Business & Finance

Goals and Resolutions

Jeff Masters
31 Dec 2014
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Nearly half of Americans make New Year’s resolutions each year. Of those, only eight percent are likely to succeed. That’s according to a study conducted by the University of Scranton and published in December in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. Losing weight was the number-one commitment reported, followed by getting organized and spending less (or saving more). Others in the top 10 include “enjoying life to the fullest,” quitting smoking and spending more time with family. This dismal success rate might lead some to conclude that making New Year’s resolutions is actually counterproductive. After all, who wants to begin the […]

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Total Comfort Air Conditioning Makes Service Top Priority

The Good News
30 Dec 2014
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Joe Sedeyn, president of Total Comfort Air Conditioning, Inc., has been in the air conditioning business in South Florida for 38 years and a faithful supporter of the Good News for eight years. While providing sales and service to residential and commercial customers, he strives to be honest, dependable, trustworthy and faithful to God’s calling as a Christian. Joe started out as an air conditioning mechanic in New Jersey at a young age. Eventually he became the manager of the AC division of a large company before starting his own business. Joe moved to Florida in 1976 and immediately went […]

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The Year of Lists: things to know and do for a successful 2015

Blackstone Grif
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I think this was the year of lists. It seems like every other email or blog post was a list of how to do something or achieve success in a certain area of life or business. I am not talking about the long standing top 10 lists of best hotel, restaurant, places to visit or even David Letterman’s top 10; those are good to know. I am talking about lists to live by like “5 things to achieve financial success,” “7 keys to a better life,” “3 daily deeds to make your life amazing” or “5 things to be #1 […]

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Surviving the Holidays Financially

Jeff Masters
9 Dec 2014
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Christmas is the time of year to have fun while enjoying the holiday with family and friends. However, the magic can also be extinguished by the mad rush of stressful shopping, vacation planning and other obligations. It’s no wonder that the holiday season is actually one of the most stressful times, especially from a financial perspective. Smart spending and creating a Christmas budget can reduce the financial burden and alleviate some of that unwanted stress.  It’s way too easy to get caught up in the shopping mania of this season and find yourself in a freshly dug hole in January. […]

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H. Wayne Huizenga, Jr. Discovers True Wealth

Shelly Pond
6 Dec 2014
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“Pop has accomplished incredible things,” said H. Wayne Huizenga, Jr., the son of local businessman Harry Wayne Huizenga, who grew Waste Management, Inc., Blockbuster Video and AutoNation into successful companies and previously owned the Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers and Florida Marlins teams. “But when they started, they were so poor that Pop sold his pick-up truck to buy Mom’s engagement ring,” said Huizenga, Jr. The early days “My father bought an old garbage truck from an African American man. He would pick up garbage all morning and go back out in the afternoon to sell the business. He parked the […]

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Depend on Paradise Service Technologies for Plumbing and AC Service

The Good News
2 Dec 2014
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When it comes to plumbing and air conditioning services, Matt Rich, owner of Paradise Services Technologies, has been providing quality service with experience and integrity for more than 25 years. By demonstrating consistent reliability, his ultimate goal is to satisfy customers with competitive pricing and service second to none. A loyal advertiser for 16 years, Matt said he partners with the Good News because he wants to be included among similar advertisers who are more likely to be honest, have good business morals and treat people fairly. Starting in plumbing from the ground up, Matt said, “there’s nothing that I […]

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Avoid Mistakes with Life Insurance

Jeff Masters
3 Nov 2014
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Life insurance may be one of the most important purchases an individual will ever make. An August 2010 study by LIMRA, an insurance research organization, revealed that ownership of individual life insurance has fallen to a 50-year low in the United States: 30 percent of households (35 million) have no life insurance coverage at all. In addition, there are a variety of mistakes made during the process of obtaining life insurance coverage. Procrastinating When you wait too long to buy life insurance, you leave your family vulnerable if something unexpected happens to you. Term life insurance premiums generally increase as […]

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For Business and Real Estate Advice Consult Trinity Title & Escrow & Joseph Altschul

The Good News
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Joseph Altschul is an attorney practicing law in South Florida for more than 24 years and the owner of Trinity Title and Escrow, LLC. They have been loyal Good News advertisers for eight years. Trinity Title focuses on all types of real estate transactions including purchases, sales and refinances of residential, commercial and investment properties. Joseph’s law firm offers legal counsel, from a biblical perspective, in all aspects of business and real estate. This includes real estate litigation, such as foreclosures and contract disputes, and business law inclusive of incorporations, transactions, purchases and sales of businesses and business disputes. Before […]

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Networking the Church

Jeff Masters
9 Oct 2014
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We have all experienced a time when someone from your church or the Christian community eagerly wants to get to know you, or is insincerely nice to you for some underlying motive of a “business opportunity” or to present directly or indirectly their product or service. We agree to see them because they go to our church or because they are a fellow “believer,” but we wonder what their motives and intentions are. The sales profession can be an honorable and essential component to our economic system, but we must be able to discern the underlying motives and representation of sales and marketing tactics. […]

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Why Most People Never Accumulate Surplus

Jeff Masters
11 Sep 2014
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For years now, Americans have been among the world’s worst savers. This is most astonishing since we live in one of the most prosperous nations in the world. The 2013 Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that Americans on average saved only 3.8 percent of their disposable income. Compare this to the 13.3 percent saved annually back in 1971. What are we doing? The average Chinese household saved 50% of its disposable income last year and in India over 30 percent. Why is there such an enormous discrepancy and why are Americans so consumptive? Proverbs 21:17 states, “Those who love pleasure […]

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