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No 1 MENTAL HEALTH AT WORK [ IN LATE 2015 ] I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK AT AN EVENT connected to Zappos founder Tony Hsieh's burgeoning startup ecosystem in downtown Las Vegas. As the small group takes in the contrast between my description of the event and the video, Tony's deputy jokes, a lit tle too comfortably: "Wow, you're really a sociopath." ¶ In our original angel investor deck, Bonobos had been pitched as "Ralph Lauren times Zappos", and Tony's book, Delivering Happiness, was foundational to my entrepreneurial worldview. The ringleader of the group is a local Vegas VC who works for Tony, a deputy who is a part of Tony's project to revitalize the city. [Extracted from the article]

Market risk remains one of the most significant issues for gas and power merchants. The SEC requires disclosure of market risks in a company's annual filings. However, the allowable metrics [...]

Why do energy merchants or those utilities with merchant power divisions obsess over 'selling' their upside? These companies feel compelled to show steady, predictable profit streams to both the street [...]

Why have basic generation service auctions historically been overly competitive given the prevailing market prices at the time? The answer requires an exploration of the concept of 'charging' for market [...]

Last month, Risk Capital's Tom Brady identified numerous risk factors that should be considered when pricing load-following contracts. These risks included various temperature, load, and price risks that create enormous [...]

This article illustrates the need to use the latest portfolio analysis and optimization techniques to improve the decision making around whether or not to add generation assets to a current [...]

Price forecasting is a significant business process within any energy merchant that trades electricity and natural gas. Business planning, trading, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), even rate-case activities rely upon some [...]

THE US ENERGY MARKET has gone through a period of unprecedented turbulence over the last few years. The California crisis in 2000/2001 was followed by the events of 11 September, [...]

Energy risk management was born during the deregulation of natural gas and power over the last decade. At the same time, there was a general mismanagement of the balance between [...]

Comments on Randy Moore's article 'Educational Malpractice: Why Do So Many Biology Teachers Endorse Creationism?' Failure of the article to state the major reason for the low level of scientific literacy among high school science teachers; Public's poor understanding of evolution; Recommendations to improve science education.

The article provides an answer to a question on the importance of researching and documenting the family history of farm family owners.

The article describes the experience of apparel company Bonobo in having problems with its electronic commerce system which failed to handle heavy customer traffic.

An introduction to a series of articles published in the issue is presented including an article on golfer Tom Watson, another on chef Curtis Stone and an article on the Fairchild Fashion Group Men's Wear Industry CEO Summit held in New York.