Valentine’s Day is here and The National Retail Federation (NRF) says Americans will spend nearly $18 billion on Valentine’s Day this year.  The average guy expected to shell out about $168, according to a survey …

If Santa Clause didn’t come down your chimney with anything good this year, Congress has decided to give you a stocking stuffer for the New Year.   With nearly 160 million workers that will benefit from …

Here are 5 MORE ways to cut your 2011 personal income taxes like a tax pro:

1. Homeowners – accelerate your tax deductible expenses.  Pay your January 2012 mortgage payment and property taxes …

I hoped the title of this article would grab your attention because it is really about you and your neighbors.    This article is about you and your friends from college.    It is about you and …

Marketing your products and services is the lifeblood of a new business.   While you can ultimately have all kinds of long term business strategies, without having a steady stream of new revenue your new business …

Since many new entrepreneurial ventures are often started on a shoestring budget, where you spend your financial resources can be a prickly situation.    Far too often, I see new business owners who in some sense …

In the past year, the price of a pound of coffee beans has more than doubled on the commodities market in New York, to $2.23 a pound as of Thursday, May 24th of this year. …

Technology has made many items slowly disappear and some have become extinct.   While I was vacationing in Europe, I walked past a table of ‘antique’ typewriters that I can remember using not that long ago …

I can still remember being in my freshman year at Boston College when someone called upon me to share in the money making opportunity of a lifetime called the ‘money tree’.     It sounded …

You get home from work one day and your child has the magical letter to open from that college or university that you both always dreamed they would attend.   It’s possible the school …