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5 Reasons Not to Buy Your Daughter Pink Legos
Tweet Share on Facebook April 5, 2012 Comment (34)If you’ve been to a toy store lately, then you’ve probably noticed that almost everything is either pink or blue. Gender segregation starts early these days, with color-coded diapers, blankets, and binkies. Most of us seem happy with this arrangement, spending some $22 billion on toys every year. But when one company recently went too far, the response was swift.
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New Grads: Tips for Your First Paycheck
Tweet Share on Facebook April 4, 2012 CommentThis year’s new grads have extra reason to celebrate: According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, companies say they will hire 10.2 percent more grads from this year’s class of graduates compared to the previous year, and they’ll also pay them more. The median starting salary for 2012 graduates will be $42,569, up 4.5 percent from 2011.
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How to Protect Yourself Post-Security Breach
Tweet Share on Facebook April 2, 2012 CommentGlobal Payments Inc., which processes transactions for major card companies including Visa and American Express, announced Friday that hackers broke into their systems and stole up to 1.5 million card numbers. The company also said that hackers did not access names, Social Security numbers, or addresses.
