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Personal Asset Lending is Simple, Fast & Straightforward

April 24, 2012

Editor’s Note: I found this business model to be unique and like nothing I’ve seen out there before; check it out and provide your thoughts! This article was written by By Paul Aitken, Founder, borro.com.   The continued shortage of funding in the U.S. market combined with lengthy application processes are leaving small business owners with […]

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Boring Businesses Make Billionaires

April 1, 2012

Forbes recently published its annual Forbes 400 rankings of the wealthiest people in the world. This list is a classic – a list of the estimated wealth of some of the richest and most powerful people in the world. We always hear the same familiar names in the 400 rankings – Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, […]

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Apple is the World’s Whipping Boy for Worker Conditions, Jobs, Profits – Fair?

March 5, 2012

You know, back in the day, Americans used to celebrate successful people and companies. Today, we vilify them. I don’t know if this is a new manifestation of Obama’s “hate the rich, hate the successful, spread the wealth” mantra or it’s just a sign ‘o the times, but when even the beloved Apple (who even […]

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6 Reasons Learning a Foreign Language Is Completely Useless

February 22, 2012

When I was in middle school, I had the choice of learning French, Spanish or Latin. I didn’t have a particular interest in learning a foreign language, and had never left the country or had any international exposure to speak of. In my rather naive and simple estimation of my options, I understood that the […]

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GM Bonuses Skyrocket while Bondholders Get Screwed

February 19, 2012

It sure is funny how things change. Just three years ago, General Motors lost a whopping $30.9 billion dollars in a single year. High operating leverage stemming from the exorbitant fixed cost of manufacturing automobiles coupled with slowing car sales decimated the company. In 2011, the company reports that it made $7.6 billion, helped in […]

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Insane Success Stories That Drive Me Crazy…But Shouldn’t

February 14, 2012

I was listening to Stern on the way in the other day and he had the graffiti artist David Choe who’s now worth an estimated $100-$200 MILLION because he spray-painted a wall at the Facebook headquarters and they’re going public.  His stories were insane.  The Facebook story isn’t his only compelling feat, the guy should […]

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