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Rina Risper, President & Publisher of The New Citizens Press
Your Other 8 Hours: How to leave your company to your children
By Robert Pagliarini,
Tribune Content Agency
In my financial planning practice, I work with many clients who own closely held, private, companies. As many are nearing their retirement years, a big focus of our work is planning the exit strategy for their family business. While a lot of the discussion is technical (e.g., how to maximize the value, how can we best minimize tax), a good deal of what we discuss, at least initially, is centered on a discussion regarding if they should transfer it to their children and how.
Coping With College Loans Paying them down, managing their financial impact
By Jose S. Yanez
Are student loans holding our economy back? Certainly America has recovered from the last recession, but this is an interesting question nonetheless.
Black Lives AND Police Lives Both Matter
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
It’s not, and never should have been, an either or proposition to say black lives matter or police lives matter. The slaying of a police officer must and should be denounced with the same vigor, passion and outrage as the unwarranted slaying of an unarmed African-American.
TAX SOLUTIONS: Tried Calling the IRS Lately?
By A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.
If you tried calling the IRS lately, you were likely either on hold for a long time or you were disconnected and told to call back later. You are not alone. Customer service at the IRS has declined significantly over the past year.
Interpersonal Edge: Collaboration trumps independence in the workplace
By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Content Agency
Q: I’m hard-working, thorough and extremely competent, so it frustrates me how often co-workers drop the ball. My boss says I need to work with my team better, but they don’t know as much as I do. How can I can improve teamwork and still maintain my productivity?
Jill on Money: Medicare at 50 years: Popular, but needs bolstering
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
This year is the golden anniversary of Medicare, the U.S. government’s sprawling health care initiative, which President Lyndon Johnson signed into law in 1965. Today, Medicare covers more than 55 million people, including 9 million beneficiaries who are under age 65 and permanently disabled.
The Kid’s Doctor: Rashes from poison ivy, oak and sumac reaching their summer peak
Learn to recognize poison ivy wherever you bump into it. Photo by fotolia
Eazy-E (Jasob Mitchell) and Jerry Heller (Paul Giamatti)