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When it comes to investing, it can pay to shop local.
By John Branston |
June 1, 2010
There's a popular book by bombastic television stock picker James Cramer called Getting Back to Even. This is not a plug.
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The Memphis Zoo learns that "free" can be a four-letter word.
By John Branston |
May 1, 2010
On Tuesday, March 30th, a beautiful spring day, the Memphis Zoo learned the price of free. Some 25,000 people showed up at the zoo that day, most of them coming after 2 p.m., when admission is free until the zoo closes at 5 p.m.
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Need proof? Just look toward the Horizon.
By John Branston |
April 1, 2010
Warning: This article contains mathematical calculations that may look boring but are actually quite interesting and revealing. The Horizon is the big building on the South Bluff that looks like a casino hotel and was supposed to set a new standard for luxury but instead set a new standard for foolishness and waste.
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How to avoid getting hit with a tax audit.
By John Branston |
March 1, 2010
It's income tax time, and that means calculating all those wages, outside income, business and interest expenses, charitable contributions, and investment gains and losses. For hundreds — perhaps thousands — of high-income Memphians this year, that means calculating losses from investments in the well-publicized Ponzi schemes of Stanford Financial and Bernard Madoff.
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The joys of Mantles and Kramers
By John Branston |
February 1, 2010
Like a lot of people, I suffer from occasional bouts of investment envy. I caught the full brunt of the 2007-2008 stock market crash, took half my remaining treasure out of the market, and therefore missed roughly half of the 2009 rally.
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Well, not exactly, but getting useful information from Tennessee high schools is anything but elementary.
By John Branston |
December 1, 2009
The goal of public elementary and secondary education is to get students to successfully graduate from high school. So what number is missing in the annual Tennessee school report card from the Department of Education?
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Out next mayor will have a lot on his plate. Let's hope money isn't the main course.
By John Branston |
November 2, 2009
By the time this issue of Memphis magazine comes out, Memphis will have a new mayor. And whoever it is, two things are certain.
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When it comes to sports reports, are we getting played?
By John Branston |
October 1, 2009
Tennis is booming. Skateboarding is booming.
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