Bush > Power of Compounding

Stacy Bush, Valdosta Today Financial Contributor Sometimes people put off saving for retirement because so many other things seem to get in the way. Do you find yourself among them? If so, try to overcome…

Business > Sharing Doubts Up Front Helps Persuade…

Harvard Business Review If you want to persuade an audience, you need to show them that you’re trustworthy. In ambiguous or controversial situations, many people think it’s best to sweep small doubts or uncertainties about…

Business > The Bright Side of Negative Thinking

An Interview with Author Gabrielle Oettingen At least since 1952, when Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking was published, Americans have been inundated with the notion that the path to success can be smoothed…

Savannah > Is a Volvo Plant Coming?

SAVANNAH -- Timber crews and logging trucks have been massaging the outskirts of a forested tract in southeast Georgia for weeks, leaving curious neighbors wondering what might be coming to their working-class area. The answer came…

Business > Clean Water Act Changes

[caption id="attachment_23455" align="alignnone" width="630"] Entrepreneur Magazine[/caption] Entrepreneur Magazine When we’ve watched our elected officials and pundits go hammer and tong over laws in recent years, the documents being debated have usually been hundreds or thousands…

Bush > Trusted IRA’s

Stacy Bush, Valdosta Today Finance Contributor In a typical IRA, your beneficiary takes control of the IRA assets upon your death. There's nothing to stop your beneficiary from withdrawing all or part of the IRA…