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Survey Shows Employment and Real Estate will be most important issues in 2012

February 12th, 2012

A HouseLogic survey found that employment and the real estate market will be the two most important issues for voters in the 2012 election process. 54% of the people who took part in the survey said lowering the unemployment rate will be the top issue when they head to the polls next November, and upwards of 27% of respondents thought housing was the most important issue.

People were specifically asked, what issues will have the greatest impact on your voting this year? Not surprisingly, even issues like national security, health care, energy and the environment followed the jobs and housing market concerns.

• Jobs-unemployment — 54%

• Housing — 27%

• National security — 8%

• Health care — 4%

• Energy & Environment — 2%

With unemployment still considerably high for the last 3 and ½ years, it’s easy to see why Americans from all political backgrounds are concerned about the job market. Yet, employm

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Landing a Paid Blogging Gig or Cheap Essay Writer

February 8th, 2012

While several sites post paid opportunities for bloggers, thats just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Many other opportunities exist outside of that, and you can uncover them by networking or researching your target niche. Tice says she seeks out real companies in the real world with real marketing budgets, instead of websites whose business model is to post lots of content and try to monetize it. She suggests following niche job boards like Gorkana, which focuses on business. Tice has also gotten client inquiries through her own blog, her LinkedIn profile, and posts on top-tier blogs like Copyblogger.

It can get overwhelming, because there are so many blogs out there, so many companies that have blog networks, Keller admits.

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Tags: Paid, Paid Blogging

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Money Tips from a High School Buddy

February 3rd, 2012

A friend from high school visited me last weekend and we got to talking. Her salary is solid but not high in comparison to some of our other friends. She loves what she does and she’s great at it. And despite making a somewhat modest salary, she has a cute apartment, a cool wardrobe and the lifestyle she wants. How does she do it?

• She lives in an affordable city. My city, on the other hand, is pretty cha-ching. We compared notes and she pays $500 less in rent than I do for about the same square footage. Wow.
• She takes good care of her car. A special fund for ongoing car maintenance keeps her older bmw on the road. No monthly payments on a shiny new model for her. And s

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Why the Yen Is Set to Weaken

February 2nd, 2012

The problems facing Japan have been building up for some time. And I don’t believe the coming negative impact on its currency can be delayed much longer.

Earlier this week I gave my World Currency Trader members two powerful reasons why. In today’s column, I’d like to share those with you:

Reason #1—
Japan just recorded its first
current account deficit since 1980

As you can see in the chart below, Japan posted a trade deficit of 2.49 trillion yen in 2011, after the economy was hit by the price shock of oil and a slowdown in global growth.

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