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September 30, 2022

Technical Recession Confirmed

The U.S. economy shrank for a second quarter in a row this year, a third and final estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis confirmed Thursda...

Financial and Business Planning

September 19, 2022

India Is Quietly Laying Claim to Economic Superpower Status

Excerpted from The Economist: The rise of China has been the biggest story in the global economy in recent decades. But amid concern about its stum...

Financial and Business Planning

August 24, 2022

Quietly Returning, Older Workers Are Changing Work And Retirement

“I thought you retired,” I say teasingly to an old friend. He turns swiftly and in a somewhat irate tone, responds, “I am retired!” The 66...

Financial and Business Planning

August 17, 2022

Could the EV Boom Run Out of Juice Before It Really Gets Going?

Quite possibly, for want of batteries Electric vehicles (EVs) seem unstoppable. Carmakers are outpledging themselves in terms of production goals. ...

Financial and Business Planning

August 01, 2022

2 Reasons to Donate Cars, Boats and Planes to Charity

Donations of vehicles can have limited tax advantages compared to donations of appreciated assets such as business interests or real estate. Aft...

Financial and Business Planning

July 19, 2022

Why the James Webb Space Telescope Matters to Us

I am a weather and climate scientist who spent 12 years of my career at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center before joining the faculty at the Univers...

Sustainable Investing

July 13, 2022

Where Have People Gone All-Electric? Not the Places You’d Expect

Dozens of local governments on both coasts have banned natural gas hookups in new residential and commercial construction. In response, by the mos...

Family and Finance

July 05, 2022

Hire Education: Four Reasons To Force Your Kids To Work This Summer

Today, more teens are employed than they have been in over a decade. As of May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows unemployment rates for ages 1...

Investment Management

May 27, 2022

Crypto in Retirement Accounts?

FROM BLOOMBERG, LP: Cryptocurrencies are the exact opposite of a prudent investment: They’re volatile, have little practical use beyond speculat...

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Technical Recession Confirmed

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Could the EV Boom Run Out of Juice Before It Really Gets Going?

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Why the James Webb Space Telescope Matters to Us

Where Have People Gone All-Electric? Not the Places You’d Expect

Hire Education: Four Reasons To Force Your Kids To Work This Summer

Crypto in Retirement Accounts?

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