Apr 2, 2012 | Community and Family
A predominance of consumers regard making car loan payments as more important than paying off credit cards and mortgages, according to a recent TransUnion study. An analysis of approximately 4 million consumers who had at least one open auto loan, bank card and...
Mar 23, 2012 | Community and Family
As a community-oriented business owner (COBO), running your own enterprise is about more than just making money – although that's nice too, of course. The fact is, small businesses give back to the local area not just by providing goods and services to...
Mar 16, 2012 | Community and Family
As a community-oriented small business owner, you have to juggle the responsibilities of financial management both at work and at home. A recent survey by Yahoo and Fitness magazine found that more than one-quarter of the 2,000 respondents named money as the most...
Feb 17, 2012 | Community and Family
Family is a big part of life for community-oriented business owners (COBOs). According to small business management columnist Gene Marks, writing for the Huffington Post, a key way to build a strong community of entrepreneurs and startups is to have a high-quality...
Feb 13, 2012 | Community and Family
According to a study by sociologists at Louisiana State University (LSU) and Baylor University, communities with a greater concentration of locally-owned small businesses have healthier populations compared to areas that rely on large companies for industry....
Oct 1, 2011 | Community and Family
College Savings Plans Your children or grandchildren may be tiny tots today, but they’ll be off to college before you can say “Where’s the money coming from?” If your long-term investment goals include financing a child’s education, contributing to a tax-advantaged...
