Earning
Why “Female” Skills Are Worth More
Senate Joint Economic Committee's 2010 report, "Invest in Women, Invest in America.” Companies with the most women on their boards post 66% higher returns on invested capital, and 42% higher returns on sales than companies with the fewest women... ➡
3 Tips for Wannabe Self-Employers
So you want to leave your comfy corporate job—give up your regular paycheck and run the risk of going months without income. Can you handle that? Mina G. is a DailyWorth reader with a 9-to-5 gig who thinks she can. She dreams of flying solo as a... ➡
Top Job Hunting Gaffes to Avoid
Peter Shankman, founder of HelpAReporter.com, delivers a peek inside the hiring process to see why candidates get eliminated.The Statistics After we posted a job recently, we received 481 resumes—33 of which were sent to the wrong email address,... ➡
Amending Your Tax Return Won't Hurt a Bit
If you had a D’oh on your Form 1040, don't fret. People make tax mistakes all the time—math errors and wrong or missing Social Security numbers top the IRS list of boo-boos—but there are many others. If you received a 1099 after you filed your... ➡
Single Moms, You Amaze Me
I’ve been a single mom for nearly three months, and it’s been unbelievably tough. After being debt-free for 10 years, I racked up $4,200 in debt to start my new life. It's now up to $5,000. I set aside $400 each month for credit-card bills, but... ➡
Tax Tips for Donations
As you prepare to enter your charitable contributions on your schedule A, are you thinking “I thought I gave more than this?” Well, you probably did! Consider the following before you file: A charity doesn’t have to issue a detailed receipt... ➡
Act Like a Man—Sometimes
Moving up the corporate ladder isn’t just a matter of rockin’ the spreadsheets. A new study finds that if you want to climb the rungs, you have to act like a man... but not all the time. Researchers at Stanford studied 132 business-school grads... ➡
Tax Time Treasure Hunt
Tempted to simplify your taxes by taking the standard deduction? Don’t write off the possibility of itemizing just yet. It could save you heaps of cash. The standard deduction is the amount you can deduct from your income pretty much... ➡
