May 13
The big business of sports may have a new challenger. Endorsement deals, giant salaries, big name sponsorships this is what we’ve come to expect when we watch our favorite teams compete at their huge stadiums broadcast on major television networks. But what about the lesser-known, lesser-viewed sports? And the athletes who don’t have broad appeal and access to these sorts of lucrative deals? How do they support their athletic hopes?
That’s the subject of a Mike Pesca’s report on NPRs Morning Edition: Olympic Runners Find Unique Ways To Raise Funds. A few athletes are changing the way they get paid to compete. For Anthony Famiglietti, a steeplechase runner, the reason for looking for alternative sponsorships was fairly simple. None of the shoes produced by shoe companies willing to sponsor him fit comfortably. He literally could not compete in their products.
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May 09
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A few months ago, NerdWallet went through the painstaking process of selecting 10 personal finance apps that were good enough to be called our favorites. We’re nerds, so as you can imagine, we’re pretty picky about our financial management tools. Expensify, an expense report app for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone, was good enough to meet our nitpicky specifications. If you’re looking for an easy way to organize your receipts and get reimbursed for your business expenses, they’ve got your back. Sure, Expensify is easy to use, and it lets you track pretty much every purchase under the sun, but as of May 8th, it just got even more useful for traveling. As a company that specializes in both consumer-friendly financial products and travel, we couldn’t help but take notice.
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Apr 04
The decision to bring the stamp duty holiday to an end has been labelled a ‘tragedy’ by estate agents.
Any faint homes of the initiative being extended past the 24 March deadline were extinguished after the Chancellor failed to mention the scheme in last week’s Budget.
Before the end of the holiday, a 1% tax on properties worth between £125,000 and £250,000 had been waived for first time buyers.
Figures from the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) show property sales rose to their highest level in four months during February, with first time buyers making the most of the tax holiday.
The number of sales made at member branches increased across the UK .
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Tags: Duty Holiday, Holiday, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Holiday
Mar 28
Without passing judgement, and simply putting Obama’s economic policy in to the correct economic location, Obama is a Marxist.
The pressure that has been brought to energy prices in the USA is in a large part a reaction to the socialists policies of the Obama Administration.
An official report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform concludes that the administration’s actions are deliberately contributing to higher gas prices and increased energy prices for natural gas and electricity. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the committee was on Fox News to discuss the report almost 1 year ago.
The Obama administration favors progressive taxes on the rich to redistribute income and wealth from winners to losers and to ensure that all pay their fair share.
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