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Resilience: How Women Use Obstacles To Fuel Their Success (#GotBitcoin?)
Today's article chronicles how 20 ambitious women overcame adversity and reached new heights. Resilience: How Women Use Obstacles To Fuel Their Success Resilience is a key trait of all the successful women who have been guests on our “Secrets of Wealthy Women” podcast. The women whom I interview typically are…
This One Here Is Gonna Kick My Butt—Farm Belt Bankruptcies Are Soaring
Trade disputes over agriculture add pain to low commodity prices that have been grinding down American farmers for years. This One Here Is Gonna Kick My Butt—Farm Belt Bankruptcies Are Soaring Nebraska Farmer Kirk Duensing Filed For Bankruptcy After Several Years Of Low Corn And Soybean Prices Meant Too Many…
US. Presidents’ Jobs Creation By Number And Percent (#GotBitcoin?)
Which president created the most jobs? You must look at percentage as well as the total number of jobs generated to compare presidents over time. It's much easier to create lots of jobs today since the economy is bigger. For example, there were 157 million people working in December 2018.…
Online Retailers Set Up Shop In “Store of The Future” (#GotBitcoin?)
Customers Tried Out A Bed At Showfields, A New Pop-Up Mall In The NoHo Section Of Manhattan. Showfields is an interactive market where consumers can shop for brands that previously only had sold products online. Online Retailers Set Up Shop In “Store of The Future” (#GotBitcoin?) The first thing I…
Black Media Firm Blacture Edges Closer To Finally Launching (#GotBitcoin?)
Pras Michel, co-founder of the hip-hop group the Fugees, advertised in last February’s Super Bowl to promote Blacture, a media platform for African-American voices he expected to make live by March. Black Media Firm Blacture Edges Closer To Finally Launching Fugees co-founder Pras Michel spent big to tease his new…
Over 60, And Crushed By Student Loan Debt (#GotBitcoin)
Older Americans are struggling under the burden of student loans—their children’s and their own. Over 60, and Crushed by Student Loan Debt One generation of Americans owed $86 billion in student loan debt at last count. Its members are all 60 years old or more. Many of these seniors took…
Famous Black Inventors And Innovators (#GotBitcoin?)
Can you imagine life without blood banks, personal computers, or touch-tone telephones? These innovative creations—and more—wouldn't exist today if it weren't for the brilliant minds of these African American inventors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEPT9lwpEjw&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaMp4AcsdNE1brYYgG9qrJ8e 1. THOMAS L. JENNINGS Thomas L. Jennings (1791-1859) was the first African American person to receive a patent in the…
Ironically, Tech Titans Spend Ad Dollars On Traditional Advertising vs Digital Online Advertising (#GotBitcoin?)
Those firms’ recent splurging on TV advertising marks a somewhat ironic twist for companies that grew to become the three largest players in digital advertising, racing to persuade advertisers to shift their ad budgets online and away from TV. All three companies also built platforms that let people watch shows,…
Kick The Tires on Car Insurance To Understand What You Get (#GotBitcoin?)
Experts say we tend to overpay to cover small known costs, while going without protection against the really big risks. Kick The Tires on Car Insurance To Understand What You Get It’s easy to go off course when picking car insurance, especially if you don’t fully understand what you are…
Scamming Grandma: Financial Abuse of Seniors Hits Record
A federal law enacted in May allows bank employees to report suspected cases of elder financial abuse to police and adult protective services. Scamming Grandma: Financial Abuse of Seniors Hits Record Related: Ultimate Resource For Money Laundering, Spoofing, Market-Rigging, Etc. In Banking Industry Morgan Stanley To Pay $10M For Anti-Money…
Six Ways To Improve Air Travel Instantly (#GotBitcoin)
Flying doesn’t have to be such a grind—here are realistic suggestions for changes airlines could make to win back the customer loyalty they’ve lost. Six Ways To Improve Air Travel Instantly (#GotBitcoin) Travelers love to hate on airlines. Airlines sometimes do bad things to their customers, dinging them with add-on…
Donald “Duck” Trump Set To Deliver A Whopping 1.8% GDP (#GotBitcoin?)
GDP grew at a 2.6% annual rate in the fourth quarter, economists estimate, and will expand at a 1.8% clip this period. Donald "Duck" Trump Set To Deliver A Whopping 1.8% GDP Date 6:39 PM ET Wed, 6 Dec 2017 "So we're at 3.3 percent GDP. I see no reason…