Just reminding everyone that my $5k Red Kettle Challenge is still going on. As of this posting, were over $4,000. It sure would be great if we hit $5k by Monday. If we do, Ill come up with more money to match. 
If youd like to donate, you can do so by going here.
Thanks to all of you who have given so far and those of you who will in the future!
According to the International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, unless nations work together to encourage growth, we risk another “lost decade” for the global economy.
Japan saw what some would call a lost decade in the ’90s. After a real-estate bubble burst, Japan saw its economy jump in and out of recession for over a decade. The economy crept along at an average growth rate of around one percent for years after the real-estate collapse.
This situation sounds eerily similar to the situation in the United States today, and there are even more issues over the pond…
A Scary Movie That Never Ends
In Europe, Italy has become the next country in line to be overwhelmed by a sovereign debt crisis. This brought European leaders together to create another rescue package. Develop
Cisco has now introduced simulation questions in the CCNA. These questions test the troubleshooting and command line configuration skills of the CCNA candidate. Due to the importance of this part of the CCNA test, it is crucial to have hands-on experience with configuring a Cisco IOS device before attempting the exam. A good way to do this is to build a home lab and practice on that, but this is definitely a more expensive option. Another option is to use a Cisco simulator. Here are 4 things you should take note of when you buy a CCNA virtual lab:
1. Guided scenarios The best CCNA virtual labs out there have guided scenarios which will guide you step by step through the necessary lab exercises. This will allow you to learn in a very structured way all the necessary Cisco IOS commands you will need to pass the exam.
College Park, MD – The economy added only 80,000 jobs in October, disappointing forecasters who expected 95,000 to be added. The economy appears to be stuck in low gear to make a real dent in the nearly 14 million unemployed.
Unemployment was down to 9.0 percent from 9.1 percent the previous month. A change that was not significant given that many adults remain on the sidelines and too discouraged to look for work.
Wholesale and retail trade, health care and social services, manufacturing, and leisure and hospitality added jobs, whereas telecommunications, banking and securities posted losses. Information technology gained and financial services lost positions in September, but both sectors posted losses for the entire third quarter reflecting broader layoffs in those sectors with more ahead.
Government employment fell by 24,000 and private sector jobs added 104,000
Jobs creation will remain inadequate to keep unemployment from falling in the months ahead, especially considering the mass layoffs recently announced, cost cutting by many large multinationals.
Free credit reports are nothing new. But as weve have written before, while you can get your free report at AnnualCreditReport.com, it wont come with your credit score. A company called Privacy Guard, however, just launched a 30-day trial for $1 that allows users to check their triple credit report and score. So I decided to test them out for myself. To be honest, Im quite impressed with the layout of the program.
The process of signing up for the 30-day trial was in two parts. First, I was required to enter all of my personal information like name, address and phone number. Once finished, I set up my login and password for www.PrivacyGuard.com and was charged $1 for the 30-day trial.
Part two was completed after I logged into my new account and set up my social security number. I was asked four security questions to ensure that the credit profile they pulled belonged to me. Whe
How I Got Here Nov 04 2011 By Julie Steinberg 
In the late sixties, when former HSBC Chairman David Eldon joined the British bank, it was a bit like signing up for the Army. You raised your hand for a management training program and went where the bank sent you, no matter how far from home.
Eldon, 66, joined HSBC’s International Managers Programme in 1968 and spent most of the next 37 years in the Middle East and Hong Kong, eventually overseeing 30,000 employees. He learned to adapt to the country in which he was living, always remembering he was a guest and needed to adhere to their rules, not his.
One of the most important rules in China, is networking, or “guanxi,” Eldon told FINS. But a big Rolodex isn’t as good as one with fewer names and deeper connections.
