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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S. She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo.

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Please Mind Your Manners

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Networking and other live business meetings often take place in local restaurants. Let’s face it: organizers love to schedule these at restaurants who have space and are willing to host meetings at no charge or with no minimum purchase. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Loose Ends.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

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Meeting other assistants who work near by, who share the same suppliers, hotels, restaurants etc. Previous to this I worked in such roles as Secretary to a group of Consultants, Marketing Assistant for an Architect firm, Facilities Coordinator for a construction company and Purchase Ledger for NHS Legal department just to name a few.

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Rent vs. Buy: What’s the Right Decision for You?

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The shift from renting to purchasing a home typically occurs in someone’s early 30s, according to Palim. “As The pandemic made it less important to live next to restaurants and made people prioritize having more space, a yard and a community they like.”. “All our surveys show that most people want to own a home.

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VA Industry Leaders: a conversation

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My aunt had recently died and I had a small inheritance that we were going to invest in finding another line of work for my husband (Chef/Restaurant Mgr.). I knew I didn’t want to return to corporate life and the acquiring company didn’t purchase any of my office assets or my talents. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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