Category: Business & Economics
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Motorhelmets Monthly Specials Site Map
Motorhelmets Monthly Specials Site Map
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Rankings in J.D. Power’s auto dependability study 2017 February
The consulting company J.D. Power released its 2017 auto dependability study Wednesday. The study measures problems per 100 vehicles based on responses from 35,186 original owners of 2014 model-year vehicles. The industry average is 156 problems per 100 vehicles, up four from a year earlier. Here are the rankings, the problems per 100 vehicles and…
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American Express Unlimited Plum and Gold Cards
6/14/2015 So I recently got 2 new American Express business cards. The Plum card w/ an unlimited spending limit and a business Gold card also with an unlimited spending limit. Both cards cost about $250 and $160 a year to join. They have some card privileges, but nothing as good as some Visa/Mastercard…
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Why Business Owners Hate Yelp
Business owners hate Yelp. Ask any business owner. They hate Yelp. Business owners are at the mercy of Yelp reviewers with very little power. Complaints abound, amounting to basically a ton of legitimate and positive reviews getting consistently “back drawered”. Yelp is nothing more than a directory page for businesses with the ability for users…
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Taxation in America
The top 1% of U.S. taxpayers pay 38% of all individual federal taxes. The top 10% pay 70% of all taxes, The top 25% pay 86% The top 50% pay 97%. The Bottom 50% of the population pay only 3% of Federal Income Taxes. Is this what you call Fair Taxation? In Fact, I…
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How to Calculate your Monthly Mortgage Payment – Quick & Easy
How to Calculate your Monthly Mortgage Payment .0047964 is the approx monthly payment on a house, given a 20% downpayment. eg. $2,000,000 house. Your downpayment of 20% is $400,000.00. Your monthly mortgage payment is ($2,000,000 x .00479640) = $9592.80 Notes: This is for a 20% downpayment. 30year Fixed Rate loan. 6% 30 Year…
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Biotech Stock ETFs
SPDR Biotech ETF (XBI) CEPHALON INC (CEPH) 3.83% ALKERMES INC (ALKS) 3.69% GILEAD SCIENCES (GILD) 3.66% CELGENE CP (CELG) 3.63% GENENTECH INC (DNA) 3.62% AMGEN (AMGN) 3.55% OSI PHARMACEUTIC (OSIP) 3.54% ICOS CP (ICOS) 3.53% BIOGEN IDEC INC (BIIB) 3.52% VERTEX PHARMACEUT (VRTX) 3.50% PowerShares Dynamic Biotech & Genome (PBE) GILEAD SCIENCES (GILD) 5.25% APPLERA…
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Market Thoughts
We’re seeing a phenomenon where investment asset prices are rising but inflation is muted along with top line revenue. So the fed is pumping easy money into the economy, and it’s finding its way into the stock market, the precious metals market, and speculative oil. It’s not hitting real estate, because prices are still falling. …