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Paul Rapa has over twenty years experience in the financial industry.
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  • The Bing is the Thing that will Ring in the Bling for Microsoft

    Wow, just think of all the words I was able to rhyme with the word that Microsoft has slated for their new search engine "Bing." Trying to come up with a smidgen of words to describe Microsoft's predecessor "MSN Search"  would have been futile at best. I was really impressed by Bing's ease of use and quick results. Can this be the Google killer that the world has been waiting for? It is too early to say, however, it is definately a step in the right direction. Bing has added a myriad of colors to their basic search page, and the engine is able to add relevant information to search results.Microsoft will embark on a $80 milion dollar ad campaign to showcase this new search engine. Another company that is sure to fret is Yahoo. Remember, just a short while back, Yahoo turned turned a very generous offer from MSFT at $31 per share. Since then Yahoo's shares had tumbled below $10 and have recoverd to about $15 a share today. It is too early to say what effect MSFT's new search engine may have on Yahoo and Google. However, Yahoo has regretted turning down the original deal and Bing is likely to sting Yahoo in the months ahead Will people learn to sing about Bing as Microsoft's cash register starts to ring?
     

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  • Review of "The Fast Track to Becoming a Millionaire"

     

    I’ll have to admit Michael Masterson’s “The Fast Track to Becoming a Millionaire" makes for a good read. The book is full of personal stories of success attained by common ordinary people with nothing but ambition on their side. This book was published in 2006 and some chapters tout real estate investing as one of the springboards to success. In all honesty very few people were able to predict the drastic slowdown in our economy brought on primarily by the real estate crash. You can be assured that any book published today will omit real estate as a stepping stone towards wealth.
     
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