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Losing your job is no fun. Ive been unemployed before, and its a difficult situation to find yourself in. My situation was a little different than many people who experience unemployment, as I was transitioning from an active duty military position and looking for a job in the civilian sector. Even though it was difficult to be out of work for six months, I felt as though I had an advantage when I entered into unemployment I knew it was coming.

Now dont get me wrong, being out of work for six months is tough I wanted to work, but I couldnt find a job.

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Are you throwing money away by spending more on products that have little to no lasting effect on your life? If we examine the why behind a purchase decision closely, we might find that just because mother paid $4.99 for Mead writing tablets, it may not be the wisest shopping choice today. One of the quickest ways to run up a shopping bill is to splurge on name brand or specialty consumables, so let’s take a look today on the 5 worst products to spend more on and reduce that bill.

What Qualifies as a Consumable?
Technically, everything we purchase is a consumable. C

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Celent will publish soon a research updating a report published in 2007: The Build vs. Buy Debate. This report will draw the result of a survey we launched earlier this year in order to gather a perspective from insurers regarding the build or buy question for different types of system and components, that cover the full spectrum of the insurance system landscape from the front-end to the back-end. The survey results demonstrate that insurance companies are going to prioritize the buy approach in the future and this not only for core systems but also for certain non-core systems. Actually, there are four methods that are still to be considered by insurers when replacing a system:

• Build.

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Getting a credit card for your business is a part of everyday business. But so many consumers do it wrong. Small businessmen use their personal cards for business expenses and get confused and out of sorts. There a lot of cons to attaching business expenses to a personal credit card. There are nuances and finesses for using credit cards for business expenses that the savvy small businessman has to be aware of.

Don’t Get All Mixed Up

Bundling up personal expenses with business expenses under one card is a major faux pas. T

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While most taxpayers are familiar with the wrath of the IRS, many don’t consider the effect that wrath can have on employers as well. Employers and private companies are not immune to the stress caused by an IRS audit or the burden of owing back-taxes.

Pamela discovered this first-hand when her company was hit with a $10,000 employment liability from the Internal Revenue Service for the tax years of 2008 and 2009. She came to the Blue Tax offices seeking their help in resolving her tight situation.

The Blue Tax team knew it would be a challenge to accomplish the trifecta goal of protecting the client from collection action, negotiating a payment plan within the company’s budget, and eliminating all threatening correspondence from the Internal Revenue Service. Full Post…