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Offshoring is the relocation of a company or business process from one country to another. It's no secret that the United States has fallen victim to offshoring and seen millions of manufacturing jobs moved overseas for cheaper labor and other cost efficiencies. However, Made in America seems to...

It may be surprising to hear that approximately 67% of people in their twenties have already started saving for retirement. Despite all of the challenges, student debt, a tough job market, saving for a first home, the twenty somethings are saving! Even more, a recent Transamerica survey reported...

The responsibility of raising confident, capable, and well adapted children is not easy, and requires patience, tenacity, and occasional support from family, friends, and mentors. One topic that is often forgotten, but critical, is financial literacy. Dr. Jim Grubman, a noted phycologist who work...

Eastman Kodak has been hoping to spin some of its assets and expertise into touchscreen technology and products. In 2013, Texas-based Unipixel, a touchscreen sensor film company, signed an agreement with Kodak to establish a plant in Eastman Business Park to manufacture UniPixel's InTouch technology...

While folks own different investments for a variety of reasons, income, growth, etc. all investors should pay attention to quarterly earnings reports. Earnings signal the health of the company, how well they are able to predict their own performance, and may signal future performance. Earnings repor...

Domestic stocks finished higher on Friday as the NASDAQ composite set another record. The NASDAQ closed at a record high for the second day in a row and Thursday the index recorded its first new high in over 15 years--something not seen since March of 2000. Amazon, Google and Microsoft all saw ga...

Millennials have a stigma that they are a generation that in adulthood is fed, clothed, and provided for by their parents. Even though millennials face challenges that make it hard to become financially independent like student loans, sluggish job market, and rising costs of living millennials get a...

Tax day has come and passed. Did you get a refund? If so, what is your plan? There are a number of things you can do with your recent inflow--home remodeling, take a trip or finally pull the trigger on a large purchase. Each of those options would be rewarding but they probably aren't going to im...

Millennials receive a lot of insight from others studying the generation and making observations. I would argue that millennials are in fact quite different and do deserve the attention they receive. Many new issues, skills, and standards have changed for the generation including what they need from...

On Friday General Electric announced that it is selling a majority of its banking business (GE Capital) to focus on its best performing segments. G.E. is looking to return to being one of the strongest industrial companies in the world. Since the financial crisis, it has been taking steps to reduce...