Topic: Houston (Texas)

Avoiding Phone Slamming

Phone slamming, and lately domain slamming, have become popular ways to get subscribers to switch phone services and/or Internet providers without their consent.READ MORE›

Brief explanation of my personal motto

One thing that I have always done is to learn one thing from everyone that I have come into contact with, this can be something you want to learn to do, keep from doing, or just remember so that when a situation arises you have the ...READ MORE›

Hostgator Review Host

Since its establishment in 2002 as read through this hostgator review host, Host Gator has been a world-leading provider of web hosting service. With its office in Houston, Texas, it provides top-notch service to clients from over 200 ...READ MORE›

Fuel Truck Accident Casts Light on Dangerous Houston Highways

Fuel truck flips on Houston highway, showcasing the dangers of driving in America's 7th most congested city.READ MORE›

A Little Goes A Long Way

In any career, a little effort goes a long way. And too little effort can leave a lasting, bad impression on your customers. Yesterday I had the unfortunate task of visiting my father in the hospital. Memorial Hermann ...READ MORE›

Jatropha World 2010

Could a homely succulent save the planet? Maybe. Oil squeezed from the Jatropha curcas plant helped fuel a train from Delhi to Mumbai and a 90-minute Boeing jet ride in Houston last year. Some scientists grouse that years of ...READ MORE›

Houston Bus Runs Red Light, Collides With Metro, Injures 9 Passengers

Accident in downtown Houston involving a Metro bus and train injures 9 passengers.READ MORE›

Assault May Mean Different Things

Many people think of assault as being an assault directly on a person, when in reality it may be defined in a different manner depending on the actual facts of the case.READ MORE›

Criminal and Civil Law Cases Are Different

Not a lot of people truly appreciate the differences between a civil and a criminal case.READ MORE›

The Crime of Assault

When the economy gets bad does crime rates increase?READ MORE›

Health Fraud on the Rise

It's interesting that people who commit health care fraud think they are doing nothing wrong and that those big companies have lots of money and won't miss any.READ MORE›

#2 Economic Survival Tip: Learn New Best Practices

Last week, we began a three-part series on surviving—and even thriving—in a miserable economy. This week, consider if there are new practices your company could adopt to rapidly boost your effectiveness in critical customer-facing ...READ MORE›

Rising Star: Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Catherine F. Rohr, CEO Houston, Texas pep.org A large percentage of inmates come to prison as seasoned entrepreneurs, having run highly successful enterprises such as drug rings and gangs. What if these influential leaders were ...READ MORE›

Rackeetering Is An Organized Crime

The business of running a racket is called rackeetering.READ MORE›

The Crime of Murder in Texas

Murder isn't just plain and simple in Texas.READ MORE›

Mail Theft, the Number One White Collar Crime

You might not know this, but when you find out the reasons for mail theft being about the number one white-collar crime, you'll understand why.READ MORE›

Active Warrants Search

"In an interesting twist to the police being one step ahead of offenders with outstanding arrest warrants, people are now able to search online for their own active arrest warrants," indicated Daniel H. Wannamaker of Wannamaker and Associates, of Austin, Texas, with offices in Dallas and Houston.READ MORE›

The Slam Game Hits Domains

Slamming isn’t just alive and well in the telecommunication industry. It is now rearing its ugly head on the Internet and relates to domains.READ MORE›

Attorney Daniel Wannamaker Discusses the Increase in Crime in a Bad Economy

When the economy gets bad, one of the first things that seems to come apart at the seams is the crime rate. It goes up.READ MORE›

Big Fish White-Collar Offenders

There are plenty of fish in the sea of white-collar crime, ranging in size from small to whoppers, but it's not always that easy to catch the big ones.READ MORE›

When Mortgage Fraud Lurks Around the Corner

The latest crime to hit the papers is mortgage fraud. There is no question it is on the rise.READ MORE›

Protecting Your Crew on Heavy Construction Equipment

Personal protective equipment (PPE) should be considered prior to beginning any construction project. There are many categories of PPE and numerous things to consider when determining what type of equipment is necessary for your ...READ MORE›

Feedback

Medical Tourism / Our May cover story -- on Silicon Valley startup Ning and its CEO, Gina Bianchini -- attracted plenty of interest, but it was a thornier subject that drew the broadest range of comment: the outsourcing of health care ...READ MORE›

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Escape from the Red Zone

Peter Naylor and Claire Crittenden have a revolutionary approach for confronting the business world's last taboo: emotion.READ MORE›

Nalgene Ranks the Most and Least Wasteful Cities in America

It's time once again for Nalgene's annual ranking of America's most and least wasteful cities, a list based on a survey that measures waste, sustainability efforts, shopping habits, transportation, and reuse of items among 3,750 ...READ MORE›