Gifts That Keep on Giving

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Enough with the bad ties, sweaters and fruit cakes already!  This holiday season why not give a few smart financial gifts to your loved ones?  I promise you these won’t be re-gifted!

‘Tis the Season of Giving

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The holiday season is a great time to get that perfect gift that you’ve always wanted, but giving to others can be rewarding as well.  Here’s how to best give to charity and help those that are less fortunate during the holidays.

New Healthcare Rules

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Confused about the new healthcare rules?  You’re not alone, I think a lot of the people that passed the law are still a little sketchy on the details.

Let’s make a little sense of what was passed, and the changes that are beginning to take effect.

Former Vick Advisor Guilty of Ponzi Scheme

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 Uh, I’m guessing that as long as athletes are paid large salaries, the business will continue to attract a lot of shady individuals.  What would make someone believe that they could get away with something as foolish as this???

OMAHA, Neb. — An Omaha financial advisor, whose clients once included pro football quarterack Michael Vick defrauded investors of more than $3 million over a four-year period, according to the U.S. Attorney for Nebraska.

 Mary Wong, 46, pleaded guilty to Securities Fraud in U.S. District Court.

 According to a U.S. Attorney’s news release, Wong acted as a financial advisor and solicited millions of dollars under false pretenses. Then she failed to invest the money as promised, instead spending the money on her “lavish lifestyle”, and businesses under Wong’s control.

view the full article here

Dollars for Diplomas

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Unless you get 1600 on the SAT or can dunk a basketball, college probably won’t come cheap.  Here are some ways for you to manage those student loans that you’ve accumulated while working on that degree.

Billionaire Book Club

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There are times when you should just get off the blogs, log off of Facebook and pick up a REAL book.  If you want to live like successful people do, you should probably start reading what they read. 

Here’s a list of books that you should find some time to read this fall.  Believe me, your wallet with thank you!

Join Me at Movers and Shakers

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Register now and join me at “Movers and Shakers”, a special happy hour event where you’ll have the opportunity to hear from successful engineer turned business owner, Kevin Stecko, founder of the highly successful online retailer 80sTees.com.

Movers and Shakers

September 21, 2010 – 6pm-8pm

Alto Lounge

728 Copeland Street  Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Admission: $5

Click HERE to register! See you there!

Think Outside The Office #MoneyMonday

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There are skills that you can develop outside of the office that can help to differentiate you and accelerate your career so that, ultimately, you make more money.

I’ve teamed up with The Dance Cafe in Pittsburgh to help teach you one of those skills.  Here are the details:

FREE Salsa Lessons

Tuesday, July 27th

CLICK HERE to RSVP!

The Dance Cafe, 805/807 Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh

Session 1: 7:30 pm – 8pm

Session 2: 8pm – 8:30pm

Here’s a quick preview!

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The Fortunate 50!

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Tiger still on top of the list of highest paid athletes!

You can’t stop them — you can only hope to re-sign them. Extracurricular scandals, contract holdouts and ugly labor negotiations seem to have rocked professional sports more than any other point in recent memory. And yet financially, athletes seem nearly bulletproof.

For the seventh consecutive year, SI.com has compiled a list of the 50 top-earning American athletes by salary, winnings, endorsements and appearance fees. The average earnings of those on the list have reached an all-time high of $26.2 million (up 11 percent from ’09).

In a year in which Tiger Woods’ image has been forever tarnished — costing the perennial No. 1 tens of millions in endorsement dollars — he still stayed ahead of the curve. Tiger’s earnings were down more than $9 million from a year ago, but he still earned nearly $30 million more than the No. 2 athlete, fellow golfer Phil Mickelson.

Read the full article at SI.com

The Tax Man Cometh! (again)

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Swizz Beatz Owes $2.2 Million In Back Taxes

Seriously, I’m opening up an office in NY or ATL and I’ll make it my personal mission to make sure that these guys stay out of trouble like this (and out of the tabloids)!

According to reports, SB owes $2.2 million in back taxes to the state of NY.

What’s owed:

  • The IRS filed a $652,727 lien against Swizz Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, on June 3 with the Rockland County (N.Y.) Clerk. According to the lien, which you can see here, he owes income taxes from 2008.
  • The state of New York filed a $162,300 tax warrant against Dean and his ex-wife Feb. 4, 2009, with the New York County Clerk.
  • The IRS filed a $556,986 lien against Dean and his ex-wife on Aug. 18, 2008, in Rockland County. They owe 2007 income taxes, according to this public record.
  • The IRS filed an $842,645 lien against Dean and his ex-wife March 4, 2008, with the Somerset County (N.J.) Clerk. According to this lien, they owe income taxes from 2006.
I’m thinking that Alicia might want this cleared up before the wedding.
Now, anyone know a good realtor in Buckhead?