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Daniel Dicker

Facebook IPO -- How Wall Street Lost the Retail Investor, Again

Daniel Dicker | Posted May 28, 2012

Read More: Financial Crisis, Facebook, Facebook IPO, Facebook Investors, Retail Investors, Small Investors, Facebook Ipo Problems, Nasdaq, Occupy Wall Street

Wall Street blew it again. They had this one grand chance in the Facebook IPO to try to restore some of the investor confidence that has been lost in the last four years of bank bailouts and bonuses -- and they blew it.

Wall Street brings many new companies to...

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Sugar Rautbord

Art and Money

Sugar Rautbord | Posted May 28, 2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Art Auctions, Fine Art, Jeff Koons, Roman Abramovich, Sotheby's, Art And Money, Art Collecting, Art Collectors, Contemporary Art, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter

The accumulation of a fine art collection in this poped-out global economy is a visible indicator that all is well within the walls of the collector upon whose walls the modern masters are hanging like exquisite Certificates of Deposit. And if an art collection is finely honed, it accrues value...

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Lawrence Benito

Let's Slam the Door on Private Prisons Once and for All

Lawrence Benito | Posted May 27, 2012

Read More: Corrections Corporation Of America, Crete Prison, IL Senate Bill 1064, SB 1064, Cca, Illinois Prisons, Private Prisons

Illinois faces a crucial decision: Do we allow a notoriously irresponsible company like the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) into our state, or do we send them a clear message that Illinois is not Arizona by passing Senate Bill 1064? SB 1064 would block state and local government...

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Dylan Ratigan

Sustainability = Security: The Next Mission for America's Vets

Dylan Ratigan | Posted May 26, 2012

Read More: Iraq Veterans, John Hofmeister, Memorial Day, Energy, Liz Perez, Memorial Day 2012, Sustainability, Veterans, Video

As our nation starts to draw down the wars overseas, over a million vets will be re-entering civilian life over the next five years -- one of the largest in our country's recent history.

This Memorial Day weekend, we are focusing on the next mission facing our war...

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Ellen Schloemer

Student Loans: The Real Numbers to Worry About

Ellen Schloemer | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: College Board, Student Loan Defaults, College, For-Profit College, Students

News stories about student loan debt have suddenly become as numerous as stories on the U.S. economic recovery -- I counted over 20,000 articles/blog posts for each in the past month. Why the firestorm of press coverage? First, there's the possible doubling of interest rates on subsidized federal...

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James Doran

Euro at Risk of Falling to Bits Just Like Pieces of Eight

James Doran | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Euro Debt Crisis, Euro Inflation, European Debt Crisis, Dollar Inflation, Euro, Inflation Crisis

Money really is funny stuff. There it sits, in the bank, waiting patiently to be turned into just about anything you need, from a loaf of bread to a Lamborghini. It will always be there for you until, of course, it isn't.

Hard currency is nothing more than a promise,...

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Yvette Kantrow

The Real Debt of College Education

Yvette Kantrow | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Graduate School, College, Debt, Education, Grad School, Student Debt

It's hard to turn around these days without bumping into a story bemoaning, debating, defending or decrying the skyrocketing costs of higher education. In recent weeks, the New York Times produced a series, "Degrees of Debt," examining the "implications of soaring college costs and the indebtedness of students...

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Penny C. Sansevieri

The Secrets to Getting More Book Reviews (Even if Your Book Is Already Out)

Penny C. Sansevieri | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Book Marketing, Online Book Marketing, Book Reviews, Ebook-Review, Publishing

We hear it all the time: "the window for reviews is shrinking." And yet we still see reviews appearing everywhere. So how can you capture a share of this market? It's true that often reviews from big-name bloggers go to equally big-name authors. Well, can you blame the blogger? If...

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Warren Flick

An Added Burden For Boomers: Your Children's Retirement

Warren Flick | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Child's Retirement, Finances, Kid's Retirement, Kids Retirement, Parenting post50, Retirement

The economy is not clicking along like it should -- the recovery is slow, halting and uncertain. The United States now has a large cadre of long-term unemployed, and many of them are in their twenties and early thirties.

These people are obviously not saving for retirement. Many of...

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LearnVest

How To Avoid Baggage Fees The Next Time You Fly

LearnVest | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Luggage Fees, Travel Tips, Avoid Baggage Fees, Baggage Fees, Travel Advice

Do you remember the good ol' days, when you could walk onto a plane, put your carry-on bag in the overhead compartment, sit down and wait for the plane to take off -- all while pretending to ignore the kid kicking the back of your chair?

We haven't been on...

