
So you've reached 50, or older, and you need some challenge in your career. What do you do? Go boldly out on your own as a consultant or keep working for someone else, enjoying the perks and teamwork as a corporate executive? Let's tease out the pros and cons.

For 12 years, from 1993, I was a very successful diversity consultant and trainer, advising all kinds of organisations in the UK - from huge companies like British Telecom, with 100,000 staff, and the Royal Navy, to small minnows like Coulsdon School - to encourage greater divers …
Lessons Learned from Apple: Why It Wins and Why It LosesSource: itbusinessedge.com
Apple had a difficult year in 2007 but weathered the challenges generally rather well.
Let's see:
Extremely successful iPhone launch: check
Rollout of major OS update: check
Introduction of a touch-screen iPod: check
Highest mark ever for Apple stock: check
A nearly 250% i …
Have you considered a blogging consultant?Source: fishtrain.com
In the 90's websites required website consultants. Now that blogs are where it's at, have you considered hiring a blogging consultant for your business? Blogs can influence your customer base. Here's an interview with Blogging Expertise.
Top doctor who hit his wife 24 times is spared jail Source: the Mail online
A senior doctor who savagely beat up his wife after they argued about buying a new car has escaped a prison sentence.
Anaesthetics consultant Stuart Brown, 37, threw his wife to the floor and punched her at least 24 times as she lay at his feet.
How To Make Your Small Business Look BigSource:
For small businesses that want their clients be more secure with their transactions. A series on how important presenting your business to prospective clients.

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International Consultants Detained In Privatization InvestigationsSource: isater.com
Romanian prosecutors with the Supreme Court decided Tuesday night to take into custody for 24 hours international consultants Stamen Stanchev and Vadim Benyatov Don, charged with espionage in the privatization processes of some important Romanian companies.
Reasons why it sucks to be in San DiegoSource: atleastihavechicken.com
San Diego as a city has been the victim of some of the worst civic management ever seen in the United States. How did such a perfect, beautiful place go so wrong?
12 reasons why we ask for business helpSource: leeiwan.wordpress.com
Here's a list of common, and not so common, reasons we seek out business help and hire business consultants:
12 Reasons: Why we ask for business help
Increasingly Looking Like North Korea Test was a DudSource: americablog.blogspot.com
My friends in the non-proliferation world are pretty confident that this was a failed test. Apparently it would have been difficult for North Korea to test a one-kilo nuke, as the standard -- and what they've always done -- is 20.
George Bush is cranky and "ticked off big-time"Source: americablog.blogspot.com
The President is mad, really, really mad according to the NY Daily News. He and Laura thought things were going well after they exploited "September the 11th" again.
10 reasons why people hire a business consultantSource: leeiwan.wordpress.com
Business consultants are an important part of our business culture. We have discovered that hiring consultants and outside experts can save us time and money. It also can increase our competitiveness and professionalism.