A living trust is created by you and prepared by a lawyer. It enables you to put some or all of your assets in trust for the ultimate use of your beneficiaries, while allowing you to benefit from the trust income during your lifetime. The living trust could also stipulate that the ...
Colin “Dean” Palmer:There’s a popular saying, “Ye man, no worries.” Honestly, life is fun in Jamaica. Like, I can say that because I’ve lived abroad for12 years and trust me, there’s no place like home. The type of fun, the type of vibe you have here, you can’t find...
1. People remember you:A good brand identity makes your business stick right in people's minds. Customers can spot you from a mile away when your look (and brand message) is consistent. 2. You look legit:A tight, professional brand tells people you've got it together. Customers trust br...
Beijing, a city of over 20 million people, many of them Chinese migrants, is typically very quiet during CNY because it is a time that peoplereturn home to be with their families. Chinese schools give students a month off (their ‘winter’ break) and most local businesses closeso their em...
ThinkFoodGroup’s World Central Kitchen, a traveling kitchen that responds to hardships and disasters with emergency meal donations, recently responded to natural disasters in Puerto Rico, California, and Tijuana. World Central Kitchen also provides education, economic opportunities, and food security to...
“This is my life’s work,” said another respondent from California. “I know more about the world, horrors and joys, than I otherwise would.” Growing awareness tended to result also in a call to activism. For example, a respondent from Minnesota described that working with people who ar...
California Dreaming After spending a week in Southern California soaking up the sun, a feeling has stayed with me. I’m not really sure what it is, but as relieved as I was to come home, I’ve also had this sense that my home has changed. It doesn’t seem the same as it did whe...
Organizations committed to this principle are as diverse as the online retail giant Amazon; The Walt Disney Company, from its earliest days operating in a small California studio; and the US Air Force, which uses an exotic B2B-like inter...
The hotel on the outskirts of town looks a lot like lodging one can find on any American highway. Over the years it has been a Holiday Inn and a Days Inn. The sign outside now bears the brand of a new, growing chain. One that promises a lot more than a good night's sleep.At...
Newly appointed chief marketing officer Martyn Christian, a veteran of IBM's UK and US content management divisions, talked to Touch about plans for the business. Based in California at the global headquarters of Kofax, Christian was in London in February to announce excellent half-year earnings ...