The New Celebrity Entrepreneurs
New Fame Game: Leveraging Status to Invest in Hot Deals

J.Lo's Stunning Career Reincarnation Puts Her No. 1 On The Celebrity 100
Thanks to 'Idol', a hit single and a slew of endorsement deals, JLo earned $52 million in the last 12 months and ranks as America’s most powerful celebrity.

Whither Japan Stocks: The Nikkei's Friday Drop--Time to Buy?
Last week I wrote that Japanese stocks are cheap.  They have gotten even cheaper.  Last Friday the TSE 1st section Nikkei 225 average took the biggest drop among major indices worldwide.   It closed at 8611 yen, down 265 yen, or 3%.  The broad market TOPIX dropped 2.9% to 726.

Mark Zuckerberg's $10 Billion Bet on the Sanctity of Marriage

Shanghai Solar IPO Falls On Debut But Main Owners Still Worth Nearly $800 Mln
Jiangsu Sunrain Solar Energy’s IPO today was caught up in a downdraft of sentiment globally about solar stocks, losing 6.7% to close at 20.06 yuan on its debut at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

How Does Marital Status Affect Your Federal Taxes
Laws have always regulated who may marry, the obligations related to marriage and children and whether and how a marriage can be ended. Governments have always put their own social agenda above the pluralism of personal choice. Never in history have governments considered marital relations strictly private.

Son Hit With Aging Parent's $93K Nursing Home Bill
Could this happen to you?

Looking for a new job? Entrepreneurial Companies Show the Way...
Looking for a new job?  Perhaps it’s time to go entrepreneurial.  Recent SEC filings show that entrepreneurial companies have been hiring at a red hot pace, skyrocketing 13+% over last year’s levels.  The rate of growth far outstrips the relatively modest 3% average increase for non-entrepreneurial firms and exceeds the prior year’s entrepreneurial growth rate of 10%.  Though capital markets appear choppy, the US market seems to be celebrating its best job rate increases since the pre-recession 2006-2007 era.  Not surprisingly, entrepreneurial companies lead the way.  And the good news does not appear to be limited to only economic upswings. Striking differences between entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial firms exist during economic downturns as well. According to company disclosures, when the economy turns sour, entrepreneurial companies retain more of its employees.  In fact, during the worst part of the 2008-to-2009 recession, entrepreneurial companies actually had modest increases in employment, compared to a significant drop-off for the rest of the market. Does this mean that entrepreneurial companies actually dominate during both good times and bad?  The data seem to think so.

Mark Zuckerberg Ties the Knot, But It Isn't All Love And Roses
Two huge financial issues affect the happy couple.

Zuckerberg Wedding - The Things You Have To Do When You Are A Billionaire