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What is some need-to-know info about yourself?

I am a retired physical therapist and have been an entrepreneur all my life, and a writer. I have started several businesses and a non profit. I love the game of making money although it can be a rough go at times. I have had failures that actually landed [...]

Rambus, a technological company producing effective devices for graphic work stations, PCs, digital TVs, printers, video projectors, and many more; recently got into an antitrust trial involving Samsung Electronics Co Ltd,  Micron Technology Inc, and Hynix Semiconductor Inc, with Rambus accusing them of collaboratively agreeing on fixed prices damaging sales of Rambus’ RDRAM memory chips [...]

The iShare MSCI Germany shares are selling higher and have the largest output of money as shown on Wednesday, January 13th. iShare MSCI Germany stocks are being sold on strength which is the reason this company has topped the index charts. iShare MSCI Germany is a type of ETF; an ETF is an investment vehicle [...]

Apache, an oil and gas company, had a critical fire happen early Wednesday, January 13th; morning. Three employees for Island Operating, were working that morning in the Gulf of Mexico. All were affected by the fire, one died, Frank Richard, 34; and the other two are still in the hospital. The company commented in a [...]

What is your favorite topic to blog about?

I used to be all about anything personal-finance related: saving money, being more efficient with spending, etc. But lately I’ve moved past that and I’m more interested in how to increase one’s earnings, which includes career stuff and entrepreneurial things too. I’ve also started writing a lot about [...]

Virgin Media participated in buying bonds Monday, January 11th, before the interests on the bonds got too high. Many businesses are noticing that the interest rates won’t be getting any lower, so buying now is the best chance to get a bond before the interest rates sky rocket. However, just because interest rates are “low” [...]

St. Jude Medical is a company dedicated to making medical tools and providing the services needed to give doctors better control in helping patients suffering from cardiovascular disease, neurological disease, and chronic pain. St. Jude hires more than 14,000 employees throughout the world. These employees work in the concentrated areas of cardiac rhythm management, atrial [...]

New Credit Card regulations have been signed into place by Barack Obama in May of 2009, however most of the regulations won’t come into play until February 22, 2010. These  regulations will ensure a clearer understanding of when payments are due, adhering to less stressful credit card payment.
On Thursday, January 7th, a new credit regulation [...]

What encouraged you to start Ready to Be Rich?

Ready To Be Rich is a way for me to pay it forward. I’ve had my own financial struggles in the past and learned that reading motivational stories of other people helped a lot in giving me the right mindset to overcome my own trials. And that’s [...]

What are some of the reasons you started PT Money?

I started PT Money to share my financial story and to connect with others who were also trying to move in a positive direction with their finances. I wanted to learn more and to be held accountable for my choices with money. Bottom line: I thought [...]