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4 Smart Money Moves to Plan for Financial Security

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They don’t have a purpose for the money they’re saving, and they often end up splurging on stuff they don’t really need (or want) rather than using it to fund a life goal such as buying a house or saving up for retirement. Start a retirement plan. You’re young, and retirement probably feels light-years away.

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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

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Then Fox’s golden-boy career was seemingly derailed much too soon by a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease—only to be resurrected by award-winning guest roles and, briefly, his own NBC sitcom before he officially retired in 2020. Fox grew up in a loving, supportive family that settled in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby after his father retired.

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How to Choose a Financial Adviser

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Financial advisers can help you with much more than investing topics, including debt management and retirement plans. If you don’t have assets, children or significant debt, you might need to meet with an advisor periodically to ensure you’re on the right track with your retirement plans and brokerage accounts.

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Happy Retirement to someone who gave me a chance.

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The man I interviewed with was very nice, but was concerned about my lack of legal experience. I finally got a phone call to say they wanted to hire me and could I start in a few weeks? A few days ago I went to this man’s retirement party and there were a lot of nice things said about him. I promised him I could deliver.

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Should City Governments and other Businesses look to Virtual Services to Save Money?

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The article discussed how the City of Hickory, NC proposed offering early retirement to 84 of their employees. Reading the details of what would be offered in exchange for taking the early retirement deal didn’t really strike me as a wonderful option for those 84 people., especially in the current economy.

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6 Commonly Overlooked Tax Deductions to Maximize Your Return

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Phone and internet “Most business owners we deal with do not know they can claim their home internet as well as their cell phone expenses based on usage,” says Christian Maldonado, co-founder and COO of Finsult, a company offering full-suite accounting services for online creators and businesses. “For 223(d)(2)(D).

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The Best Client Retention Strategies to Use Now

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In both cases, your teams may rely on “the fine print” to cover your company legally from overpromising. Depending upon your business style and structure, follow-ups may involve a personal visit, phone call, email, text or an online survey. We’ve all asked in a phone call or personal visit, “Is Luis here today?”

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