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To all of you who, like me, are mourning the untimely passing of Mike Kavanagh.... This is one of my favorite "Mike" stories... Mike was on me for years about quitting smoking. He fussed at me constantly. For Christmas 2005, Mike gave me the "Smoke Away" stop smoking system to help me quit. He said…
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I'm sorry to report that my friend and colleague from WSB Radio, Mike Kavanagh, passed away suddenly at the age of 57. A Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Mike was the voice of WSB in Atlanta for decades. He hosted Atlanta's Evening News with Lisa Campbell for years, and hosted one of the…
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The New York Times has a story in this morning's edition about how badly off the "official" jobs number actually is. I've been saying this for a long time -- the real number of people unemployed or underemployed in the U.S. is far higher than the projections.
The official unemployment rate from the…
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Not since 1988 has seasonal hiring been at such a low, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
In a press release earlier today Challenger detailed how Holiday hiring is down 53% more than it was at this time last year.
In this weak economy…
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