Finances

When you recommend a book or movie to someone do you talk in terms of feelings?

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There are the occasional bright spots, here and there, but on Main Street USA, it’s a real struggle for small business owners across the land.

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If Bill Gates and I both buy our own private Gulf Stream jet planes, which of us will have the tougher time making the payments?

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"It’s official; student loan debt exceeds debt owed on credit cards for the first time in history. If they have not already passed it, student loans will top $1 Trillion dollars soon. In addition, nearly $100 billion, or 10% of those, are delinquent."

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So how did Jennie-O do? Surely, with $5 million plus to spend that must have created a boatload of jobs. Well, they have spent the money and reported the jobs created — sort of. See if you can understand their description of the resulting jobs.

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Thursday morning I talked about an article I read by Gary North, he was Ron Paul's original economist. He compiled a list of these things to look for. Listen to my list here.

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Last year I attended my 50th high school reunion. It was great to see so many old friends. In fact, so many showed up there was some I missed talking to and the reunion lasted two nights. But while talking about the good and bad ole days of high school, the teachers, sports, there will always be the memory of the Senior Prom

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In my 40 plus years of business study, I’ve come across some common mistakes that make me scratch my head and really question the decision makers of well known companies and industries. These are not just mistakes that are common to the Gallatin Valley

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I guess if you live long enough you get to see it all. According to a Wall Street Journal article, President Obama had decided the government should follow a Georgia idea to deal with the unemployment issue. Georgia has come up with a very interesting pla

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The Fair Tax is almost as complicated as the current progressive income tax we all know and love. And like the other tax possibilities we’ve looked at, there are pros and cons to this one as well

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