Month: January 2022

Yes, until very recently, I thought complicated and complex were pretty well synonymous, too, but after reading General Stanley McChrystal’s book, Team of Teams, I was admonished and educated.  The book, ostensibly geared toward leaders in business, walks us through the fascinating philosophical and practical framework required to bring together a myriad of the world’s
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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about whether it’s necessary to file retroactive to 2021, documenting current and future payments for work performed in the past in regards to the earnings test and a discrepancy is Social Security benefit estimates. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
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A shelf stands empty as customers shop in Columbus, Ohio. Matthew Hatcher | Getty Images News | Getty Images Slashing store hours, temporarily shuttering locations and sending apology letters to customers for long lines and delayed appointments. These are the some of the unusual steps that retailers and restaurants are taking as Covid cases spike
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In this article GME TMUS 4AIM-IT SONO QDEL DKNG Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: GameStop (GME) – GameStop surged 14.3% in the premarket on reports that the videogame retailer is starting a new division to focus on cryptocurrency partnerships and NFTs. T-Mobile (TMUS) – T-Mobile reported fourth-quarter postpaid net subscriber additions
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Staff at CSL are working in the lab on November 08, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia, where they will begin manufacturing AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine. Darrian Traynor | Getty Images A researcher in Cyprus has discovered a strain of the coronavirus that combines the delta and omicron variant, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. Leondios Kostrikis, professor
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By Chris Farrell, Next Avenue Kayte Barton describes herself as a high-functioning autistic adult with mild cerebral palsy. Barton, 47, competed in every sport in the Special Olympics until she retired in 2018. She has also retired from work in her Twin Cities suburb, largely to escape the debilitating mental health strain from trying to make
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By Kerry Hannon, Next Avenue Laurence Kotlikoff, the provocative Boston University economics professor and Social Security expert, has written an excellent new book, “Money Magic: An Economist’s Secrets to More Money, Less Risk, and a Better Life.” In it, he offers counterintuitive and surprising personal finance tips regardless of your age. You’ll want to hear them.
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In this article BTC.CM= Chukrut Budrul/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Bitcoin dropped to a three-month low late Friday amid jitters over U.S. monetary policy tightening and an internet shutdown in Kazakhstan, the world’s second-biggest bitcoin mining hub. The price of bitcoin fell below the $41,000 mark to $40,749.90 just after 10:50 a.m. ET Friday, reaching
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