How to protect yourself from fraud

The safest place on earth to shop with a credit card these days may be at a Target store. The company is beefing up its digital security systems after thieves gained access in December to millions of customer credit card numbers and other information. Target has learned an expensive lesson, as hundreds of millions of […]

Don’t be a password fool

OK, OK we get it. Remembering passwords is difficult. Especially if you do as suggested: Set unique passwords that are an inscrutable combination of letters, numbers and symbols. But if you’re one of the millions of people whose password is “password” or “1234,” you’re needlessly exposing yourself to identity theft and other fraud. You owe […]

A philanthropic life puts wealth to good use around the world

By John S. Davis Around the dinner table recently, we were discussing the “outrageous” level of compensation among corporate leaders. It had just been announced that Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., was expected to receive a $25 million bonus on top of his $19 million annual salary. A family member […]