There's Something Fundamentally Wrong With The College Business Model
Is academic research really worth all the money that students are unwittingly paying for it? Not according to Larry Zicklin, former chairman of Neuberger Berman, a professor at New York University's...
View ArticleTom Cruise's $50M Life & Style Lawsuit Wants Sources And 'Bigotry' History...
Tom Cruise's $50 million lawsuit against Bauer Publishing Company, the publishers behind In Touch and Life & Style, will touch on the publishing company's alleged pattern of religious...
View Article10 Big Cities Where Homeowners Have It Made
The nation’s home ownership rate is currently 65.4%, the lowest it has been in 16 years; however, home ownership is important to 96% of Americans, according to a poll from Prudential Real Estate. It’s...
View ArticleDemocrats Cannot Possibly Lose By Pushing To Raise The Minimum Wage
The issue that seems to have gotten the most attention in Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday is his proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9 per hour from $7.25. The knee-jerk...
View ArticleSix False Beliefs That Are Keeping You From Getting Rich
For ages, mankind has speculated on the power of the mind. You can find quotes as old as the Bible “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."Or as new as The Secret proclaiming the “law of...
View ArticleEveryone Needs To Make Time To Dream Big
Life is busy. And chaotic. And frantic. And that’s with you being successful.On your best day you’re dying. Getting pounded by a million unanswered questions and expectations.The only way to get your...
View ArticleFive Fresh Tax Tips For The Self-Employed
Tax season is no walk in the park for the self-employed who have to pay their own payroll tax, in addition to their own income tax.What’s more, in many cases, tax information can become quickly...
View ArticleHow Confusion Ends Up Helping People Learn
We all know that confusion doesn't feel good. Because it seems like an obstacle to learning, we try to arrange educational experiences and training sessions so that learners will encounter as little...
View ArticleThe World’s Fastest Electric Boat Was Inspired By An Awesome Mercedes
Everyone knows electricity and water don’t mix, but with the latest creation from Cigarette Racing, a world renowned manufacturer of powered boats based in Miami-Dade County, Florida, nothing could be...
View ArticleSee How Much House You Can Get For $150,000
Each week we take a look at how much house you can expect to get at a specific price point. This week, we’re looking at homes priced around $150,000.Lexington, KY1605 Clayton Ave, Lexington, KYFor...
View ArticleCory Booker's 2014 Senate Bid Is Unstoppable
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D), the 89-year-old senior senator from New Jersey, might be declining to run for re-election in 2014 because he'll be 91 at the time.Or it could be he announced his pending...
View ArticleFormer Democratic Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr Is Charged With Looting...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was charged Friday with scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife was charged with filing false income tax...
View ArticleActually, The Sequester Doesn't Matter — The Private Sector Is Still Going To...
The past four years have seen a level of US government spending and debt unmatched outside of World War Two. The early 1980s period is the only contender. From 2009-2012, spending as a share of output...
View ArticleBarack Obama: 'I Wish I'd Had A Father Who Was Around'
In a speech in his home city of Chicago, President Obama says "strong, stable families" can help reduce gun violence in the US.Mr Obama, who was raised by his mother, told an audience in his old...
View ArticleFacebook Could Start Showing You Auto-Playing Video Ads In Your News Feed (FB)
Facebook is considering placing video ads that play automatically in your News Feed, according to comments made by the company's VP of Business and Marketing Partnerships at Stanford's Future Of Media...
View ArticleThe Minimum Wage Is Like A Proxy Labor Union
In his State of the Union speech Barack Obama warmed Democratic hearts by calling for an increase in the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, and indexation of the wage to inflation.Predictably, an...
View ArticleTeam Hunting For Buried WWII Spitfires In Burma Gives Up
The sponsor of a British-led team hunting for dozens of rare World War II Spitfires said to have been buried in Myanmar has abandoned the search, saying stories of the stashed planes are merely...
View ArticleThe Four Ways That Obamacare Could Still Be Destroyed
Now that Obamacare has survived at the Supreme Court and the ballot box, proponents and opponents of the law agree it’s here to stay. But Republicans remain committed to botching its implementation,...
View ArticleMillionaires Say They’re Better Off Than In 2007
The good old days for the wealthy are now back.A survey from Northern Trust found that three quarters of millionaires surveyed said they are better off, or as well off, as they were in 2007 — the peak...
View ArticleBen Affleck Had His Biggest Oscar Moment 15 Years Ago
Ben Affleck's upcoming trip to the Academy Awards is widely expected to end with the "Argo" director cradling a gold statuette.But as the 40-year-old actor-writer-director nears his presumed moment of...
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