PayPal Business Loan Review As a small business owner, you may have received a promotional offer from PayPal inticing you to take out a business loan. The letter most likely directed you to www.paypal.com/apply8. You must be 18 years of age, a legal resident of the United States, and a small business owner. If you … Read more
My Dutchess Partners Offer Reclaim your financial powers with Dutchess Partners online! You need to visit www.mydutchesspartners.com and follow the on-screen instructions to begin. You will need your personal reservation code in order to apply. You must be 18 years of age or older and a legal resident of the United States. MyDutchessPartners.com Customer Service … Read more
MyHopCard Get a Hop Fastpass card or reload a card online. Visit www.myhopcard.com to login and reload. Hop Fastpass is a better way to pay your fare on TriMet, C-TRAN and Portland Streetcar. You can pay with your phone or purchase a Hop card online. You must provide your zip code in order to find … Read more
If you’ve recently started a new business, you may be wondering about the best way to pay for business expenses. We often see people asking if it’s okay to use a personal credit card for business expenses – and conversely, if using a business credit card for personal use is okay. Let’s dive in and … Read more
While Naveen Jain is best known for helping to start Moon Express, the first company that proposes to make money by mining the moon, he made his fortunate during the Dot.Com boom in Silicon Valley and then Seattle, working for a number of companies before founding a number of his own. Now, with the lunar … Read more
Increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour has become a cause celebre among the progressive left. A number of cities, such as Seattle, San Francisco, and others, have already enacted these increases recently, to be phased in over several years. California has passed the first state-wide minimum wage hike to $15 an hour, with … Read more
Technology is more important than ever in banking and insurance. This is highlighted by investments of over $200 billion this year. But will it be enough? Just like other sectors, the financial sector is under threat of disruption. FinTech companies and divisions are the new kids in town. Although only taking 1% of annual revenues … Read more
By all accounts, the Obama administration is enthusiastic about the emerging technology of driverless cars, which Google and a number of other companies are working to get on the road. The government is racing to provide regulatory guidance for the manufacturers of driverless cars to facilitate their entry into the automotive market. But a group … Read more
Hosting the Olympic games, either Summer or Winter Olympics, is a huge image booster for cities, but also for the whole country. Many politicians and governors are keen to point to the economic impulse the Olympics bring, for instance due to a large number of tourists which will visit the city and country. Now, the … Read more
The corporate world is often regarded as a cold place were results matter, not the human factor. But as highlighted in our article on ESG, soft factors seem to matter as well. Now, British consultancy firm Lady Geek ranked the most empathetic companies. In a study for the renowned Harvard Business Review, CEO Belinda Parmer … Read more
On Thursday, the infamous biotech CEO Martin Shkreli was arrested in New York. Described by some as the most hated man in America, Mr. Shkreli had built a mixed track record in the public view. Positive views were based on his purportedly excellent investing skills. That, however, was offset, by the controversial price hikes his … Read more
It’s widely expected that the Federal Reserve will, after six years of waiting, finally hike interest rates. The so-called zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) that has prevailed for more than half a decade now may finally be drawing to a close. ZIRP was originally intended as an emergency measure to boost an economy in danger … Read more