Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Franchising An Online Business, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Student loans is second largest source of debt in US households, says recent study: Steven Sabel, a former firefighter, decided to go to law school after a knee injury prevented him from returning to duty. He had wanted to be a lawyer since he was young. Sabel, now a second-year student at UCLA, is financing his degree almost entirely on loans....
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Mutual Fund Types and Investment Tips, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Who’s to blame for exhorbinant student loan debt? Every so often some politician makes it their (brief) mission to address the burdens of overwhelming student loan debt. Universally overlooked is that these students chose their institutes of higher learning knowing exactly what the costs of education would be. They intentionally overlooked smaller, less prestigious schools such as State colleges...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Determining your Target Market, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. 7 pieces of terrible debt advice: Asking for advice is one of those things that can either be helpful or disastrous — it depends on the topic and who’s offering tips. When it comes to get-out-of-debt advice, the stakes are high, so choose your advisers carefully and keep an open mind when it’s time to make decisions. It’s not so much...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Sticky Blog Posts: 8 Tips for an Effective Post, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Detroit submits plan to fix debt as US court agrees to hear bankruptcy case: Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing was challenged Friday as the US sixth circuit court of appeals agreed to hear a request to have it overturned. City pension funds representing Detroit’s police and firefighters and others who face major losses in the bankruptcy proceedings...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Tips for the Online Marketer, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Debt advice clinic: put your questions to our panel The third week of January can be a struggle for many people, and debt charities report that it is one of their busiest times. It feels like a long time since the last pay packet, and bank balances could be running low. Bills for credit cards and other borrowing will start...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Using Facebook as an Online Public Relation and Social Marketing Tool, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1.How to write off debt and be debt free: Finding a way to write off debt and become debt free is something that many people experiencing debt problems consider at some point in time. There are a number of formal and legal debt solutions that will enable you to write off your unaffordable debt...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Innovative Internet Marketing Ideas, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Mortgage rise will plunge a million homeowners into ‘perilous debt’: More than a million homeowners will be at risk of defaulting on their mortgages and losing their properties in the wake of even a small rise in interest rates, a bombshell analysis reveals. Borrowers who have failed to pay down their mortgages when interest rates have been at record low levels...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on online day trading 101, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. College Student Debt Soars; College Presidents’ Pay Skyrockets: Presidents of U.S. colleges and universities fundraise with donors, preside over graduation ceremonies and provide unversities with long-range strategic vision. They are also paid handsomely for their work. Forty-two private college presidents earned more than $1 million in 2011, according to a new analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The median...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. America’s health care cost slowdown and the disappearing debt: Six years after the start of the Great Recession, there should be little disagreement what America’s number one domestic priority should be. With unemployment still stuck around 7 percent four plus years after that recession was declared “over,” creating jobs has to be Job #1. (more…)
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Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog: the ultimate guide, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. How I Finally Paid Off a Lifetime of Credit Card Debt: I’ve been a debtor all my life. My parents first met at a financial loan office—my dad issued loans, my mom worked in the office. They divorced when I was 10 and my mother was left to raise two daughters in Cincinnati, Ohio on a...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on what’s the deal with extra income, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Don’t Sweat Margin Debt: One data point that has found a home among the bearish community is the total amount of New York Stock Exchange margin debt. It is at record highs, and this supposedly means the end of the bull market is nigh. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to build passive income, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. What the Senate Didn’t Do on the Debt Ceiling: With both chambers of Congress back in session on Tuesday, budget theatrics returned to Capitol Hill. In the legislative equivalent of a double negative, the Senate voted down a resolution blocking the president from extending the country’s borrowing limit. In other words: The Treasury can still borrow money to pay the country’s...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on tips for an effective post, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Demilitarize the Debt Ceiling: And there we are: Victory! The debt limit has been raised. After weeks and weeks of open conflict, intense infighting, and yes, some passive-aggressive sitting around as well, the President and Congress have managed to avert U.S. default and reopen the federal government. The PandaCam is back! Plus, a global financial crisis has been averted or...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Senate stalls bi-partisan debt ceiling deal to end government shutdown: With only five days left to a possible default, there is yet no unity in the US senate with Republicans and Democrats rejecting each other’s proposal to end the 12-day-old government shutdown. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on online day trading 101, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Here’s The Truth About Debt Ceiling Trutherism: One of the more concerning developments in the debt-ceiling fight is the growing contingent of Republicans who just aren’t that worried about raising the debt ceiling in a timely fashion. (more…)
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on why private cloud hosting, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Gold price moves north on US debt ceiling drama: Gold hit a nine-day high and may achieve its first positive quarter in a year as the US debt ceiling showdown pushes investors towards safe havens. Though few analysts expect to see the sort of golden rise that accompanied the 2011 debt ceiling drama, gold jumped to $1,354 on Sunday – the highest...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to start a blog: the ultimate guide, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. With No Talks on Debt Ceiling, Risks Mount: As the nation approached its legal borrowing limit more than two years ago, President Barack Obama entered long and messy negotiations with Republicans in Congress. Amid the debate, his job-approval ratings fell to record lows. Now, Mr. Obama is trying a new strategy, refusing to negotiate over terms for raising...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on Sticky Blog Posts: 8 Tips for an Effective Post, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Obama economic adviser’s refrain: No debt ceiling negotiations President Barack Obama and his closest advisers are making it clear: They will not negotiate on the looming debt ceiling. In an interview on Sunday with ABC, Obama said he “will not negotiate…on the debt ceiling” because making a debate over the credit of the United States the...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on 5 SEO Tips, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. DC residents losing property in ‘predatory’ debt-collection program – report: Washington DC officials have set up a controversial program that allows out-of-state investors to initiate foreclosures against homeowners who have fallen behind on their taxes, in some cases for just hundreds of dollars. The District of Columbia for many years placed liens – a means of debt security – on properties...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to build passive income, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Tropical island paradise tops debt league: The Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, better known for their pristine beaches and crystal clear waters, are the most indebted nation in the world, according to a new report released on Monday. The “debt league” compiled data on government debt and private debt and looked at how much a country owes as well as...
Before we get to the good reads! Check out this beastly resource on how to successfully start a blog, and let me know what you think. A Few Good Reads Here are a few of my favorite reads from the past week. 1. Debt Is Making Young People Sick: So you still can’t decide if you should empty your savings account to buy that starter home, trading a renter’s lifestyle for a 30-year mortgage? Or maybe you’re pondering an apartment you can’t really afford, or a first car you’re only kind-of convinced you need? (more…)
It has been a busy week here at This That and The MBA. Things are very busy on the work front as we move to completing our cost reports. This is the bread and butter in how the hospital gets paid. Without these babies nobody knows our expenses or any statistics. Here we were blessed and received a page rank of 2. Thank you big G. Here are the articles that caught my attention this week: Daisy at Add Vodka with How running a blog is like running a business Michelle at Making Sense of Cents with Lifes Little Splurges...
This has been a long week at work. I had a virus on my computer that I am still trying to rectify and I am posting this from my cell phone. So if there are any errors please email me. It gets me thinking; while cell phones are amazing running a blog from a phone is not practical. I can respond to emails and comments but a lengthy post is just not in the cards. I think in the subsequent weeks I am going to expand the Five For Friday. If you have any clever naming methodologies please shoot me...
