Behavioral economics and your portfolio
By Alan C. Snyder Shinnecock Partners LP As published in InvestmentNews Harvard Business School used to put 800 first-year MBA students through a tank warfare game. The goal was to prove that homo economicus — the concept championed by John Maynard Keynes and other traditional economists which postulates that humans make decisions in life based [...]
Creative Financing
By Eric Hintz The Wall Street Journal Click here to read the full article To understand the history of innovation over the past several centuries, it helps to remember a familiar refrain: Follow the money. Earlier this month, for instance, three teams shared the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize—a $10 million bounty awarded for the [...]
Small Business Jobs Act: Real Value to Small Manufacturers
By Brandon Edwards The Tax Credit Company As posted on The Huffington Post Small businesses are critical to the recovery of our ailing economy. They employ nearly half of all Americans and have historically led the way in post-recession job creation. For manufacturers, who contribute higher-paying jobs on average, help may be on the way. [...]
Reloadable prepaid cards can be handy but heavy on fees
By Sandra Block USA Today Click here to read the full article Consumers “have got plenty of choices, and they can find cards that fit their idea of what’s fair and appropriate,” says Jerry Welch, CEO of nFinanSe, which charges a $2.95 monthly maintenance fee (the lowest in the industry).
Consumers Union Report: nFinanSe joins Walmart as low-cost leaders in prepaid card space
Prepaid cards – reloadable cards that can be used to make payments similar to debit cards and are becoming the foundation of a second tier banking system used by a growing number of low income consumers – are continuing to grow in popularity. In 2006 alone, the Federal Reserve estimated that 312 million transactions were [...]
Hospital interpreting service to aid compliance with new Joint Commission standards
As posted on Healthcare Finance News Click here to read the full article MONTEREY, CA – Language Line Services, the leading provider of language-based solutions and the number one provider of over-the-phone interpreting services for the healthcare industry, announced a program of support, instructional materials and consultations to help ensure compliance for hospitals as they [...]
Twitter to Include Photos and Video
By Amir Efrati The Wall Street Journal Click here to read the full article Twitter Inc., the micro-blogging service that is one of Silicon Valley’s hottest start-ups, on Tuesday showed a new version of its website designed to attract more visitors and better compete for advertisers with Facebook.com, the social-networking service. Evan Williams, Twitter’s chief [...]
It’s Time to Make R&D Tax Credit Permanent, Assure U.S. Remains World’s Top Innovator
By Brandon Edwards The Tax Credit Company As posted on The Huffington Post This year China became the world’s second-largest economy. Experts are currently arguing over when China will overtake the United States as the world’s largest. Most predictions place that event between 2020 and 2027. The good news has been that the manufacturing juggernaut [...]
Beware That New Credit-Card Offer
By Jessica Silver-Greenberg The Wall Street Journal Click here to read the full article Amid all the junk mail pouring into your house in recent months, you might have noticed a solicitation or two for a “professional card,” otherwise known as a small-business or corporate credit card. If so, watch out. While J.P. Morgan Chase [...]
