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Contraction in U.S. Shale Pushes Oil to $40
Crude oil prices have rallied by more than 30 percent since early February and investors are growing more confident that a rebound is in order. Have oil prices finally turned a corner? The sudden wave...
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AmEx Looks at Letting You Pay With Points Anywhere Online
by Claire TsosieCredit card points are usually worth about as much as Monopoly money when it comes to making purchases. When buying things online, you typically see a credit and debit option but not...
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Boring Advice. Better Expected Returns
Photo courtesy of Flickr. The financial media went into overdrive hyping the sharp decline that the market experienced at the beginning of 2016. Much less has been made of the recovery of the S&P...
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NerdWallet's Best Credit Card Tips for March 2016
by Kevin CashWhether March has you hitting the road for spring break or staying home to save on discounted winter purchases, you can save money by paying with a credit card.Every month, the Nerds round...
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Build Your '4 Corners' of Entrepreneurial Success
Building a great business is a bit like putting together a jigsaw puzzle: It's usually smart to start with the corners. In your business, the corners make up the framework from which everything else...
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How Perspective, Perception and Baggage Inhibit Change
My father had a problem. He was the shop manager for the International Harvester tractor and truck dealership in the small town where I grew up, and his staff was upset about their pay. There was no...
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JetBlue's Creative Solution to the Pilot and Diversity Shortage
So what does an industry do when it cannot find enough qualified workers? It creates them. That's the approach JetBlue Airways is taking in fighting the national pilot shortage. This week, the New...
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Why Leaving the EU Will Likely Make Britain Poorer
HONG KONG -- As Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman famously wrote, "Depression, runaway inflation, or civil war can make a country poor, but only productivity growth can make it rich." Those...
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An Open Letter to Donald Trump's Sex Harassment Victims
"Only [Donald] Trump could describe democracy in a way that sounds like he's sexually harassing it." -- Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, February 22, 2016 Much has been written recently...
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What Does It Take to Be a 'Best-Selling Author'? $3 and 5 Minutes
I would like to tell you about the biggest lie in book publishing. It appears in the biographies and social media profiles of almost every working "author" today. It's the word "best seller." This...
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Groceries On The Move--A Space Adventure
One of the recurring surprises of life among the grocery aisles is discovering that an item has suddenly moved to a new location. It just happened at my store with the Quicos. They're big kernels of...
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5 Different Franchises for Entrepreneurs Seeking Additional Income
For aspiring entrepreneurs, buying a franchise may seem like a no-brainer. Being a franchise owner means being your own boss and owning your own business, all within an existing business structure with...
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But I Still Need a Job!
Maybe it's your first job out of school. The job to take you into retirement. The job where it won't just be about the money. It will be about you making a difference. Or maybe you're part of the...
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Employee Social Media Advocacy Influence
Social media managers are beginning to understand that employees are influencers and brand advocates. As Advertising Age recently noted, "The entire industry is looking at how to get content into...
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Do These 5 Things at the End of Every Day, and You Will Become More Productive
It's 4:35 p.m. You feel like the bottom of a marathoner's shoe. Flat. Sore. Whimpering. It's been a day of fighting distractions, racing to meetings, staying awake, ingesting caffeine, and trying to...
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Are Women Left With the Short End of the Stick When It Comes to Financing...
By Susana GarcÃa-RoblesSusana GarcÃa-Robles leads the Early-Stage Equity Group at the Multilateral Investment Fund. Since 1999, she has worked on advancing entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems and...
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PR Firm Co-Owners Inspire Women to Take a Leap Into Entrepreneurship
Sisters Ashley Jernigan (l) and Erica Dias (r), Founders of The B Firm: PR In a time when women on average make 21% less than men many are using entrepreneurship as an additional method to create...
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Feeling Stuck? How to Gain Momentum
In a world that sometimes feels overwhelmingly focused on the negative, it is easy to find comfort on the "woe is me" team. We can deflect responsibility by blaming others for not getting us what we...
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Business Health Is a Marathon
As an athlete I've trained for marathons, triathlons and adventure runs for twelve years and counting. By participating in these events I have drawn parallels from running that contribute to achieving...
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Peyton Manning's Retirement Prompts Endorsement Question: Is it Better to...
It is official. Peyton Manning is retiring from football. While Manning's football career will be enshrined in Canton, his mastery as a brand spokesperson will cement him in pop culture history. He is...
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