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ENNICO: Your New Year’s Resolutions for 2023 
New Year’s resolutions are all about habits. Breaking some bad ones (smoking, drinking excessively, binging on fast food) and starting new ones (working out, eating more Brussels sprouts). Businesses, like individuals, develop bad habits over time that ...
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Read More »NOVAK: Working wives who never learn
Q: I am in a group of workers who is always left out — wives who work for their husbands for free until we are divorced and left with nothing. I have friends who have made ...
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Read More »ENNICO: Fame is fleeting, so write a Christmas song
I try to avoid writing seasonal or holiday-themed columns, but I couldn’t resist the temptation this year. I was shopping at a local mall (yes, they still have those) for several hours the other day. The background music was piped ...
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Read More »ENNICO: Year-end tax planning for 2022 (Part 2 of 2)
As we exit the first “post-COVID year,” it’s time to start thinking about 2022 tax filings this coming April. As always this time of year, I’m indebted to my good friend John D’Aquila, a certified public accountant and head of ...
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Read More »NOVAK: Unfair or unlawful? Only a lawyer knows
Q: I notified my employer of my future plans to leave a key position, so upper management began to look for my replacement, as it will take quite some time for the person to learn everything. ...
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Read More »ENNICO: Getting involved in a ‘turnaround’ company
“I have been unemployed for some time and have come to the conclusion that corporate America no longer wants me. Recently I heard about a local manufacturing company that’s fallen on hard times. Their once-popular product line is no longer ...
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Read More »NOVAK: Bad client inspired a career change
Q: I worked in a high-paying position for many years. I was good at troubleshooting, meeting deadlines and biting my tongue, so I didn’t complain. I carried out every assignment I was asked to until I ...
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Read More »NOVAK: Getting the job doesn’t mean keeping it
Q: I was introduced to a company through a friend/connection. I had a very positive and friendly Zoom interview with the department head who I would report to. The next week, I received a call offering ...
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Read More »ENNICO: Year-end tax planning for 2022 (part 1 of 2)
As we reach the end of the first “post-COVID year,” it’s hard to even think of another income tax deadline in three to four months. But as Mark Twain once observed, the only two things you can count on in ...
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