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Calculating a Monthly Payment

Ever wonder how to calculate a monthly payment without using a spreadsheet software such as MS Excel? Well below is the formula: P = principal, the initial amount of the loan I = the annual interest rate (from 1 to 100 percent) L = length, the length (in years) of the loan, or at least […]

Trump on Business

When buying a business, you can and should expect to make a return of at least 25 to 33 percent on your cash investment within the first year. Plus, you will have the opportunity to produce a steady personal cash flow, and you’ll be building value that will pay you handsomely when the day arrives […]

Interesting article on Google co-founder Sergey Brin

It takes a bit of searching to find Sergey Brin’s office at the Googleplex. Tucked away in a corner of Building #43 on this sprawling campus near the southern tip of San Francisco Bay, past rows of colorfully decorated cubicles and dorm-like meeting spaces, Office 211 has a nondescript exterior and sits far from the […]

Microsoft Releases Accounting Software – for Free?

Microsoft has released an Office Accounting 2007 package that is free, no strings attached. Sure, now that I just purchased QuickBooks! I just downloaded it (333MB) and am installing. Estimates that it will take approximately 997 MB of space (Microsoft alright!) I am installing on a Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 machine with 512 […]

Google releases Google Docs

Google combined Google Spreadsheets with recently acquired Writely last night into one application with some major Google re-styling. http://docs.google.com/ At first I didn’t like, but it looks like they put in some new features for file exporting and such. See I still care about Google even though I didn’t comment on the recent YouTube acquisition, […]

Starting Up a New Business

seen on Trump Blog: If you are thinking of starting your own business, your success strongly depends on choosing a field of business you will love. Without a strong passion for your work, your efforts will suffer and so will your new business. Holidays, 9 – 5 workdays and weekends off are for the employed, […]