Are You Ready to Save 25% On Your iPhone Plan? Pit Verizon vs. AT&T

January 12, 2011

With the worst kept secret in history finally coming to fruition in Verizon’s announcement that they will be a carrier for the iPhone, existing AT&T subscribers should start gearing up for their negotiation tactics – and get ready for some savings!  As a benefactor of the Verizon FIOS vs. Comcast battle in my neighborhood, (I’m […]

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Swing a Salary Increase By Threatening to Leave? You’re Fired Within 18 Months.

January 11, 2011

A co-worker was just telling me about his new job he just accepted.  He just gave his 2 weeks notice and he’s pretty excited about the new company, more money, shorter commute, etc.  He was sharing all kinds of details which, while I didn’t feel comfortable enough to ask… he just volunteered the information!  In […]

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Value of Tax Shield Explained – MBA Mondays

January 10, 2011

The Value of Tax Shield strategies by corporations will be the subject of this week’s MBA Mondays with Darwin.   Have you ever found it odd that in the same day, you’ll hear the pundits on CNBC saying that IBM or Exxon are sitting on hoards of cash, but then you see that they’re still issuing […]

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Weekend Reading – This is Why America’s In Trouble Edition

January 7, 2011

In the spirit of starting off the new year by trying to change the corruption and theft that is destroying America, I thought I’d highlight my favorite article of the week point out the absurdity of public sector worker pension abuses.  If you want to criticize Chris Christie or other politicians looking to reform pension […]

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The Economics of the Marital Distribution of Labor and Assets

January 6, 2011

The following is a Guest Post. If interested in guest posting at Darwin’s Money, feel free to contact me. My Personal Perspective on the Topic My wife and I are just your typical, late twenty-something married professionals.  We live in the northeastern United States.  As members of Generation Y are known to do, we put-off […]

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States Overstepping Boundaries – And Taking Your Gift Cards? WTF!

January 4, 2011

These days, nothing seems to surprise me any more.  As states, local municipalities and the federal government try to bridge budget deficits since they spent like drunken sailors during good times and didn’t prepare for bad times, they are continuously enacting all sorts of new fees, taxes, surcharges, cutting services and more. They need to […]

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