Partner Up. Everyone had the same rough 2009 as you had. This means that everyone is open for partnerships that might not have made sense the year before. Can you forge some new relationships now, while times are still tough, that will benefit you going forward? Maybe there are others out there struggling to grow [...]

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The divorce rate in the U.S. fell 4% last year, according to a report released last week by the National Marriage Project. The news might cheer family advocates, but the lousy housing market is probably the cause, as couples with depreciated home values wait to split until the market rebounds.
Right now, home values are down [...]

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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2010 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:

50 cents per [...]

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Buffett cites this piece of advice from his mentor Benjamin Graham: “You’re neither right nor wrong because other people agree with you. You’re right because your facts are right and your reasoning is right-and that’s the only thing that makes you right. And if your facts and reasoning are right, you don’t have to worry [...]

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There is a guy named Mike Rowe who goes on camera to share stories about some of the dirtiest jobs you will ever see. His show is actually called Dirty Jobs, and appears on the Discovery Channel.  In case you haven’t seen it, on the show he profiles every type of job you might consider [...]

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