Posts Tagged ‘Buzz’

The 7 Laws of Negotiation

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By Kentin Waits Sometimes, it takes an economic downturn for folks to rediscover a lost art. I've heard all the buzz lately about people beginning to negotiate the price of everything from new shoes to cell phone plans. When we see companies slashing prices and luring us in with incentives and other goodies, we rightly begin to wonder just how firm the price was in the first place. Finally, America is taking the haggle out of the used car lot and applying it a bit more liberally. For some of us though, the art was never lost, and we constantly… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - March 16, 2010 at 2:20 am

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Will Replacing 401(k) Plans With Portable Pensions Fix Retirement Planning?

Over the weekend, I finally got around to reading this Time magazine article about Why It’s Time to Retire the 401(k) which has been getting some buzz. The author promotes bringing back what I call “portable pensions” to replace the employee-controlled 401(k) plan, which would guarantee say 50% of your last year’s salary for the rest of your life. Sounds nice, but how will it work, and who’ll pay for it? Take the Mr. Shively in the article, who is still working at 68. About 25 years ago, his employer dropped the pension and replaced it with a… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - October 19, 2009 at 10:20 am

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Your Take: Legalize Organ Trafficking?

13; 0478#ff0478#p>There is been a fantastic duzz nformation n thsue rgan trafficking. While this >>>>CNN story

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - September 4, 2009 at 6:20 am

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Beyond Budgeting: Pocketsmith Helps You Forecast

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - August 20, 2009 at 6:20 pm

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Is The Cash for Clunkers Car Buying Stimulus Program Dead?

Well, that was quick. The Money for Clunkers plan produced a great offer of buzz in the private finance blogging area of curiosity (and I am sure in the auto business as correctly). And a few of days later, it went out with a bang. Certainly, the Money for Clunkers plan, Gasoline Guzzler rebate, or what really you want to call it is finished. $1 billion of taxpayers’ bucks gone in 7 days — wow. To be much more exact, the cash is not completely gone but. Nonetheless, the federal federal government and participating automobile dealers are behind on their… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - August 1, 2009 at 10:20 pm

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