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Mar232019 by adminNo Comments

Are you hiding these things from your financial advisor? If so, it's a bad idea

Finance

Bob Gucer, a certified financial planner, had been working with a client for 20 years when he discovered a secret that the person was hiding. It was $ 135,000 in credit card debt. "Up until that point, he had told me he didn't carry any, that he always paid it off," said Gucer, a wealth advisor and managing principal at Benedetti, Gucer & Associates in Atlanta. The client also hadn't told his spouse. "When he came clean with me, he reluctantly agreed to tell his wife,...

Mar52019 by adminNo Comments

Suits and ties now optional: Goldman Sachs says it's relaxing its dress code

Finance

Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday that it is relaxing the dress code for all its employees, a move once considered unimaginable for the Wall Street firm's leagues of monk-shoed partners and bankers in bespoke suits. The new "firm wide flexible dress code" was announced in an internal memo, which said the shift was due to "the changing nature of workplaces generally in favor of a more casual environment." The memo sent to the bank's some 36,000 employees was penned by Chief Executive Officer David Solomon, a former investment banker who took the role in October, along with Chief Financial Officer Stephen Scherr and Chief Operating Officer John Waldron. ...

Feb92019 by adminNo Comments

Talking money with Heidi Heitkamp: Learn to save early, it's the greatest thing you can do

Finance

Former North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp's path to the Capitol wasn't paved in gold. In fact, Heitkamp said growing up in rural North Dakota, her family faced many financial challenges. "We talked about money all the time and how there wasn't enough of it," she told CNBC. She said the first thing she ever paid for on her own was probably a school lunch. "We shared that family responsibility for a budget." She credits the lessons she learned early on for the fina...

Jan272019 by adminNo Comments

If you have 'stomach flu,' chances are it's actually norovirus: What you should know

Health

If you’ve ever gotten sick from eating something “bad,” you may have had an encounter with norovirus. Sometimes called a “stomach bug” or “stomach flu” — though it’s not related to the flu — norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness in the United States, causing between 19 million and 21 million cases of infectious vomiting and diarrhea each year. Norovirus outbreaks can affect anyone, anywhere. Earlier this month, for example, a cruise trip was cut short after 475 passengers became ill with the infection, which spread more easily due to the confines of the ship. Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis, which is inflammation in the stomach and intestines. It can infect people of all ages...

Jan82019 by adminNo Comments

CES 2019: It's all about the games (and AI)

Technology

The CES 2019 gadget show is revving up in Las Vegas. Here are the latest findings and observations from Associated Press reporters on the ground as technology's biggest trade event gets underway. ENOUGH ABOUT SELF-DRIVING CARS Many people at CES would rather hear about better video games. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got a big round of applause when he told a crowd that he'd spend more time talking gaming than autonomous driving. The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker's computer graphics technology is used in both industries. But it was his unveiling of a new gaming-oriented graphics processor that elicited the biggest cheers Sunday night. Huang also detailed how his company's advances in artificial intelligence and a graphics technology called "ray tracing" are helping to generate ever-...