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Military warned to stay away from for-profit colleges

Military personnel seeking a college education after they serve their country are getting ripped off by recruiters at for-profits colleges. While there are new rules in place to protect them, I'm recommending you take one additional step to safeguard yourself or your loved one in the military. It is so ...

Lower energy costs mean huge potential economic growth

The collapse in the price of natural gas and the automation of labor in factories are two factors poised to return America to its glory as a manufacturing powerhouse for the world. Thanks to an extraction technique known as 'fracking,' we will be the dominant producer of natural gas in ...

Standing at your workdesk is healthier than sitting

Years ago, I talked about the Walkstation, a desk at which you stand that was equipped with a treadmill! People who had this thing would do their work while walking all day long at half a mile an hour. You can drop some tremendous weight by doing that. The Walkstation ...

Tax advantages for the self-employed

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Tax advantages for the self-employed

Are you a self-employed entrepreneur? There are special tax advantages to help you save for retirement, but too few actually take advantage of them.

Extreme interviewing tactics being used by some employers to vet applicants

Today's fiercely competitive job market means job seekers need to bring all they've got to every interview. As someone who has interviewed hundreds of people, I want to share my perspective on what makes for a good interview. I have a bias for applicants who are genuine above all else. ...

Employers cautioned to treat job applicants well

Over the last five years of the Great Recession, I've heard story after story about how humiliating the job search has been for a lot of people. Human resources can be rude as all get out to struggling job applicants. But people looking for work shouldn't be kicked when they're ...

Employers asking job applicants for their Facebook log-ins

More and more employers are snooping on job interviewees in a way that gives me the total creeps. People are going to job interviews and being told to hand over their Facebook log-in credentials. Then the employer signs in as if they're you and looks at your private messages and ...

Prepare for a rainy day if you're an employee at will

Can you be fired for wearing the wrong color at work? Believe it or not, it's happening. There's a story out of Deerfield Beach near Ft. Lauderdale that has caught the public imagination. At a law firm, some workers were called into a conference room. One of the executives told ...

Dealing with surprise 1099-c forms

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Dealing with surprise 1099-c forms

You get a surprise 1099-C tax form in the mail for an old debt of yours that was written off several years ago. Is this really taxable income? Clark has the answer.

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Homeless wi-fi hotspots: Opportunity or exploitation?

Looking for a great way to make the Internet work better? Put the homeless to work as hotspots! Whenever you have big tech conventions, the wireless industry can't seem to provide enough capacity for everyone with their 12 gadgets. So at South by Southwest (SXSW), the homeless were employed as ...

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