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What Schools Need To Be Teaching, According To Michael Bloomberg And Jamie Dimon
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 3:26pm | 391Former mayor of New York City and billionaire entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)'s CEO Jamie Dimon know a thing or two about hiring the smartest people to fill much needed jobs in their organizations. In an op-ed on Bloomberg View, the two got together...
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Barclays: CDW Top Technology Pick, Apple Still A Favorite
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 1:12pm | 219Ben Reitzes of Barclays on Wednesday commented that CDW Corp (NASDAQ: CDW) is a top technology pick as the company is well positioned grow revenues and earnings through 2016. Reitzes notes that CDW, unlike other major technology firms like IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Lexmark (NYSE: LXK), has no...
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Exclusive: 'Blissful Teacher' Tends To Educators With Fragrance
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 3:21pm | 599Beth Wrobel, founder and CEO of The Blissful Teacher, discovered a healing quality to all-natural fragrances oils years ago and, ever since, she's been tying to spread the word. Wrobel has gone from a small Etsy shop to being in storefronts in about a year's time. Her company provides educator-...
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University of Phoenix vs. Strayer University: Which is the Better Bet?
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 4:18pm | 540There's been a lot of debate lately, about the value of a university degree. While those who have graduated from college certainly outearn those who have not, the actual kind of college degree earned makes a big difference in eventual salary expectations. But in general, the traditional...
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How to Get a Larger Tax Refund This Year
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:54pm | 923First, to be clear, the goal of any savvy taxpayer is not to get a large refund. It is to get no refund – while also owing nothing. In other words, the best outcome is to accurately predict your taxes and have that exact amount withheld over the course of the year, thereby avoiding providing...
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Five Ways To Reboot Your Trading In 2014
Monday, December 30, 2013 - 1:40pm | 684It’s almost the New Year, and that means out with the old, in with the new, a new beginning and all of those other clichés that get thrown around. Trading and investing can’t stay status quo for very long. In this business, all of the clichés are true not just at the beginning of the year but...
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Apple Takes 94 Percent Share In Education Tablet Market
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 9:39am | 601It’s not exactly the sexy side of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The company isn’t creating special media events complete with presentations fit for a Broadway stage around this side of the business, but that doesn’t mean it’s the ugly stepchild of the company. It’s a large part of the Apple profit...
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Does Religion Determine Wealth?
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 2:50pm | 725Conventional wisdom is sometimes neither conventional nor wise. Many people, for example, believe wealth and Judaism go hand in hand. As Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year unfolds, an examination of this bit of conventional wisdom might be in order. A study conducted by Pew Research in 2009...
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Ken Langone Goes Over the U.S. Education System's Reflection in the Employee Pool
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 11:32am | 490Ken Langone, Geeknet (NASDAQ: GKNT) chairman and CEO, the venture capitalist behind the Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), was on CNBC's Squawk Box as a guest-host for the majority of Wednesday morning. Langone started off with a nearly poetic list that displayed a fruitful year...
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Californicated?
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 1:55pm | 767Californicated? Visit with a few posts by Russ Winter and Mish Shedlock. California and “Solving Problems” Courtesy of Russ Winter of Winter Watch at Wall Street Examiner American masters of the universe and their toadies give self serving lip service to covering some...
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Economic Labor Problems for the Young; The Problem Sweeping Europe and the United States
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 11:50am | 669Know any recent college grads with great full time jobs outside of the technology field? What about those 20 something's scrapping by with a part time job or two? There are lots of those young adults across the globe. The recent recession in the United States has created a generation of over-...
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Trading From Your Strengths
Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 2:12pm | 967Peter Drucker, one of the world’s leading management consultants and writers, wrote that good managers walk into a room of various personalities and talents and work with the strengths of those in the room. They identify the resources of these individuals and have them use the best part of...
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Deer in the Headlights
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 4:58pm | 773Why do consistently profitable traders blow up their accounts in one fell swoop? There are actually many reasons, but in every case, it is because they do not effectively mentally rehearse what could go wrong when they are feeling unresourceful so that they will automatically make the right...
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The Confident Trader
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 3:17pm | 623A trader who is confident has the ability to recognize his strengths and weaknesses and adjust to situations based on this knowledge. When others panic about drawdowns, he is comfortable paring down his position. This confident trader knows that the probabilities are high, if he sticks with his...
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Careers, Unemployment,and Online Education - Retooling for the Future
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 5:59pm | 947As a professional who has been involved in e-learning for over a decade, I can only say that a college degree is available to all who are on the internet.There are excellent accredited programs throughout the US and even internationally. Regional and national accreditation bodies recognize many...