One of the toughest things to do when you sign up for your first 401(k) plan is to figure out what to invest in. Especially when you have a lot of choices to consider. The average 401(k) plan offers 13 investment options, and while companies are trying…
Archive | August 17th, 2012
401(k) Investment Option: Stable Value Funds
Posted on 17 August 2012.
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Reader Mail: Edwin Armstrong & FM Radio
Posted on 17 August 2012.
Larry wrote to me commenting that he felt I had underplayed Edwin Armstrong as being the inventor of FM radio when as Larry goes on to say, “he was also responsible for two other major radio-related inventions that are even more important: regenerative…
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What’s In a Name?
Posted on 17 August 2012.
In advertising, at least in the predominant part of the last 50 years, it’s been a collection of surnames. From Doyle Dane Bernbach and Bartle Bogle Hegarty to TBWA and Ogilvy & Mather, the ad industry suffocated itself with dull and unoriginal n…
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Mark and Brian do Last Show on KLOS-FM, Los Angeles
Posted on 17 August 2012.
Today was the last Mark and Brian show on KLOS-FM, Los Angeles. The duo met at WAPI-FM/Brimingham in 1985 and moved to L.A. two years later. They had been together up until today. On June 13 of this year Mark Thompson announced he would retire and live…
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iPhone 5 to Be ‘Biggest Handset Launch in History’: Jefferies
Posted on 17 August 2012.
The launch of the Apple iPhone 5 will be the biggest handset launch in history, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek wrote in an Aug. 17 research note. The note also offered color on the state of a rumored iPad Mini and Apple iTV.
Jefferies has determine…
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Verizon Expands 4G LTE Coverage, Reaches 75 Percent of U.S. Population
Posted on 17 August 2012.
Network operator Verizon Wireless announced
the expansion of its 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) data network to 34 new
markets and expands in 38 other markets this week, bringing the companys total
coverage area up to 75 percent of the population in t…
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Google Android Voice Search Expanded to 13 New Languages
Posted on 17 August 2012.
Google has made it easier for people to use its
Voice Search feature for Android in native languages around the world by adding
another 13 languages to the more than two dozen it already supported.
"Voice Search is already
available in 29 languag…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Meet and Greet: Celebrities, S Pen
Posted on 17 August 2012.
Source: Eweek.com
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Meet and Greet: Celebrities, S Pen
Posted on 17 August 2012.
Source: Eweek.com
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Find Discounts on Popular Student Software
Posted on 17 August 2012.
Office.About.com Buyday: Productivity solutions every Friday.
You have a lot of options for student software, and these companies want your business!
For example, until September 14, 2012, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 and Office Univer…
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