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The Bailout, Explained

CNN Money does an excellent job breaking down complex financial matters. Whether its strategies to retire a millionaire or attempting to explain various tax strategies, they use a combination of basic questions and diverse expert responses to educate the reader.
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The Treasure Department

With all the bailout talk, I learned a little bit about the [...]

3Feb2009 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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From the Inbox: Great Authors Celebrate Black History Month on BN.com

Maybe if we plan ahead and find interesting tributes this February, then Black History Month won’t just fade away this year. Here’s some interesting info about BN.com that we recently received from our inbox.

Barnes & Noble

The Barnes & Noble Studio will feature big names in February to celebrate Black History Month. Kicking off Wednesday, [...]

27Jan2009 | Kimberly | 0 comments | Continued
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How to Get Out of Your Sprint Contract

First, a short disclaimer: I don’t advocate for one mobile service over another. Aside from their selection of phones, I’ve been pretty happy with Sprint here in Chicago for the last few years.
Ok, with that out of the way, onto the good stuff.
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How to Get Out of Your Sprint Contract

I found [...]

22Jan2009 | Fredric | 2 comments | Continued
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YBPGuide Integrates Facebook Connect, Seesmic

Just a quick blast, people.
Thanks to the lovely people over at Disqus, all of our lovely readers can now enjoy the conversation on the Young Black Professional Guide by logging in via their Facebook account and leaving video comments via Seesmic.
So keep dropping knowledge in the comments section! We just wanted to make it a [...]

13Jan2009 | Fredric | 0 comments | Continued
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Undergraduate Research - It’s a Good Thing

During my first senior year of college, I signed up to do a Senior Problem, also called a Senior Thesis. It was a two semester independent research study on sheep. I studied the seasonal influences of mating and reproduction of a Southeastern Ewe-flock. I spent a lot of time on the University’s farm (I was [...]

7Jan2009 | dnlee | 4 comments | Continued
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It’s the simple things that make things more simple

If you’re anything like me, when someone drops a load on your plate the first thing you do is figure out how to organize everything and write out a to-do list.

ToDoist.com

Well, since I’m mostly on the computer and I know that by now there is someone who has invented an easy way to create [...]

10Dec2008 | Kimberly | 2 comments | Continued
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Link Love 12.1.08

Lost Slave Ship

NPR’s News and Views blog reports that researchers discovered a lost slave ship. The Spanish ship, Trouvadore, is “the only known wreck of a ship engaged in the illegal slave trade.” And several residents of the Turks and Caicos islands, where the wreck occured, are descendants of the 192 slaves [...]

1Dec2008 | Kismet | 2 comments | Continued
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To Black Friday, or Not To Black Friday…

…that is the question.
Personally, I’ve been looking at upgrading my family room television for awhile. While the phrase ‘with the current economy’ is getting used a lot, I may hold off as this year’s prices will probably go the way of gas. Spending reports will probably be lower than expected and major retailers will have [...]

26Nov2008 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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Free 8×10 snapfish photo book-$30 value

Thanks to my sister (who knows I love coupons and free stuff) I am taking advantage of this free offer from the Oprah Show and getting a free photo book of my 4 month old baby! I thought I’d share this with any YBPs out there who love pictures as much as I do. Enjoy!
Here’s [...]

13Nov2008 | Kimberly | 3 comments | Continued
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The Travesty of Prop 8 (and some POC Blame Game)

Dan Savage on “Black Homophobia” in response to the passing of Proposition 8. When you’re done there, go here and follow the comments. Don’t forget to leave some.
More on Blacks, Latina/os and Proposition 8:
VivirLatino: More Prop 8 Black and Latino Blaming
WOC, Ph.D.: Propositioning Privilege
elle, phd: WTF is Wrong With Us
The [...]

7Nov2008 | Kismet | 2 comments | Continued
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From the Inbox: Career Direction?

An Ohio YBP hit up the inbox recently asking the following question:
I’m a young professional working currently at a bank in Columbus, OH while also working on my MBA. Right now I am in a gray area as to where I want to go in my career. I love the banking industry, but [...]

14Oct2008 | Fredric | 2 comments | Continued
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From the Inbox: Conspiracy Theory?

Interesting email I received from one my colleagues. His logic is interesting, and considering the debacle our President has gotten us in over the last 8 years, I wouldn’t be surprised if the brilliant minds of Wall Street actually set themselves up with a safety net in the form of insured credit default assets in [...]

25Sep2008 | Fredric | 2 comments | Continued
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