Another Signs the Giving Pledge

Mackenzie Bezos, following her divorce from Amazon’s founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, has joined a list of wealthiest people who have agreed to participate in the giving pledge.  Mackenzie Bezos, who ranks 22nd on the Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, said she left Jeff Bezos with 75% of their Amazon stock, as well as all of their…

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Washing Those Synthetic Clothes Could be Affecting our Water!

If you think choosing the fiber content on your garment is the only time to consider its impact on the environment, think again.  More than 700,000 microscopic fibers could be released into wastewater during each use of a home washing machine.  Those plastic fibers are finding their way into our drinking water around the world! …

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What Will Mend the Education Rift?

In the wake of privileged education scandal, student loan defaults and struggling public schools, U.S. students continue to lag behind other rich nations.  Why? NYTimes said: “The perennial debate about the state of public education starts with a single, seemingly unassailable fact. American students sorely lag their peers in other rich nations and even measure…

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How Americans are Cheating Themselves out of Retirement Savings!

Americans are not doing a good job of saving for retirement.  If you are eating out several times a week, subscribe to delivered meals, buy your coffee out and keep giving in to retail therapy, you may be losing from $100k to $500k in retirement savings!  A recent GOBankingrates.com found that Forty Two percent of…

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Why the US China Trade Deficit Matters

The relationship between United States and China substantially affects the economies of both nations.  Believing that we shouldn’t import Chinese goods as we buy products at the Dollar store is a little like believing we should eat only natural foods as we bite into a twinkie.  Our economy currently counts on discounted prices from Asian…

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Get Your Tax Refund On Time with Three Simple Steps

Worried about your tax refund being delayed?   Today, the processing of tax returns is mostly automated if you e-file and get refund via direct deposit.  If you want to avoid delays in your tax refund by a short staffed IRS team, make sure your tax return can be automated too.  The three steps to keep…

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