Tax Day in the U.S.
If you’re still plugging away at your taxes, you might consider TurboTax if for no other reason than they give you this little "Retirement Distributions" icon:
Yet it still feels so far away.
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Fish taco
I went to Utah at the end of March, and paradise food seems to be all the rage there, at least in the number of restaurants that claim some connection to beachy and/or islandy love.
My favorites, of course, were the Mexican fast food joints. For example, there is TacoTime, which is owned by Kahala Corp [...]
Economic(s) Research Associates ~ Surf Experience
Economics Research Associates "is an international consulting firm working primarily in real estate, entertainment and leisure, and land use policy and planning." They are a competent and renowned firm.
For their website, they have a nice little transitional Flash opener on the website, which starts out with a guy standing on a surfboard with a gray [...]
Gulfstream G650 ~ fast trip to paradise from pretty much anywhere
Gulfstream announced a new jet yesterday: the G650 (warning: long Flash load time and bad music). It can travel 7,000 nautical miles at 0.85 Mach or 5,000 nautical miles at 0.90 Mach. Yes, that’s just short of the speed of sound. But the real story here is the fine publicity shot that they chose:
Oh, yes, [...]
Warren E. Buffett sums it up ~ ‘You only learn who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out’
In his annual letter to shareholders last month Warren Buffett, Chairman of the Board of Berkshire Hathaway and the world’s richest man, summed up beautifully the state of the economy:
"Today, our country is experiencing widespread pain because of that erroneous belief. As house prices fall, a huge amount of financial folly is being exposed. You [...]
Recessions in paradise
Paradise might not care about blackout dates, but businesses there are not immune from heading for the red zone. Hence this map:
It’s from the USA Today article "How’s the economy in your hometown?"
I’ve been staring at it a lot and have begun to ponder to what extent paradise marketing had an effect on the [...]
workopolis vs. Phase 2 International ~ or ordinary job beach vs. sassy entrepreneurship bikini
Yahoo occasionally has really weird paradise ads. Here’s a new one from workopoplis and Yahoo Canada:
Can you think of a blander way to market your career site? Surely you’re something more than just a simple resume database? You seem to be marketing to women, so are you sure the things you show are what they’re [...]
Harvard Business School 2 + 2 ~ Summer = Beach
The Harvard Business School has launched a new program called “HBS 2+2″ in which undergraduates in their third year apply for admission into the two-year MBA program. The students must first work for two years prior to making their way to the Boston campus.
You may have already seen this ad with the repetitive Crimson [...]
CMC Markets ~ Put on your suit and surf that online trading market
"Woo hoo!" that’s what your trader says just before he reaches the top of this chart from an animated ad for CMC Markets:
Online trading is just like surfing the North Shore in a suit. And to "ride the market without the risk" that’s, well, probably a humongous stretch of an ad.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Guides ~ choosing an environmentally sound catch
If you’re conscious of what you eat and worry about over-fishing and other questionable environmental practices in parts of the fishing industry, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has Seafood Watch Guides that can help you choose.
I found one in a display next to the door of a locally owned shop. If you don’t happen upon one [...]
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