Musings from the CU Suite

Written by Anthony Demangone

Here's the best of my reading pile from this week.   

• NCUA's Risk-Based Capital Proposal: We need your help. (NAFCU Today.)
• Hmmmm. Wal-Mart enters the money transfer business. (Reuters.)  As does Facebook. (The Guardian.)
• Watch out for....deflation? (WSJ.)
• Taxes. These charts on federal spending and revenues may surprise you. (The Big Picture.)
• Where has income exploded in the last five years? (Governing.com.) My home county of Bradford County, Pennsylvania has seen huge personal income gains due to fracking. Probably doesn't tell the whole story, though.
• UPS drivers rarely turn left. It saves the company millions of dollars, time...and lives. (Washington Post.)
• Do you speak publicly? Be like Yoda, not Luke Skywalker. (Inc.) And cut out the thinking noises. (Ragan.com)
• Time flies. This father took a video of his daughter every week from birth until she turned 14, and condensed it into a 4 minute video.  (Business Insider.)
• The best 50 employees in the U.S. (Business Insider) Here's why Colgene is #1 on that list. (Business Insider.) You can really go to school on this data. 
• The pace of change is unbelievable. A Chinese company 3-D printed 10 houses in a day. (Business Insider.)
• Do you connect or collect the dots? (Godin.)
• The intersection of forgiveness and accountability. (The Leadership Freak.)
• Key to success is to surround yourself with those who challenge your thinking.  (Inc.) (I should be all set, having Kate and Briggs in my house!)
• Banks are closing accounts on payday lenders. (Washington Post.)
• The invention of the Slurpee.  It was an accident. (Priceonomics.)