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Weekend Reads & Mushy Koala Photo
There were a lot of great articles from blogosphere this week, so time to share a few that demonstrated some out of the norm newsworthiness or personal milestone achievements that deserve a second...
View ArticleGen Y Developing a Preference for ‘Used’ Stuff?
There are just some things that Gen Y won’t pay for: news, music, banking fees, etc. Apparently, this social media savvy cohort doesn’t find a tremendous amount of value in these items or they can...
View ArticleYounger Investors Becoming More Risk Averse than Older Investors
Some interesting, perhaps troubling, results from the Merrill Lynch Quarterly Affluent Insights Survey this morning. Younger investors are more risk averse than older investors. Those in their 20s and...
View ArticleWhy Gen X and Gen Y are Increasingly Relying on Comedy Central for News
Here’s a perfect example of why Gen X and Gen Y are relying more and more on the 1-2 punch of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert when it comes to delivering the news… they ask the tough questions and...
View ArticleVisualizing One Trillion Dollars and U.S. National Debt
One of the most jaw dropping, and completely depressing, animations of U.S. National Debt I’ve ever seen. Perhaps I’m overly melancholy after seeing that it would take 12 plus football fields of 100...
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The New Normal of Christmas Shopping?
It’s official… 100% of my Christmas gifts were purchased online. First ever for me. Toys and Dr. Seuss books for the new niece and nephew – all from Amazon.com. College alumni paraphernalia for the...
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Experience Doesn’t Mean Much in a Constantly Evolving World
My daily dose of Dilbert accurately sums up why I was nearly fired from my last job… As it turns out, industry vets (or posers) who have worked their entire lives within an industry and fail to adapt...
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Consumers Focusing on Research, Not Marketing
This has to be a brand advertiser’s worst nightmare… “Be afraid … be very afraid.” AMP Agency, a Boston-based branding firm, has just completed a study of consumers, “Inside the Buy,” that suggests...
View ArticleGen Y, the Farmers?
When it’s tough to find a job or you’re limited to part time employment, plus up to your eyeballs in student loan debt, it would seem logical that you don”t have much of a choice but to grow your own...
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Fake Prosperity: U.S. National Debt Growth vs. GDP Growth
If you’re a member of Gen X and Gen Y, this is probably the scariest chart you will see in 2011, and possibly, right up to the time you’re old and gray. As you can clearly see, the crony capitalism,...
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