Celebrity Charity: Is that an Oxymoron?
August 27, 2008 by JS · 2 Comments
Think back to your high school English days and the exciting discussions you used to have about oxymoron. You know those phrases like wicked good, terribly pleased, and old news. It was always fun to come-up with a few of them. But there’s a phrase that is often uttered in the media that I find [...]
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Top 10 Highest Paid Male Athletes
August 9, 2008 by JS · Leave a Comment
Why do they Make So Much?
In honor of the Olympics I thought it would be fun to explore the idea of money in sports. So I headed over to Forbes’ list of the 10 highest paid male athletes.
This list is based on earning for the period of June 1, 2007, and June 1, 2008. Some [...]
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10 Rags to Riches Billionaires
July 10, 2008 by JS · 6 Comments
Feeling the need for a little inspiration on the road to wealth building? I always love to read about people who have beat the odds and made a dramatic rise in their financial situation.
What follows are the stories of 10 billionaires who started with nothing and now have it all.
Ingvar Kamprad
Net worth: $31 billion
World’s richest [...]
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Celebrity Foreclosures - How Can it Happen?
June 6, 2008 by JS · 2 Comments
Two big celebrities faced foreclosure this week, as both Ed McMahon and Evander Holyfield joined the more than one million Americans being sucked under by the dive in real estate values.
Since we idolize and fanaticize about the live’s of the rich & famous, is there a financial reality lesson here?
Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon: Well, if you [...]
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Who Took My Money?
I’ve been reading the latest book from Rich Dad author Robert Kiyosaki called; Who Took My Money. By the time I was a few pages into the first Rich Dad book, I confess that I was hooked, and I believe that my thoughts about money have been transformed to the point that I probably never [...]
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Trump University - “We Teach Success”
Donald Trump Opens Online University
Image poached from TrumpU
He’s pretty much done it all, but up until now Donald Trump has been noticably absent from the internet, in any major way. Today that all changed with the launch of Trump University.
“In today’s hyper-competitive business climate, the need for the highest quality education has become more crucial [...]
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