Uncategorized If EITC Were Extended To Childless Workers, 300,000 Would Escape Poverty July 17, 2013 No Comments on If EITC Were Extended To Childless Workers, 300,000 Would Escape Poverty Post View 3 Among the worst hit by the financial crisis are young men, high-school dropouts, or those who otherwise work minimum age under the age of 25.…
Uncategorized Feds Cheer the Rise in Gas Prices, Which Made a Big Leap, While the Rest of Us Groan July 16, 2013 No Comments on Feds Cheer the Rise in Gas Prices, Which Made a Big Leap, While the Rest of Us Groan Post View 2 The inflation is right where the feds want it, and we have gas prices to thank for that. Gas prices have jumped 6.3 percent, the…
Uncategorized McDonald’s Embarrasses Itself Giving Financial Advice to its Employees July 15, 2013 No Comments on McDonald’s Embarrasses Itself Giving Financial Advice to its Employees Post View 3 McDonald’s added a budget planner to their website, and the tool exposes some assumptions that implicate fast-food restaurants. In planning a budget, the restaurant assumes…
Uncategorized Gender Gap Emerges in Post-Recession Job Market July 12, 2013 No Comments on Gender Gap Emerges in Post-Recession Job Market Post View 5 The economy is recovering and the jobs that were lost during the recession are returning – but not to the people you would expect. In…
Uncategorized Government Has Highest Surplus, Stock Goes Wild July 12, 2013 No Comments on Government Has Highest Surplus, Stock Goes Wild Post View 3 The US government has a budget surplus of $116.5 billion this June, the highest in five years, and this due mostly to the spending plunge…
Uncategorized Coursera Online Education Exploding! July 10, 2013 No Comments on Coursera Online Education Exploding! Post View 3 At one point, one differentiated himself with a college education. Now you stand out if you don’t have a college education. Many employers don’t care…
Uncategorized Former Hostess Employees Aching at the Changes July 9, 2013 No Comments on Former Hostess Employees Aching at the Changes Post View 6 Hostess underwent an epic bankruptcy and has been resurrected, nominally at least, by a company that bought the right to their name and to sell…
Uncategorized 38 Percent of Americans Get No Paid Sick Days July 9, 2013 No Comments on 38 Percent of Americans Get No Paid Sick Days Post View 2 Should Americans be paid to stay home from work on sick days? There is no federal mandate for such a thing – though there have…
Uncategorized Supreme Court Decision Over DOMA Confuses Employers July 5, 2013 No Comments on Supreme Court Decision Over DOMA Confuses Employers Post View 2 Now that the Supreme Court has struck down DOMA, or part of it, many questions are being raised regarding what rights homosexual couples have if…
Uncategorized Oil is Up Due to Egypt July 4, 2013 2 Comments on Oil is Up Due to Egypt Post View 4 It is a philosophical commonplace that we we are all connected, and in complicated ways we could never have guessed. The old saying that when…