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RJ & Makay

Our view of news, events and human capital trends in the financial services industry.

The personality types who are killing office meeting productivity

Posted by RJ and Makay on May 17, 2012

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Office MeetingsOffice meetings can be a challenge for any business organization, and corporate trainers have identified personality types and gathered anecdotal data that sheds light on meeting dynamics.  Naysayers are those that challenge just about anything anyone brings to the table. For them, “whatever you bring up, it will never work,” says Dana Brownlee, founder of Professionalism Matters, an Atlanta, Georgia corporate-training company.

Workers’ compensation line shows mixed 2011 results

Posted by RJ and Makay on May 17, 2012

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Workers' CompensationWhile workers’ compensation premium increased 7.4% in 2011, the combined ratio for the line remains at an unsustainable level, according to a new report by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI).  The combined ratio came in at 115 in 2011, the same level as in 2010.  The current state of the market remains “conflicted,” the council said in its annual State of the Line workers’ compensation market analysis.

Commodity prices fall

Posted by RJ and Makay on May 16, 2012

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CommoditiesBullish bets on commodities by hedge funds and other managers fell by 20%, or $18 billion, last week as commodity prices dropped to four-month lows, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data last Friday.  As speculators continued liquidation of long positions in oil, metals and agricultural markets, the CFTC is expected to report a further drop in long commodity positions in its May 18 report, analysts said.

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