Careers

• What do researchers tell us about the smartest ways to manage email at work...so it doesn't manage you? 
• For a raw and realistic look at waiting on tables, watch this NYT video – told by the women doing it.  Some lessons in here for all who contemplate taking jobs relying on tips.
  • NGPF released this Number Chug "Covering Tax and Tip" focused on the math behind gratuities
• Robots won’t get here in time to alleviate the projected 8.2 million worker shortage over the next 10 years.  This may hamper GDP growth.

Across the nation, in industries as varied as trucking, construction, retailing, fast food, oil drilling, technology, and manufacturing, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find good help. And with the economy in its ninth year of growth and another baby boomer retiring every nine seconds, the labor crunch is about to get much worse.

• Lots of stories this week surfaced about CEO/worker pay ratios now that the data must be disclosed as part of the Dodd-Frank Act.
  • Editor's note: In one of my prior lives at Equilar, we built the most comprehensive database of executive pay. I thought transparency would curb these ratios; I was obviously wrong. 

Entertainment

• Ever spend more time finding a movie to watch than watching a movie? Check out these codes and get more out of your Netflix account!!!
• And Facebook is moving into music, signing deals that will allow you to post videos with copyrighted music (FB pays the royalties).
• Here is a closer look at the scary reality of the YouTube experience, and what their algorithm comes up with your next video.

Personal Finance

• A local (Cleveland) Money Matters expert, Teresa Dixon Murray, warns us of another Equifax fallout risk...your Social Security. No matter your age, establish your personal SS account NOW!
• This week it’s the NYT that is offering “what you need to know” for tax season as the April 15th deadline approaches. 
• There are no shortcuts to success: this piece offers some interesting takeaways for us that we can share with students.

Investing/Corporate News of Interest

• So long, Toys R Us.   The days of toddlers throwing tantrums in the aisles are gone.  Shopping online may be faster, easier and cheaper, but what are the kids missing out on?
• Following up on my Digging Deeper piece, Ron Lieber gives his view of socially responsible investing and why it is so challenging.
• If women are better portfolio managers than men, why aren't more of them managing portfolios?  According to the Economist, that may change as women's share of wealth continues to increase over time.

Banking Regulation: Revising Dodd-Frank

• Following the House, The Senate voted to ease restrictions on both big banks and small.  The Senate and House must now reconcile the two bills.  The Economist provides their perspective on these moves.
• Here is a closer look on what the Dodd-Frank rollbacks might mean for mortgages and potential discrimination.

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