Faith & Finance: Check the Heart Monitor
Have you heard the one about the supposedly true story of a letter written to the Internal Revenue Service?
Dear Sirs,
I haven’t been able to sleep because last year when I filled out my income tax report I deliberately misrepresented my income.
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Posted on 09/14/2011 1:55 PM by Jim Palmer
Thinking Practically in a Recession
Whether the U.S. economy is in a recession or not remains to be seen. The unfortunate aspect of the reporting we get in the media regarding the economy is that the news is often magnified. As a result, either euphoria is fueled or fears are exacerbated, and the stage is set for continual
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Posted on 08/24/2011 12:40 PM by Jim Palmer
Three R's to Face a Recession
If the economists and pundits are correct, this Fourth of July, 2008 will likely be spent by many discussing the effects of the latest recession in the U.S. economy. Housing foreclosures, job losses, record oil prices, escalating food costs, lower wages, declining business growth, and rising
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Posted on 08/23/2011 12:04 PM by Jim Palmer
Faith & Finance: The Blessing of Money
The New York Times recently ran an article about Paul Schervish, director of the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College. Schervish is a sociologist who studies how, why, and how much very wealthy people give. The article compared the findings of his research to the prevailing
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Posted on 08/22/2011 4:50 PM by Jim Palmer
Faith & Finance: Understanding the Inseparable Link
Imagine for a moment that you have acquired a business. You are now the owner and operator of a bicycle manufacturing plant. Every day your company is in charge of producing bicycles – that’s what you do. You own equipment and bicycle parts, and you have people who are commissioned
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Posted on 07/20/2011 2:58 PM by Jim Palmer
