Tokyo Weekender Magazine: Top 10 Reasons Why I Miss Japan

I just finished reading an article written by Benjamin Freeland, a Canadian who lived in Japan for 7 years, in the latest issue of Tokyo Weekender Magazine (Vol 40 No. 6).
Well, we are still living in Japan, after about 1.5 years of a 2 year international assignment with my company, but I can relate to [...]

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Social Media Can Save You Money

In this video from ABC News NOW Money Matters, Entrepreneur, Jen Groover gives her expert advice plus 5 ways you can save money and time by using social media.

Very appropriate in these tough economic times.  Can you think of other ways to use social media to save you money (and time)?  [...]

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Motley Fool: Stocks That Cannot Be Stopped

A recent Motley Fool article titled Stocks That Cannot Be Stopped listed a few companies that have been paying dividends without interruption for at least 50 years, they dubbed  “half-century” club.

Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) since 1887
Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) since 1910
IBM (NYSE: IBM) since 1916
Bemis (NYSE: BMS) since1922
Altria (NYSE: MO) since 1928
Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) since [...]

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Bank of Japan keeps benchmark interest rate steady

The Bank of Japan says it’s keeping interest rates the same.  Japan’s central bank made a unanimous decision at a two-day policy board meeting to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent.

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Who wants to be a millionnaire?

If you want to be a millionnaire, live in Japan. Yes, Tokyo is an expensive city, but the currency will make you feel rich . The current exchange rate is about 100 yen = 1 US$, so simply remove the last two 0s for easy conversion. Below is a picture of [...]

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