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Are you taking advantage of a Roth IRA?

BY TOM WRIGHT

Simply put…contributing to a Roth Individual Retirement Account may be a smart money move. The question then is…are you taking full advantage? ...

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Nash joins United Staffing

BY JEFF STOWE

United Staffing Associates is pleased to announce the latest addition to the USA team. Betsey Nash, a Senior Professional in Human Resources and formerly the owner of Nash HR Services, will be joining the Human Resource Consulting Division...

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Allstate employee earns award

BY JEFF STOWE

Allstate Insurance Company has announced that Ethan Aparicio has earned the distinctive Allstate Regional Champion Award in recognition of high standards in customer satisfaction, customer retention and profitability. Aparicio is now one of the...

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Market News

Stocks end mixed following jobs, services data

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment. But stocks still had their third dismal week in a row, with the major indexes again posting losses as worries about rising oil prices and the fallout from the credit crisis dogged the market....

Nvidia, AMR, Lehman Brothers among big movers

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:...

Wall Street to begin July on shaky ground

NEW YORK (AP) -- The year is nearly halfway over, and Wall Street appears to be on even shakier ground than when it began 2008. And this shortened week ahead of the Fourth of July holiday is unlikely to bring the market enough proof that the economic climate is improving....

Career Advice

A Declaration of Professional Independence

W hen in the course of career events it becomes necessary for professionals to dissolve the economic bands that have connected them to the corporation, and to assume the powers of free agency, these free agents should declare the ideals for which they quit their day jobs, even without the benefit of severance pay...