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A few weeks ago a local Tennessee politician got on the air with talk host Steve Gill to explain why they sneakily increased their own pensions and attempted to hide it.
He explained that “everybody else” had cost of living increases in their pension plans.
Of course anyone with a brain – unlike this polititician – knows that “most [...]

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I was talking to an industry insider in the medical transcription field the other day and she dispelled some common myths.
When people today start thinking about doing Medical Transcription at home or in an office or hospital, there are many who tell them… “that field won’t be around long due to technology”.
The implication is that [...]

Actually it would be their ADVISORS because the assets of policy makers should ethically be in blind trusts so that the big wig can’t be accused of “insider trading”. (Still Senators’ portfolio’s seem to do so much better than the average American’s, but I digress…)
But MSN Money is reporting that Dick Cheney’s advisors seem to be [...]

Tuesday night I’ll be at a meeting of a company seeking to open in my rural town.
They’re a national company doing medical transcription.
Due to contract obligations, the transcription must be done “in house”… no home based transcription.
I was asked if this would be a problem for people who normally want to work at home.
“No…”
Here if [...]

North Carolina realtors according to the Triad Business Journal
As a Realtor with Re/Max, Marks drives about 400 miles each week just for business. And because all Realtors, even those with large national firms, are independent contractors, Marks is not reimbursed for gas or vehicle maintenance costs.
“From a business sense, it just makes more sense to [...]

Everybody who’s little thinks it’s impossible to compete with the Big Box stores.
If price is the sole criteria, perhaps that’s true. But there are signs that the Big Boxes like Home Depot have become so big, they’ve created their own downfall.
The opportunity exists for small, responsive start up firms to do very well working by doing what Sam [...]

MSN had an article about the top 10 Careers requiring only an associate’s degree. Increasingly businesses want to hire people with specialized training … a few years after college but not necessarily a “doctorate” and often no B.A. degree required.
Some of these “jobs” also easily become “businesses”.
Here’s their top listing…but others could lend themselves to [...]

From the Creative Real Estate Forum
John:
Inflation, and health costs are the two big “unknowns” in retire planning. For this reason, I did not count on a fixed percent (5%) for a certain target fund amount ($1,000,000).
I watched my dad and his contemporaries plan for retirement, and in the late 1960’s, when some of [...]

Why will you be able to buy some dirt cheap businesses in the next 3 – 5 years?
The Baby Boomers will want to cash out and have just have fun in retirement.
With lots of businesses hitting the market at the same time, the supply will exceed the demand making business acquisition a “buyer’s market”… or at least [...]