One hundred fifty miles south of Denver a helicopter returns with fire managers who viewed the charred landscape from the air.

NPR: Western Wildfires Prompt Thousands of Evacuations

Many analysts believe that IRRC's new database, coupled with legislative moves in Congress, could alter the landscape of global investing and prompt U.S. fund managers to unload stocks of companies active in countries involved with terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Across the technology landscape, we are seeing many companies that do not have enough general IT managers and are having trouble finding more.

FORBES: The Corkscrew Effect: Your IT Staff Has Too Many Experts

The financial landscape is littered with the wrecks of formerly high-flying funds and their star managers, many of whom retire and leave the industry just in the nick of time.

FORBES: Is Your 401(k) A Total Scam?

Despite the eroding macro landscape and the fact that default rates are up from the near-record lows of late 2011, managers are hardly channeling Chicken Little.

FORBES: Connect