Dennis O'Reilly

Seven trademark registration services are reviewed in this roundup, which includes a buyer's guide and a trademark registration FAQ.

One of a series of reviews of credit card processing services includes head-to-head comparisons with competing services and an FAQ on the company.

Computers have become so ubiquitous that nearly every aspect of our lives revolves around their use, yet the machines haven’t lost their ability to amaze us. The latest jaw-dropping technology is the ability of computers to teach themselves new skills by analyzing huge amounts of data. The many types of machine learning promise to make our homes and workplaces safer, our access to information easier, and our lives healthier.

LegalZoom ties for the No. 6 spot in our 2023 ratings of LLC formation services. The company sells a full range of legal services for businesses and individuals. Its three LLC formation packages range in price from $79 plus state fees for the Economy plan to $349 plus state fees for the Express Gold Plan.

The Global Privacy Control (GPC) notifies sites when the browser initially loads the page that the person doesn't want their private data to be sold or shared. The GPC specification defines a mechanism by which browsers send a signal to the sites that a person visits indicating their choice not to have their private information sold or shared via a single value.

Bluehost is one of the three web hosting services that tie for the top spot in our rating of the Best Web Hosting Services of 2023, along with HostGator and SiteGround. The service emphasizes its WordPress and WooCommerce offerings, including managed WordPress hosting packages. It also offers full-featured shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting plans, but doesn’t sell cloud hosting or reseller hosting packages. Among Bluehost’s ancillary services are domain registration, professional design and… Show more

Bluehost is one of the three web hosting services that tie for the top spot in our rating of the Best Web Hosting Services of 2023, along with HostGator and SiteGround. The service emphasizes its WordPress and WooCommerce offerings, including managed WordPress hosting packages. It also offers full-featured shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting plans, but doesn’t sell cloud hosting or reseller hosting packages. Among Bluehost’s ancillary services are domain registration, professional design and marketing services, Google Workspace plans, and fee-based support for your site via the company’s Blue Sky service. Show less

Pandemics cause socioeconomic disruptions that threaten national security, in part, by putting massive strains on health systems across the globe. National security strategies play a key role in the prevention, preparation, response, and mitigation of the devastation that pandemics can wreak on communities, countries, and populations around the world.

To attain midlevel and senior-level finance degree jobs, such as senior financial analyst, financial risk manager, mutual fund analyst, or investment banker, candidates must overcome stiff competition. However, the earning potential for finance professionals tends to be greater in the long term than management salaries in non-finance roles.

Choosing the finance area that best fits a finance degree holder’s skills, experience, and career goals requires understanding the characteristics of… Show more

To attain midlevel and senior-level finance degree jobs, such as senior financial analyst, financial risk manager, mutual fund analyst, or investment banker, candidates must overcome stiff competition. However, the earning potential for finance professionals tends to be greater in the long term than management salaries in non-finance roles.

Choosing the finance area that best fits a finance degree holder’s skills, experience, and career goals requires understanding the characteristics of specific roles, including typical duties and responsibilities, salary potential, and job prospects. This guide describes six midlevel and senior finance positions in detail and takes a quick look at some more unusual career options for finance professionals. Show less

The most popular treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder is applied behavior analysis (ABA), which the Association for Science in Autism Treatment describes as the use of interventions to improve “socially important behavior.” Behavior analytic interventions are based on learning theory and methods that have been studied scientifically and shown to be effective in improving the lives of people with autism spectrum disorders.

Clothing store inventory management is probably not one of the activities that make you rush to start each business day. Yet without a thorough understanding of the stock on hand, a clothing store will be challenged to keep its customers happy and its cash registers ringing. Coming to the rescue of clothing store managers struggling to track their inventory are new products and services that promise to do much of the heavy lifting entailed in recording and updating their inventory numbers.

People who run a mobile business have access to the same cutting-edge technologies for efficiently managing their operations and serving customers as their brick-and-mortar counterparts possess. And they’re taking advantage of these tech tools in incredibly innovative ways.

According to a 2018 report issued by the GlobalWebIndex, people ages 16 to 24 spent an average of three hours and one minute using social media each day. However, research reported in the journal JAMA Psychiatry found that adolescents who use social media more than three hours per day “may be at heightened risk of mental health problems, particularly internalizing problems.”

Social media can and does have a positive effect on children and teens, whether by teaching social skills… Show more

According to a 2018 report issued by the GlobalWebIndex, people ages 16 to 24 spent an average of three hours and one minute using social media each day. However, research reported in the journal JAMA Psychiatry found that adolescents who use social media more than three hours per day “may be at heightened risk of mental health problems, particularly internalizing problems.”

Social media can and does have a positive effect on children and teens, whether by teaching social skills, strengthening relationships or just being fun. Persistent use of these social platforms can also have a negative impact, particularly on the mental health and well-being of young users.

Children, parents and teachers need to understand the full impact of social media use by adolescents and teens, especially the risks these services pose on their mental health. The tools, tips and resources in this guide can help ensure that the use of social media by young people strengthens their personal social network and improves their general mental wellness. Show less

Louisiana has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the country. In the 2016–17 National Survey of Children’s Health, 19.1 percent of Louisiana children ages 10 to 17 were obese, much higher than the national average of 15.8 percent.

Fighting the high rate of childhood obesity in Louisiana and across the United States is key to preventing many of the deadliest and most destructive diseases affecting communities today and in the future. A report from the U.S. Centers for… Show more

Louisiana has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the country. In the 2016–17 National Survey of Children’s Health, 19.1 percent of Louisiana children ages 10 to 17 were obese, much higher than the national average of 15.8 percent.

Fighting the high rate of childhood obesity in Louisiana and across the United States is key to preventing many of the deadliest and most destructive diseases affecting communities today and in the future. A report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that obese children are more likely than children of normal weight to have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other cardiovascular risks. Obese children are also at greater risk of Type 2 diabetes, asthma and other respiratory problems, and bone and joint pain....

There are no simple answers to the problem of childhood obesity, yet many relatively easy steps are available that can help parents and children turn the tide against the growing crisis of obesity in children. This guide examines the state of childhood obesity in Louisiana, the ongoing efforts to combat the problem, and strategies and techniques that families and communities in the state can adopt to help the children of Louisiana be as healthy as they can be. Show less

The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are popular topics in many business articles. Gartner reports that 59% of enterprise organizations deployed AI projects as of December 2018. Furthermore, the number of AI and ML projects implemented by the average company is expected to increase from an average of 4 to 35 by 2022. The future of project management will require knowledge of managing the impact of these two emerging applications on the organization.