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Jordan Boeder2023/04/05< 1 min read

TrendSegments: It’s 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Money Is?

When we approached Silicon Valley and Signature Bank to get a loan to manufacture Shoembrellas™, we were laughed at and told the idea was sure to fail. Well, well, well, guess ...
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Cory Manento2023/02/152 min read

Gen Workin’ Hard or Gen Hardly Workin’?

Most of us spend a third of our weekdays trying to get those tiny residual pieces of barcode sticker off the bottom of cheap plastic items working. You’d think this might ...
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Cory Manento2023/01/191 min read

Dude, Where’s My Monthly Survival Payment?

We all know that Grandma Phyllis sends us monthly checks because she can no longer remember our birthday, but what if Uncle Sam sent all Americans monthly checks to try and forget ...
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Jordan Boeder2022/12/212 min read

Get Rich or Try Disputing the Definition

Between major market shifts and inflation, what it means to be rich and poor changes. While the poverty line gives some indication of what it means to be poor in the U.S., this ...
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Jordan Boeder2022/09/081 min read

EVading Tax Credits

With the price of food and rent hitting record highs, the Inflation Reduction Act finally addressed the problem we have all been worried about—the cost of electric vehicles (EVs). ...
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Cory Manento2022/09/08< 1 min read

TrendSegments: Time to Retire, Grandpa

The global business environment isn’t just uncertain for employers, it’s also uncertain for Labradoodles who can’t comprehend human commerce. That, and employees. Among those who ...
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Cory Manento2022/08/031 min read

Inflation Nation

Let’s face it, we’ve all wondered if the price of bread is getting so high because it’s easy to see Jesus on a piece of toast. But it’s harder to make the same argument about ...
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Sarah Binns2022/05/181 min read

You Don't Need to Look to the Night Sky to See the Little Tipper

It’s a debate as long-festering and divisive as Red Sox versus Yankees: To tip, or not to tip, on takeout? You’d think a pandemic where we’ve all relied on minimum-wage-making ...
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Cory Manento2021/06/041 min read

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Inflation

Death, taxes, and...buying stuff to stay alive. All of these are unavoidable (unless you’re completely off the grid, in which case, thanks for somehow checking out Trendlines). As ...
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