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The Subtle Power of Product Packaging

How powerful are advertising and marketing? In 2007, I shared an excerpt from Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink in which the author describes how product pack[...] read more »
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Budget Soybean Recipes: Healthy and Vegan

Consider the savings that comes from choosing soy and other vegan-friendly food products. You don't have to be a hippie to eat vegan. Michael Rhodes[...] read more »
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Tax Tips for Procrastinators, Lazy People, and Late Filers

According to TurboTax, New York City is the third worst city in terms of procrastination.Here are some important tips for those of us who wait until [...] read more »
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Talk to Others About Financial Decisions

Most of us are pretty good at spotting fraud. We don’t know all the security features in the twenty dollar bill, but most of us can spot a fake from [...] read more »
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Finding Balance In Your Life

Balance has been something my dad has talked to me about since I was a kid. Asian parents hold academics in very high regard because a good education[...] read more »
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Demand for Aviation Jobs Expected to Grow

Just a month out of college, Liam Broderick landed his first job as a pilot for a budget airline. It lasted nine months. read more »
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No Letup for Employment Gloom

Granted, employers continued to shed a large amount of jobs in March, and that will be the case for quite a while after the economy begins to turn ar[...] read more »
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The Personal Finance Hour, Episode 3: Finding Balance

There are three ways to hear the show. You can listen through an audio feed at the show page, or you can dial the call-in number at (347) 327-9144. Y[...] read more »
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Tweet! Market Your Business With Twitter

The first way to use Twitter as a marketing tool is to increase the level of awareness of your business and services. By posting regular messages abo[...] read more »
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Save on Travel: The Most Expensive Airports

Have you ever noticed that certain airports are consistently more expensive than others? I certainly have. The good news is that our nearest airport [...] read more »
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BVC #6 - Compounding Interest, APR & APY

The video discusses, in very basic terms, what compounding is as well as two common acronyms you see when talking interest rates: APR and APY. read more »
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Flex CDs: The Pros and Cons

Flex CDs "have always been around, but the appeal may be more nowadays given the economic climate,” says Tracey Mills of the Consumer Bankers’ Assoc[...] read more »
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From Consulting to Higher Learning: Moving to a New Job

Some of you know that I’ve been pretty busy lately. I’m working full-time, plus taking 2 graduate courses and preparing for my capstone course in the[...] read more »
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Avoiding Confrontations Will Cost You

Many of us try to avoid confrontations like a plague. Especially in the Chinese culture, we were taught not to challenge our teachers. We were told n[...] read more »
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How Tracking Errors Appear In Emerging Market ETFs

While looking into exchange traded funds (ETFs), a potential investor may have noticed some “tracking errors” that occur in comparing the benchmark i[...] read more »
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