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Is Your Life Insurance Dying?

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There may be a cancer eating away at your life insurance policy – causing it to die before you do! If you have a “universal life” policy – one with flexible premiums and/or investment choices within the policy, the insurance industry is taking a bigger bite out of the cash build-up that was forecast to […]

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USD/JPY Forecast Jan. 4-8

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USD/JPY had an uneventful week to sign off 2015, as the pair closed the week almost unchanged, at 120.22. The upcoming week has six events. Here is an outlook on the major events moving the yen and an updated technical analysis for USD/JPY. US indicators were by no means impressive last week, as unemployment claims […]

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The 9 worst logo changes of 2015

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When changing an established corporate logo, there’s a fine line between success and disaster. This year, several major companies changed their logos, and some simply fell flat. To identify the worst revamps, Business Insider looked through graphic-design publisher UnderConsideration‘s Brand New blog archives and picked out our least favorites. We only considered large, non-athletic-team or […]

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USD/CAD Forecast Jan. 4-8

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The Canadian dollar was uneventful in the final week of 2015, as USD/CAD was unchanged. The pair closed at 1.3830. There are seven events this week. Here is an outlook on the major market-movers and an updated technical analysis for USD/CAD. US numbers were not impressive last week, as unemployment claims and housing reports were […]

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The 24 most valuable fintech startups in the world

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Financial technology, or fintech, is a boom industry right now, with investment flooding into companies reinventing the way we do payments, lending, investing, and more. Valuations in the sector are also sky-rocketing as more money floods in. Many companies are now reaching the fabled “unicorn” status — the term in the tech industry for companies […]

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Activate Ongoing Communication Early In A New Job

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Everything communicates. Everything. Even the things you don’t do and don’t say send powerful signals to everybody in the organization observing you. Because we live in the midst of a communication revolution, the guidelines for communicating are changing dramatically. As much as you would like to treat communication as a logical, sequential, ongoing communication campaign, […]

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NZD/USD Forecast Jan. 4-8

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The New Zealand dollar made its way higher in the holiday week. Can it continue rising? The milk auction is the only event on the kiwi calendar, but it’s certainly an important one. Here is an analysis of fundamentals and an updated technical analysis for NZD/USD. With no releases in New Zealand, the kiwi extended […]

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Yes, you really do need to start worrying about that $28 trillion in debt that's hangoing over China

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This photo is of Wu Lin’an (on the left) giving stock investment advice to members of the public in a “street stock salon” in central Shanghai, China, earlier this year. Reuters described Wu’s investment strategy this way: “Wu, seeing himself as a senior player in stock investment, believes and advises others that the Chinese Communist […]

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Elevate Your Leadership in 2016

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When writing No-Drama Leadership which was published in 2015, I had the privilege to interview one of the greatest leaders of our time, Francis Hesselbein, former CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. Frances defines leadership as a matter of how to be, not how to do, saying, “We have spent half of our lives […]

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4 Ways to Tell Clients Why You Are Valuable

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No matter what our endeavor, whether we are making mobile phones or enhancing the mobility of someone with a disability, we all seek to create value for those we serve. And yet, so many worthy ventures and causes don’t get traction because the people behind them struggle to say what their audience most needs and […]

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9 Things That Make Good Employees Quit

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It’s pretty incredible how often you hear managers complaining about their best employees leaving, and they really do have something to complain about–few things are as costly and disruptive as good people walking out the door. Managers tend to blame their turnover problems on everything under the sun, while ignoring the crux of the matter: […]

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EUR/USD Forecast Jan. 4-8

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EUR/USD slipped within the range in the close of 2015, erasing previous gains. 2016 begins with a busy calendar: PMIs and inflation data stand out as liquidity returns. Will the pair continue falling in 2016 or make a comeback? Here is an outlook for the highlights of this week and an updated technical analysis for […]