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The 10 Best Tips to Prepare for the 2017 Tax Season

By Judy O'Connor | Article Feature on BankRate It's hard to believe the 2017 tax season is nearly here, and you'll be getting the information you need to settle up your 2016 tax return with Uncle Sam. Take advantage of the tax benefits available…
The Sure Path to Failure: Ignore the Basics

The Sure Path to Failure: Ignore the Basics

Article by Jason Hreha | Featured on Inc.com Stop. Whatever you're doing right now; please, just stop. I need you to take two deep breaths. I need you to take four steps back. Look at the scene in front of you. Look at the problem you're…
Portland's Aviation Gin Just Got Sold Off to New York—Here's Why

Portland's Aviation Gin Just Got Sold Off to New York—Here's Why

By Matthew Korfhage | Featured on WWeek Portland distiller House Spirits has sold Aviation Gin to a New York marketing firm called Davos Brands. House Spirits will still make Aviation Gin, but now it will be as a contracted distiller,…
JPMorgan Settles With U.S. Over ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Hires in Asia

JPMorgan Settles With U.S. Over ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Hires in Asia

Article by Patricia Hurtado, Keri Geiger, & Matt Robinson | Featured on Bloomberg A JPMorgan Chase & Co. intern had poor grades at the Wharton School. His supervisor in Asia told colleagues that “he’s not really built” for investment…
Spending vs. profits: Amazon, short-term investors at odds again

Spending vs. profits: Amazon, short-term investors at odds again

Article Featured on Reuters | Hadrian / Shutterstock.com Amazon.com Inc may be a "buy" for the vast majority of analysts, but it was a "sell" for a lot of investors on Friday. Few of those investors would have been disappointed, though.…
Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Article Featured on Insurance Journal Ransomware attacks against businesses will be four times higher in 2016 than last year, with a growing number of ransom-seeking hackers demanding bitcoin rather than money, according to a report by specialty…
Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Article Featured on Insurance Journal | Ransomware attacks against businesses will be four times higher in 2016 than last year, with a growing number of ransom-seeking hackers demanding bitcoin rather than money, according to a report by…
Banks ponder the meaning of life as Deutsche agonizes

Banks Ponder the Meaning of Life as Deutsche Agonizes

By Carmel Crimmins and Olivia Oran | Article Featured on Reuters | Faiz Zaki / Shutterstock.com It wasn't just Deutsche Bank that was grappling with big questions about the future at the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington…
Rethinking the Oil Market

Rethinking the Oil Market

By RABAH AREZKI | Article Featured on Project Syndicate Oil prices have plummeted by about 65% from their peak in June 2014 (see chart below), and there is now intense debate about why. One thing we know for sure is that the oil market has…
7 Crucial Lessons People Learn Too Late in Life

7 Crucial Lessons People Learn Too Late in Life

Article By Nicolas Cole | Featured on Inc.com Life lessons are full of wisdom because they often have to be learned the hard way. However, the hardest part about that process is realizing that sometimes not every opportunity lasts forever.…