1998 Reader Survey said their companies had acquired a company during the past two years, or that they reported a median...
Last year it was the handover (from British rule to Chinese); this year it's the Asian economic crisis. Hong Kong, facing challenges of late, needs to assure travelers that things are stable. "Last year we had 10.4...
Congratulations! Insurers have been among the most forward-thinking (and acting) when it comes to squashing the so-called millennium bug. (If you're still not sure what that is, see "It Wasn't a Programmer's Mistake,"...
When is a meeting cancellation penalty not a penalty? When it's a credit toward future meetings. Kelly Stratton, consulting manager, meeting services, at Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, turned a $95,000 cancellation...
Late this summer, before the stock market slowdown, Berkshire Hathaway Class A stock was trading as high as $84,000 a share. At press time, it was still around $68,000. When Warren Buffett took control of Berkshire in...
On a blue-sky morning in mid-summer a pair of women meander along a tidal salt marsh on the southern Maine coast. They're surveying the wet sand beneath their feet for air holes, the telltale signs of buried clams...
