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One of the first basic rules anyone learns running a business is that a dollar saved is better than a dollar in new sales. Small business owners either learn that …

I’m sure everyone has heard the old truism that money can’t buy happiness. The problem with that statement is that scientific experiments have shown, again and again, that higher incomes …

Think of Detroit, you think of cars. Think of Maine, you think lobsters. Think of Florida, and oranges come to mind. Think of Hollywood, and film and TV is the …

If you feel like your money isn’t going as far lately, it’s not your imagination. According to the data obtained from the Federal Reserve, 2014 has been a banner year …

With a 9.2% rise in the price of gold, the World Gold Council has issued an extraordinarily positive report on the world’s gold market — along with a strong projection for …

“It’s like the Wild West, the Internet. There are no rules.” – Steven Wright A few days ago, a quite welcome email from Amazon.com appeared in my inbox. Yet I felt outraged. …

“A free economy… gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want.” — Milton Friedman Do boycotts work?  In the long term — no, they …

It started with GPS in mobile phones. Applications were developed that could track how far you ran or rode your bike, keep track of your route, and estimate the calories …

Almost 50 years ago, a media thinker and professor named Marshall McLuhan coined the catchphrase “global village.” Today that phrase remains an apt way to characterize not only the Internet, but the …

If you have any investments at all, good for you. The average American family has just $3,800 in their savings account, and one in four have no savings or emergency …