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Former Teacher Finds Success as a Coach
Tweet Share on Facebook April 30, 2012 Comment (2)Maia Heyck-Merlin, chief talent officer at Achievement First, an educational nonprofit, noticed that her fellow educators often struggle with time management and organization. Many of them spent the vast majority of their days in the classroom with few bathroom breaks, let alone time to respond to emails from colleagues or text messages from parents. “No one was thinking about organization for people who worked in schools,” she says.
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Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?
Tweet Share on Facebook April 26, 2012 Comment (3)So just what does it take to be a billionaire these days? According to the latest list compiled by the indexing website PeekYou.com, the world’s youngest billionaires tend to either make their money in tech companies (specifically Facebook), or they inherit it from their families. In the site’s top ten list of billionaires under age 35, the top four are connected to Facebook and five come from money. The leaves one, Robert Pera, 33, founder of the wireless company Ubiquiti Networks.
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The Job Market That 2012 Grads Really Face
Tweet Share on Facebook April 25, 2012 CommentEarlier this week, a new report sent a chill down the backs of this year’s college seniors and their parents: According to an analysis from the Associated Press, the members of the class of 2012 face a 50-50 chance of joblessness or underemployment. Those with bachelor degrees will be lucky to land barista or retail clerk jobs, the article suggests, which will make it virtually impossible for them to pay off their hefty student loans.
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Hockey Coach Finds Side-Gig Success
Tweet Share on Facebook April 24, 2012 CommentAs she was sitting in a meeting with her boss in 2007, Emily Beach, a field hockey coach, was trying to come up with ideas for a youth clinic for three-, four-, and five-year-olds. “I was thinking, ‘This is going to be a disaster’—I was picturing them not comprehending the idea or just not being strong enough to use their left hand,” she says, referring to the field hockey practice of controlling the stick with one’s left hand.
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Celebrate Earth Day with 10 Ways to Save
Tweet Share on Facebook April 20, 2012 CommentIn honor of Earth Day, we pulled together ten of our favorite ways to save money while going green. Together, these strategies can save you over $1,000 a year.
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Pew: Young Women Want Money and Motherhood
Tweet Share on Facebook April 19, 2012 Comment (4)Young women today want it all—and they believe they can have it all, too. According to a study released today from the Pew Research Center, more young women (ages 18 to 34) value “being successful in a high-paying career or profession” compared to 15 years ago. Two in three young women said their careers were “very important” or “one of the most important things” to them, compared to 56 percent in 1997.
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The Economic Reality Behind HBO’s 'Girls'
Tweet Share on Facebook April 16, 2012 Comment (3)In the opening scene of HBO’s new show “Girls,” Hannah, a 23-year-old college grad living in New York City, flips out when her parents tell her she’s cut off—they’re not giving her anymore money. As two professors, they simply can’t afford it anymore, her mother says, and besides, her mom wants to afford luxuries of her own, such as a lake house. Why should they continue paying Hannah’s rent, two years after college graduation?
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7 Last-Minute Tax Tips
Tweet Share on Facebook April 12, 2012 Comment (2)This year’s April 17 tax deadline is just days away—do you know where your tax returns are? If you’re still putting the finishing touches on them, here are seven last-minute tax tips to make sure you steer clear of penalties, unnecessary audits, and mistakes:
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'The Rock' on His Own Childhood Money Lessons
Tweet Share on Facebook April 11, 2012 Comment (4)The question of how to talk to your kids about money—and when—comes up almost as soon as children start talking. They see toys at the store that they want to buy; they pretend to shop with fake credit cards at home. Children as young as two and three might be comfortable with toy cash registers and purses, but for their parents, it’s a different story.
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Can You Afford It? There’s An App for That.
Tweet Share on Facebook April 10, 2012 CommentIf you have your eye on a new car or luxury vacation but you’re wondering whether you can really afford it, a new app can help you decide. “Can I Buy?” designed by the husband-and-wife team behind the Massachusetts-based developer Sqube, tells you whether or not you should purchase the item of your dreams after making calculations based on your savings, income, expenses, and debt.
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Kimberly Palmer, senior editor for U.S. News & World Report, writes about making smarter financial decisions. She’s the author of Generation Earn: The Young Professional's Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back.
Generation Earn
Senior editor Kimberly Palmer’s book, Generation Earn: The Young Professional's Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back, is now available.
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