Betsy McKay from the Wall Street Journal and Jennifer Kushinka discuss new pandemic studies that may reveal its origins.

Pandemic Studies Yield New Clues on Origins

The Radical Center digs into the Anglo-Saxon culture, and for some reason, feels sorry for Ted Cruz.

Am I A Dirty Backstabbing Swamp Creature?

A colleague recently asked me how he might be able to finally stick to a budget. For years, he had tried to create and adhere to a specific annual spending plan, only to blow a hole through it at some point during the year. "What's wrong with me?" He said. "I know that I should do it, but there's always something that comes up."

Let me be the first to admit that I am not a fan of budgets. In the same way that I think most crash diets lead to failure, the majority of budgets or new year's resolutions fall by the wayside within months of being made, as life interrupts our best intentions. Part of the reason is that we sometimes make the whole process more onerous than necessary.

Budgeting should not be an end but rather the means by which we can accomplish our financial goals. Of course, that fact means that you need to start by establishing those goals.

Here are my top five to help get you started in 2018, though you’ll have to listen for the details on each...and to hear the other three:

-Pay down consumer debt
-Establish an emergency reserve fund
-Maximize retirement savings
-Fund an education plan
-Establish a general investment account

Technology can be your friend as you address your New Year’s Resolutions. Use it to create automatic drafts to avoid late payments and accelerate the pay-down of loans; to establish similar drafts with your bank or brokerage firm; to beef up your emergency reserve fund; and to slowly increase your contribution levels to your retirement plan with auto-escalation features available at many financial institutions.

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Ep. 053 - Eight Financial Resolutions for 2018

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NY Times business editor Ellen Pollock on the headlines: the bull market at age 10; Facebook and Tesla's latest pivots; AT&T and Jeff Bezos trying to do Hollywood; GE's lost decades; the huge trade deficit; the hiring binge across biz news ... and much more.

Bizzy Times

沒有一次裁員讓人愉快，起碼，要讓人甘願。
5月初，Airbnb宣佈全球裁員1,900人、總數多達全公司四分之一，幅度之大，顯示這間公司在疫情中受到重創。然而，創辦人兼執行長切斯基（Brian Chesky）在裁員前後的所作所為，令他博得外界掌聲。企業為生存連主業務也能放棄、縮編亦無可厚非，NOKIA便是顯例；但身為劊子手，切斯基到底做了什麼向員工們告別？

感恩老闆！讚嘆老闆！Airbnb大裁員，為什麼創辦人廣受好評？

Star Wars Friends! We are so excited to share our interview with Star Wars creative legend, NYT best-selling author Jason Fry! Jason has written over 40 published works in the Star Wars universe spanning both the Expanded Universe & new-era Disney canon in addition to his original "Jupiter Pirates" series!

Learn all about Jason's origin stories as a Star Wars fan & author as well as his joy in collecting & baseball! We ask Jason about the fascinating process behind "The Last Jedi" novelization & some "What-If" scenarios!

This is an must-listen interview for any Star Wars fan! Make sure to leave us a review if you enjoy the show! MTFBWY!

Episode 43: Jason Fry Interview

Scott Bishop, Director of Financial Planning for STA Wealth Management hosts the Money Hour today. Scott and Max discuss an article that appeared recently in the Wall Street Journal titled "How To Make Money Decisions When The Future Is Uncertain". Scott points out that the future is ALWAYS uncertain, but sometimes it's even more uncertain. Yes, that's really a thing.

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WSJ tech guru Joanna Stern on how gadgets, subscriptions and social media have taken over our lives -- for better and worse. We discussed working from home, the consumption of news and becoming a digital pioneer at a 132-year old newspaper.

Stern Disciplines

This Week: Special Guest WSJ Travel Editor Scott McCartney with the Best & Worst US Airlines of 2020; Airline staffing and who's asking for more government funding; A listener upset with United ticketing "schemes"- Fine? or Whine?

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This podcast features talk of the Star Wars movies, collectibles, live-action & animated television, books, merch, fashion, video games, Expanded Universe (legends), & so much more!

As pure as refined coaxium baby!

嗨我是老周，財經記者，這是我的自製PODCAST。
賺錢存錢都很辛勞，最好別犯錯。我沉浸在財經新聞十多年，希望用更簡單、方便的形式，讓你理解新聞背後的原理和規則，所以做了這個PODCAST；也因為只有我獨自製作，很需要你的建議與評價。
謝謝你收聽，如果你喜歡，記得在APPLE PODCAST留下評論，或是告訴我，你想多了解什麼主題？記得追蹤我們的Instagram：ourmoneytalk，隨時獲得最新的節目資訊！

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