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An Insider Shares Mark Zuckerberg's 6 Secrets for Success
1:15PM 2/07/2012
Facebook's IPO has focused yet another spotlight on its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. But beyond the hoopla, there's another, quieter story to be found in the wunderkind CEO -- the lessons that can be gleaned from his life.
A 'Devil Wears Prada' Take on the Wall Street Boy's Club
2:25PM 2/06/2012
When Erin Duffy got her pink slip from Merrill Lynch back in August 2008, there was one silver lining. Unemployment gave her time to write a novel. The result was Bond Girl, a fun and highly autobiographical recounting of one young woman's adventures in love and bond sales on Wall Street.
Get Your MBA (Mafia Business Advice) From Ex-Gangster Louis Ferrante
11:00AM 11/09/2011
After more than a decade in the Gambino crime family, Louis Ferrante went to prison and changed his life. Now, he's a motivational speaker and author. His most recent book: Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman. Here are a few of his tips for getting ahead in business.
Are Wall Streeters Just Like Us? One Trader's Tell-All Memoir
11:10AM 11/08/2011
Wall Street trader Jared Dillian was an outsider whose hard work won him entry to the storied investment bank Lehman Brothers. But as his gripping and admirably candid memoir, Street Freak, shows, even when you walk among the financial giants, you hit the ground hard when you fall.
If lower prices haven't swayed you into buying an e-reader, how does a steady diet of free e-books sound? Amazon.com is introducing the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, a bonus for Amazon Prime members that lets them "borrow" an e-book from a list of hundreds once a month at no additional cost.
Financial planner Thomas Corey has a new book revealing the most affordable places to retire in 2012, highlighting cities and towns that also offer lifestyle benefits. He unveils the winners for DailyFinance's Laura Rowley.
What Does a Book Sound Like? Booktrack Adds Soundtracks to E-Books
10:00AM 9/01/2011
New startup Booktracks is creating soundtracks for e-books with technology that tracks your reading speed and syncs the sound perfectly to the text. The company promises it will revolutionize reading, and authors like Salman Rushdie and Jay McInerney are giving it a try. But do books really need a Hollywood makeover?
Buying College Textbooks? SwoopThat Hunts Down Your Best Deals
4:30PM 8/31/2011
When it comes to buying textbooks, the options have been slim: Pay high prices at the campus bookstore, or search hither and yon to track down used books. Now, a new startup called SwoopThat is changing that with a robust comparison shopping tool that does for textbooks what sites like Kayak.com have done for air travel.
Hill Harper's 'Wealth Cure' for the Owe-verwhelmed
11:30AM 8/24/2011
CSI: NY actor and author Hill Harper dispenses can't-buy-happiness philosophy in his new book The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place. It's a guide that doesn't promise to get you rich quick, but to quickly help your life get richer.
Best Back-to-School Savings Tips From Moms Around the Country
10:45AM 8/11/2011
By Robyn Gearey, The Motley Fool
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As the new school year approaches, families head to the shops for new supplies. But the back-to-school shopping season can be hard on the wallet. Follow these money-saving tips from moms across the country and you'll have plenty of cash left for apples for the teacher.
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