#617: How Do Increased Interest Rates Impact You?

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#616: The Fall of Sears

This segment is an interesting history of a retail giant over the last century and relates to the changing market forces in consumer goods. Click here if segment fails to load.

#615: Gary Cohn Discusses Strong Economy

Click here if video fails to load. This segment includes a discussion on stock buybacks (treasury stock) which relates to the equity chapter of financial accounting. Note that Gary Cohn's opinion is not necessarily objective as he served in the most recent administration's cabinet.

#614: Teaching Your Adult Children to be Financially Independent

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#613: Avoiding Holiday Gift Card Scams

#612: "You Can't Hack Paper"

Take an accounting professor whose undergraduate major was political science and you get someone who loves this segment. I'm all about saving money and improving the number of people who exercise their voting rights. Click here to see the video from NBC Nightly News. You'll need to scroll down a little to play it.

#611: Rewards Credit Cards May Soon Not Be Accepted Everywhere

Despite working with credit cards in my bank job almost 40 years ago, I didn't know that cash back and points cards charge the merchant a higher exchange fee. I pay my balance off monthly, so rewards cards are important to my personal financial life. Click here if video fails to load.

#610: Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15/Hour

Click here if video fails to load. As well, this USA Today article provides additional perspective.

#609: Service to Product: Transitioning from One Business to Another

Great example of contrast between skill set needed to effectively manage each type of business and cash flow needs. Click here if video fails to load.

#608: Suze Orman Says Women Still Need to Find a Financial Voice

#607: Identity Thieves Target Kids

#606: J.Crew CEO Jim Brett Talks Survival & Relaunch of Iconic Brand

A great example of a company trying to pull out of decline and move back into growth!

#605: "Money Diaries": Demystifying Personal Finance

Emergency savings, budgets, and the real life money diaries of a broad swath of women make for an interesting view and a deeper dive into Refinery 29's blog.

#604: Why Recycling May Be Going to Waste in America

This video shows why the cost of recycling services may be increasing in the near future.

#603: Retiring American Express CEO Ken Chenault

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#602: How Do Hospital Bills Get So High?

There are few things we buy without knowing the price and this segment highlights the disturbing facts of health care costing and its impact on so many.

#601: Reebok Launches Sustainable Sneaker Made From Cotton & Corn

Click here to watch this segment on sustainable athletic shoe production.

#600: Protect Yourself From Employee Embezzlement

Click here to view the video on employee embezzlement from Your Business.

#599: A Ferry Company Navigates Losing a Competitor

Click here to load the segment from Your Business, a Sunday morning program on MSNBC. Growth is great, but this segment shows you often have to work harder to grow than you did to establish the business.

#598: Increasing Number of Seniors Filing for Bankruptcy

#597: How I Got a Perfect 850 Credit Score

It may be necessary to register with the Washington Post to access a limited number of free articles (if you have Amazon Prime, you may be able to get a six month subscription for free or at a discount). Like many personal finance gurus, Michelle Singletary, has strong opinions, but interesting one! This one is very relevant to our study of credit scores in personal finance.

#596: Restaurateur Danny Meyer on Going Cashless

Visit this You Tube link to view this segment on why Danny Meyer is taking some of his restaurants cashless. Take aways for both financial and managerial accounting classes.

#595: LinkedIn CEO on How Compassion Leads to Success for Companies

Click here to view this video of Jeff Weiner discussing the current job market and how he manages with compassion. If your professors talk about soft skills, you'll hear why in this segment. Well worth your time!

#594: Once Endangered Bookstores Are Booming Again

Because I love a good local bookstore and how they are surviving in the face of dying retail stores. Click here for link if video fails to load.

#593: Testing a Universal Basic Income

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#592: Interesting Tax Policy Op-Ed on SALT Deduction

Whether you agree or disagree, this op-ed piece from the Washington Post does a good job of explaining the political strategies that exist as tax policies are created by Congress. Food for thought! BTW, if the article won't load, you will probably need to register for a WaPo account - you get 10 free articles a month by registering.

#591: What to Do If You Can't Afford to Pay Your Taxes?

Click here to hear Jill Schlessinger's advice on the importance of filing your return even if you don't have the funds to pay what you owe.

#590: Taxes, Is There a Better Way?

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#589: Targeting Tax Return Fraud

Click here to access this CBS This Morning segment on YouTube.

#588: Mellody Hobson on Stock Market Volatility 2/6/28 & 2/7/18

Click here for 2/6/18 segment. Click here for 2/7/28 segment.

#587: Yale's Most Popular Class Is Teaching Students How to Lead Happier Lives

Some excellent advice here. Click here if video fails to load.

#586: Five Ways to Improve Your Cash Flow & Five Ways to Improve Your Revenue

Click here for the cash flow video. Click here for the revenue video.

#585: Paul's Photo Adapts to New Market

Click here to learn about how one small business has reinvented itself to stay alive in a market challenged by technological changes.

#584: How Small Data Transforms Business

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#583: Jeni's Ice Cream: An Ice Cream Brand Swirls Out of a Crisis

Click here to load. This video is a delicious example of how to build a brand and weather a storm.

#582: Online Shopping Trend Creates Boom Towns Across the U.S.

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#581: Amazon's Hunt for Its 2nd HQ Shows the Power of Tech Companies

Click here to load this video on how Amazon will select the 2nd HQ from a list of 20 cities.

#580: Tips to Get on Track for Retirement

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#579: What's the Net Impact of Walmart Raising Wages, But Closing Sam's Club?

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#578: How to Build a Better Budget for 2018

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