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How Personal Finances and Lifestyle Are Intertwined
Your lifestyle is about more than what you do for fun and where you live. Lifestyle, in a nutshell, is how you spend your time and the environment
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Inflation Proof Your Business: Strategies For Small Business Owners To Stay Ahead
In 2022, countries around the world saw near-record-breaking rates of inflation. The Consumer Price Index in the U.K. reached 11.1%, the highest since
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Why Women Need To Talk About Money Openly And Often
If you want to build your financial confidence, you need to break the silence around talking about money and make regular and unapologetic conversations around the subject.
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Maximum employment? What it means post-pandemic may have changed already
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U. S. unemployment rate hit a record low of 3.5% a year ago, but that bit of history comes with a footnote. It arguably was not the best overall time for workers in recent decades. That honor goes to the final months of 2000. Even though unemployment rates were a bit higher, wage growth was s
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The Benefits of Outsourcing for Small Businesses
Introduction Outsourcing has garnered popularity as a strategic approach for small enterprises aiming to streamline operations, curtail
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How Small Businesses Balance Their Staff With Freelancers
Now, small businesses balance their staff with freelancers. A recent study done by UpWork.com and the Freelancers Union found that around 57 million Americans were working as freelancers as of 2019. This makes up about 36 percent of the U. S. workforce and amounts to $1.4 trillion in earnings. The term “gig economy” ha
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There will be one economy for the vaccinated and another for everyone else
The Delta surge has sparked fears of repeating 2020, but it's unlikely we'll experience last year's economy. Not enough people are vaxxed to stop Delta, but enough are to help keep the economy running. The economy has also learned how to adapt to the pandemic, but you'll need a shot to participate. See more stories on
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4 things Biden can do to tame COVID and inflation right now, according to former Fed economist
Biden's plans are helpful, but they won't bring the fast results the economy needs, says former Fed economist Claudia Sahm. Americans are desperate
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YOUR MONEY: Tax planning for businesses in the year ahead
As I mentioned in an earlier article, the landmark passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in late 2017 brought the most significant changes to the tax landscape we have seen since 1986. Previously we discussed how individuals were impacted by the changes, but businesses could also have significant adjustments to m
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Three Paths To Increase Revenue and Margins
If you lead an organization or a business unit, odds are you have at least one objective related to growing your top line or improving the bottom line. The task is deceptively difficult. The goal to increase revenue (and/or improve margins) is a clear mandate but, practically speaking, one that is very difficult to exe