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Irvin G. Schorsch III

The Don't-Defer-Your-Life Approach to Financial Planning

Irvin G. Schorsch III | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: American Dream, Personal Finance, The Balanced Life, Retirement

Too many people postpone what they really want to do until an undefined time in the future when they feel they can finally afford it. Though that may sound like a safe, conservative strategy, it is actually fraught with risk. What if "someday" never comes?

I encourage my clients...

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Credit.com

6 Things Your Car Insurer Doesn't Want You to Know

Credit.com | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Auto Insurance, Autos, Car Insurance, Car Insurance Secrets, Car Insurance Tips, Cars, Credit Score, Insurance

By Josh Anish

Car insurance is something of an opaque industry. We know we have to pay the bill every month; we just have no clue how the carrier arrived at that rate. Everyone criticizes the cable company for hidden fees, but at least they're on the bill. The hidden...

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Rahul Choudaha, Ph.D.

Is One-Year MBA Better Than Two-Year?

Rahul Choudaha, Ph.D. | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Graduate School, Online Education, Business Education, Business Mba, Management Grad School, Mba Degree, One Year Mba, Two Year Mba

A typical two-year MBA in a private B-School would cost around $100,000. In times of economic uncertainty, high unemployment rates and undergraduate college debt, wouldn't you look for a faster, cheaper and better MBA?

One-year MBA programs could be a good option to consider. It is already a well-established...

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David_Halperin

House GOP Effort to Please Subprime College Donors Completely Backfires

David_Halperin | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Congress, Education, For-Profit Colleges, Higher Education, Lobbying, Majoring-In-Debt, Military

Standing before soldiers at Fort Stewart, Georgia, last month, President Obama signed an executive order to protect U.S. troops, veterans and their families from predatory abuses by some for-profit colleges. Obama delivered powerful remarks, charging that such for-profit schools "aren't interested in helping you.... They are interested in getting the money."...

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Lawrence W. Schonbrun

Why I Am Leaving... the Practice of Being a Plaintiff's Class Action Lawyer*

Lawrence W. Schonbrun | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Class Action Lawsuit, Goldman Sachs, Class Action Cases, Class Action Lawyers, Class Action Suits, Lawyers, Tort Reform

When I read the New York Times op-ed, "Why I'm Leaving Goldman Sachs," I was immediately struck by what the author said about client interests being sidelined in order to increase Goldman's profits. It got me thinking about what I do every day as a plaintiff's class action...

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Adam Levin

Is It True About Commencement Speeches? (A Response to James Franco)

Adam Levin | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Commencement Speeches, James Franco, Mason Gross School Of The Arts, Rutgers University, College, College Education, College Graduation, College-Education-Cost, Commencement, Cost Of College, Graduation, Graduation Speakers, Graduation Speech, Inquiry, Inspiration, Student Loan Debt, Student Loans, Women's Rights

Over the past few months, in preparation for and in reflection of the commencement address I had the privilege of giving at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University on May 12, I watched scores of them on YouTube and read literally hundreds of them as well...

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Bruce Kushnick

Broadband Wars: The Battle for New Jersey Has Begun

Bruce Kushnick | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: New Jersey, Broadband, Deregulation, Fios, Internet, Phone Charges, Verizon

(Fourth in a series. See part one: Please, sir, may I have another?; part two: How wireless hype is hurting America; and part three: The great Verizon FiOs ripoff.)

The battle for America's entire communications future is playing out this week in two small...

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Mark Cuban

Facebook IPO Post-Mortem: Killer -- But Not for the Reasons You Think

Mark Cuban | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Facebook, Facebook IPO, Facebook Stock, Facebook Value, Facebook Stock Price, Facebook Stock Value, Investing, Investors, Mobile, Youtube

1. Say goodbye to the individual investor on Wall Street. Whatever positive impression they had of the IPO market and the stock market in general was just torched to the ground. When everyone you know associated with the stock market is telling you, and the media is confirming, that this...

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Michael Roth

Why Colleges Should Offer a Three-Year Option

Michael Roth | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: College Tuition, Dan De Vise, Three Year Degrees, Washington Post, Wesleyan University, College, College Financial Aid, Liberal Arts

As I prepare for my commencement speech this year, I remember vividly when I first realized that I could graduate college in three years rather than four. As a freshman, I was certainly in no hurry to leave. Indeed, I loved being in college: I was excited by the combination...

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Voto Latino

Tavis Smiley & Cornel West Challenge Poverty in New Book

Voto Latino | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Tavis Smiley, Books, Cornel West, Poverty

Award-winning broadcaster Tavis Smiley and one of the nation's leading intellectuals, Dr. Cornel West, recently released a new book called The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto (SmileyBooks, April 17, 2012), which challenges our assumptions about poverty. I got a chance to listen in on a...

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