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Retirees: Don't Let The IRS Take A Bite Out Of Your Tax Refund
"Responsible retirement planning begins early in a career. As time goes by, money placed in an IRA or a 401(k) will grow, allowing for a comfortable retirement. But post-retirement, the money saved...
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Here Are 3 Food Startups That Are Killing It With Just One Product
When it comes to introducing new products, you have three options: Invent something completely new Do what has been done before but charge less for it Do what has been done before but execute it...
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Now We Know How Many Millions Of Dollars These Startups Made Selling To Facebook
Over the past four years, Facebook has acquired about 20 companies. Most of the acquisition amounts were never disclosed. Facebook's S-1 reveals how many shares of Class A and Class B stock it issued...
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The Co-CEO Model Is Officially Dead
The resignation of Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis has caused many business pundits to start writing eulogies for Blackberry maker Research in Motion, the company where they served as Co-CEOs....
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The 15 Most Dominant Retailers In The World (CVS, TGT, WAG, HD, COST, KR, WMT)
Global retail sales are expected to slow this year as China and the rest of the BRICs face tightening monetary policy and weaker demand abroad. That's the takeaway from Deloitte's annual ranking of...
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This Offensive 936 Word Condom Ad Celebrates Men Who Pressure Women
Maybe they do things differently in Brazil, but Saõ Paulo based ad agency Z+ has eschewed the ad world's preference for short copy and written a 936-word ad for Prudence condoms. (Below) Ignoring the...
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The New Old Spice Ads Poke Fun At P&G's History Of Sexist Advertising (PG)
Procter & Gamble's new Old Spice ads make fun of the company's history of chauvinist ads for products like Bounce and Charmin, which often featured happy housewives whose lives are fulfilled by...
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A Dozen Big Companies Are Getting Ready To Hire 38,000 More Workers
America is getting back to work. Today's jobs report hugely beat expectations, with 243,000 jobs created in January — 103,000 more than predicted. The unemployment rate fell from 8.5 to 8.3 percent....
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This Is What Managers Can Learn From The New Boss On 'The Office'
The Office, one of the biggest workplace sitcom hits of our time, can be a case of art imitating life when it comes to lessons in effective management practices, ones that employ an understanding of...
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Student Protest Forces Sallie Mae To Alter $50 Fee Against Unemployed Borrowers
The country's largest private student loan lender, Sallie Mae, has changed the $50 penalty it usually charges unemployed borrowers to defer their loans. Instead of going into the lender's own pockets,...
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BP Is Spending $500 Million To Fix Its Brand And Get Everybody To Forget...
BP North America is putting $500 million into marketing in the US over the next two years, in an attempt to revamp its brand, reports Convenience Store News (via brandchannel). It has been two years...
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What's All The Buzz About? Five Simple Ways To Understand Social Commerce
As Facebook prepares to IPO and we all get a good peek at the financials of the social platform, the buzz around "social commerce" is increasing. But what does that term mean? And who are the players...
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Here Are The 8 Companies That Wasted The Most Money On Super Bowl Advertising
This post originally appeared at 24/7 Wall St. A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. That’s an 84% increase from 10 years ago and the highest amount...
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INFOGRAPHIC: It's Not Easy To Be A CIO
The demand for chief information officers has risen in the past two decade. The amount of data on the Internet is increasing exponentially, and with the rise of cloud computing, the role of the CIO...
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How To Cope With Unemployment And Still Navigate The Dating World
When Jozen Cummings, 30, lost his job as an editor at Vibe Magazine back in 2009, he was so broke that just the thought of turning on the lights in his New York City apartment made him cringe. He was...
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1,258 CEOs Share What's Keeping Them Up At Night In 2012
PricewaterhouseCoopers just came out with its 15th annual CEO survey, which tapped the brains of 1,258 chief executives about their outlook and strategies for the U.S. and global economy. Europe's...
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EXPERT: New 401(k) Fee Disclosure Rules Won't Come Soon Enough
The U.S. Dept. of Labor is giving retirement plan providers until July 1 to implement new rules on how they present their retirement plans to consumers. Plan providers have been able to sneak in...
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After Losing Their Finance Jobs, This Couple Launched A Whoopie Pie Business...
When Julie Ganong and Alan Mons lost their finance jobs in 2009, they decided to venture into an entirely new industry: the business of whoopie pies. Now they're in the midst of negotiations to bring...
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13 Brands That Use Sex To Sell Their Products
Even the most conservative of companies rely on sex to sell their products. It plays into one of our deepest human desires. "Sexual information does grab attention," says University of Georgia's Tom...
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These Data Show Why Samsung's Apple-Bashing Isn't Working
It's hardly a surprise that Samsung will be partaking in its favorite past time come Super Bowl Sunday—Apple baiting and bashing. Click here to see Apple and Samsung's ad feud>> But is the...
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