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What Retirement Crisis? Retirees Say They’re Doing Just Fine, Thank You Very Much

Tara McMullen — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:13:44 GMT

Maybe we worry too much about retirees. As a group, they are more likely than working people to describe their finances as comfortable, according to a new poll.

http://business.time.com/2013/06/07/what-retirement-crisis-retirees-say-theyre-doing-just-fine-thank-you-very-much/

BLOG: Prospect Research’s Strategic Advantage

Tara McMullen — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:50:03 GMT

http://www.helenbrowngroup.com/2013/06/prospect-researchs-strategic-advantage/

Measuring what matters

Tara McMullen — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:46:26 GMT

More than 80 percent of nonprofit leaders recently surveyed believe that demonstrating impact through performance measurement is a top priority. Yet still, when we get down to evaluating our work, it can feel like a time-sensitive and daunting task that delivers little value.

http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/resources/measuring-what-matters

78% of the top Mid-Sized Hedge Funds see their Assets increase YTD; Tyrus Capital & Ionic Capital lead the way

Tara McMullen — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:33 GMT

The most recent ranking for the Top 100 Mid-Sized Equity Hedge Funds has been released, revealing that the top hedge funds oversee a combined $65.1 billion in US equities.

www.hedgetracker.com/article/78-of-the-top-MidSized-Hedge-Funds-see-their-Assets-increase-YTD-Tyrus-Capital-Ionic-Capital-lead-the-way

Best and worst careers to go into debt for

Tara McMullen — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:28:47 GMT

At a time when lawmakers are working to reform student loans and some economists are debating the value of a college degree, some recent grads may be questioning their career choices, consumer experts say.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/best-and-worst-careers-to-go-into-debt-for-2013-06-11

How Do They Get Away With It?

Tara McMullen — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:27:21 GMT

#1 on the list of America’s “50 Worst Charities” according to a collaborative report from The Center for Investigative Reporting and The Tampa Bay Times is the Kids Wish Network.

www.theagitator.net/hot-research/how-do-they-get-away-with-it/

DOWNLOAD: BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Index: Measuring Commitment in Europe, Asia, Middle East

Tara McMullen — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:58:13 GMT

The first index of its kind, the BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Index by Forbes Insights measures and reflects the commitment of individual philanthropists from Europe, the Middle East and Asia in terms of three main criteria: the amounts given, innovation and the effort invested to promote their causes.

http://www.forbes.com/forbesinsights/BNP_philanthropy_index/index.html

Three snapshots from China’s next chapter

Tara McMullen — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:52:44 GMT

This slideshow details the key trends that will define a new China:

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/three_snapshots_from_chinas_next_chapter

Hospital Caring for an Heiress Pressed Her to Give Lavishly

Tara McMullen — Thu, 30 May 2013 17:57:00 GMT

For the last 20 years of her life, Huguette Clark, a wealthy and reclusive copper heiress, lived in a Manhattan hospital room, shades drawn, door closed. She played with dolls, watched cartoons and followed the Bush v. Gore hanging chad debacle. (She favored Gore)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/nyregion/hospital-caring-for-an-heiress-pressed-her-to-give-lavishly.html

It’s Official: Tech Has Replaced Banking as the New Corporate Bad Guy

Tara McMullen — Tue, 28 May 2013 20:39:23 GMT

U.S. senators have accused Apple, the world’s most valuable company, of also being the world’s biggest tax avoider, as congressional investigators yesterday laid out how the technology giant has jumped through tax loophole after loophole in order to save some $44 billion of otherwise taxable income.

business.time.com/2013/05/21/its-official-tech-has-replaced-banking-as-the-new-corporate-bad-guy

Home Prices See Double-Digit Jump

Tara McMullen — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:51:31 GMT

With a 10.9% increase from March 2012 to this March, home prices continued their upward trajectory as measured by the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. The index has been rising for some time, but the pace of the increase is now the highest since the “bubble” days of April 2006.

http://business.time.com/2013/05/28/home-prices-see-double-digit-jump/

Americans most confident in five years

Tara McMullen — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:50:47 GMT

The U.S. consumer-confidence index climbed to a five-year high of 76.2 in May from a slightly revised 69.0 in April, the Conference Board said. The increase beat the forecast of economists polled by MarketWatch, who expected the index to rise to 72.3.

www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-most-confident-in-five-years-2013-05-28

Flippers once again ride the housing wave

Tara McMullen — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:50:18 GMT

In California, the number of homes sold in recent months that had been flipped undefined or bought and resold within six months undefined has reached the highest levels since late 2005, according to PropertyRadar, a real-estate data firm.

www.marketwatch.com/story/flippers-once-again-ride-the-housing-wave-2013-05-28

How the IRS’s Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional

Tara McMullen — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:49:29 GMT

The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement, financial constraints and an unwillingness to spell out just what it expects from social welfare nonprofits, former officials and experts say.

http://www.propublica.org/article/how-irs-nonprofit-division-got-so-dysfunctional

The 100 Women Who Are Redefining Power

Tara McMullen — Sat, 25 May 2013 23:54:59 GMT

...women that go beyond the traditional taxonomy of the power elite (political and economic might). These change-agents are actually shifting our very idea of clout and authority and, in the process, transforming the world in fresh and exhilarating ways.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2013/05/22/the-worlds-most-powerful-women-2013/

New twists on inferring age from first name

Tara McMullen — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:54 GMT

"Until now, I’ve never had a reason to guess someone’s age — alumni data is pretty well supplied in that department. This very month, though, I have not one but two major modeling projects to work on that involve constituents with very little age data present."

https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/new-twists-on-inferring-age-from-first-name/

Analytics: Taking the First Step

Tara McMullen — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:36:36 GMT

..."We all track giving, but taking and analyzing the data can help us become more strategic."

http://www.npengage.com/analytics/analytics-taking-the-first-step/

Becoming the Analytics Expert (or at Least Intermediate Data Nerd)

Tara McMullen — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:35:35 GMT

During the last presidential election, the role of analytics in decision making and prediction moved to the forefront in the minds of many as a way to gain an advantage in competitive situations. For a data nerd like myself, this was refreshing, as the average citizen started to gain a new found respect for a set of skills that had always largely been viewed as the sausage making that decision makers weren’t necessarily interested in understanding.

http://www.npengage.com/analytics/becoming-the-analytics-expert-least-intermediate-data-nerd/

Compensation and funding challenges ahead? IRS report notes ‘significant compliance issues’ among colleges, universities

Tara McMullen — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:21:22 GMT

Various compliance concerns are specified in the IRS's final report of the College and Universities Compliance Project, which was announced Thursday at the 30th annual Georgetown Law School Continuing Legal Education Conference, "Representing and Managing Tax Exempt Organizations." The report is being viewed broadly as an indicator of potential issues across the tax-exempt sector, especially in regard to executive compensation.

http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/resources/compensation-and-funding-challenges-ahead-irs-report-notes-%E2%80%98significant-compliance-issues%E2%80%99

Some nonprofits concerned that IRS scandal will stain their good work

Tara McMullen — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:20:44 GMT

State and national 501(c)(3) charities are expressing concern at being unfairly implicated by the growing scandal over the way the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Exempt Organizations Division has handled applications submitted by certain 501(c)(4) social welfare entities.

http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/news/top-stories/some-nonprofits-concerned-irs-scandal-will-stain-their-good-work