Author: Bill Radford
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Jane Young: Meet your savings goals by paying yourself first
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the most essential behaviors to achieve financial security is living below your means. The reason for living below your means is to save for the future, retirement and emergencies. Everyone should save at…
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Money & the Law: Health care employers shielded by doctrine
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The general rule governing injury claims resulting from negligence (carelessness) goes like this: If an employee of a corporation (or other legal entity) is negligent while acting within the scope of his or her employment…
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Linda Leitz: Lend a helping hand and you may enjoy tax benefits
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There is still time to get some tax benefits from charitable donations, and there are still some opportunities for charitable giving. Any qualified charity that is in sync with your values would be happy to…
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Money & the Law: Lawyers can be sanctioned for frivolous lawsuits
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many things have puzzled me about the multitude of election-related lawsuits that have recently been filed with no apparent factual or legal basis of support. High on my list of questions is why the lawyers…
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Linda Leitz: Take an organized approach to gift-giving
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To say that 2020 has not been a normal year isn’t news. So it makes sense that gift ideas for the holidays might look different from other years. It doesn’t take away from the magic…
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Money & the Law: Realtor association agrees to changes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For a long time now, the U.S. Department of Justice has been chasing after the National Association of Realtors, accusing it of various practices DOJ considers anti-competitive and in violation of the Sherman Act, the…
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Colorado Springs’ only independent movie theater fights to survive amid pandemic | Lives Left Behind
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The end almost came two decades ago. The fate of Kimball’s Twin Peaks Theater in downtown Colorado Spring seemed sealed. “Curtains for Kimball’s: Movie theater to close in August,” read the headline in The Gazette on July 22, 2000. “It was when Cinemark came to…
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Jane Young: Looking at what the average U.S. household earns, spends
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Managing your finances and planning for retirement requires a good understanding of your current expenses and the ability to reasonably project future expenses. When creating a budget and planning for retirement, it can be helpful…
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Money & the Law: Bank regulators keeping busy with actions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The past few months have been a busy time for bank regulatory agencies, notably the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates and supervises national banks; that is, banks chartered under federal rather…
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Colorado Springs family builds a doggy empire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The dog’s name was Tramp. No, not the pooch from “Lady and the Tramp,” but the Old English sheepdog that was the family dog on TV’s “My Three Sons” in the 1960s. The shaggy sheepdog…