Starting A Business

[ad_1] America’s top colleges are filled with rich kids. The class divide is deeper than you might have thought. Ivy League colleges, for example, have more students from the top 1% of income than the bottom half. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of low-income students would qualify to enroll in an …

[ad_1] Living on a fixed income poses a significant challenge for many retirees. Unless you’re willing to work part-time in retirement, once you leave your career behind, your options for generating extra cash will be limited at best. That’s why it’s critical to stretch your existing budget to the greatest …

[ad_1] Venezuela’s president hiked the nation’s minimum wage another 60% on Sunday in response to the country’s ongoing economic crisis. President Nicolas Maduro announced the change on his weekly television show. It’s the latest in a series of hefty increases to the minimum wage that have been issued as the …

[ad_1] Lehman Brothers is synonymous with financial catastrophe, but one entrepreneur hopes the brand will make him a fortune — as a range of Scotch whiskey. James Green, 34, is launching three whiskies with Lehman Brothers on the label. The most popular of the range, “Ashes of Disaster,” claims to …

[ad_1] Hollywood will be getting a new chief lobbyist in Washington. Former Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, who has been chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America for the past six years, will step down by the end of the year, the MPAA said Friday. The MPAA is …

[ad_1] America and Canada have one of the world’s biggest trade relationships. President Donald Trump met for the first time Monday with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “We have a very outstanding trade relationship with Canada,” Trump said at the news conference. But the U.S.-Canada trade relationship over the years …

[ad_1] President Trump has agreed to renegotiate NAFTA, the free trade deal between the US, Mexico and Canada. But he’s warning everyone: If a new deal isn’t good, he’ll pull the US out. For its part, Mexico has said the same: It needs a win-win deal too or it will …

[ad_1] Becoming a millionaire has long been part of the American dream, but saving $1 million is not just an idle fantasy for most Americans. Saving at least $1 million is a dream many feel must come true if they’re going to have a comfortable retirement. In fact, of the …

[ad_1] President Trump wants to bring jobs back to America, and he believes NAFTA is holding him back. On Thursday, Trump tweeted that he would “terminate NAFTA” if he couldn’t reach a fair deal. A day earlier, he agreed to renegotiate the free trade agreement between the US, Mexico and …

[ad_1] Dr. Ellis Crasnow (center) with students on the first day of school. At STEM3 Academy, sticking to the norm doesn’t work. In fact, the school was launched to do just the opposite. “Our emphasis is on learning versus teaching,” said Dr. Ellis Crasnow, the school’s director. “Our students learn …