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        Dear Readers: Today, I’d like to turn the tables and ask you a question: Let’s say you could design a basic high school curriculum. Outside of core courses like science, math and English, how would you rank adding financial literacy ...

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It’s official. The coronavirus pandemic’s biggest victim is the U.S. economy. Despite some states’ recent efforts to reopen their economies, periodic surges in infections and the lack of a marketable COVID-19 vaccine make it a virtual certainty that this will ...

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Dear Readers: Recently, I did my first ever Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA). I was really excited about it, and not just because my kids are Redditors who constantly seek and give advice on the channel. I wanted to have ...

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        As a longtime fan of comedian George Carlin (and, frankly, in looking for any sort of comedy to help my family through the pandemic), I was recently delighted to find a DVD online of an HBO special performance Carlin gave ...

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Dear Carrie: My fiance and I were just starting to plan our wedding when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Originally, we thought we would have a no-expense-spared, blowout wedding and reception sometime next year. We’ve managed to save up a pretty ...

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          If you go to your local bookstore (they still exist, don’t they?) or search for “entrepreneur” or “small business” on Amazon, you will find thousands of books and e-books on how to start a business.         To paraphrase the Old ...

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Dear Carrie: When I did my taxes this year, I wound up owing a lot to the IRS. A friend at work mentioned they got a huge tax refund. How can I get a refund next year? — A Reader ...

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  “A couple of months ago I started a Web-based company with two college friends. We agreed that I would have 20% of the stock in this company, and that my two friends would split the remaining 80% equally (40% ...

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  In last week’s column, I wrote about several megatrends that I think will define the new normal for small business during the next couple of years. Of course, the most logical response to a column like that is “great ...

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Dear Readers: Here we go again. In early March, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the 11-year bull market to a crashing halt. Since that time, the markets have largely recovered but been plagued with extreme volatility, leaving individual investors frightened and ...

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