Business & Finance - 9 December 2007

I know this sort of thing comes up all the time, but it doesn't make it any more pleasant to deal with! I will be quitting my job after only a brief month and a half, and going with an offer that I believe is a far better match. I'm wondering what the most graceful way to do this is, especially because just last week I missed 2 days of work because I was sick (I really was sick, but I'm worried it'll look like I was going out on job interviews once I deliver my news about quitting).

I work in a small, close-knit department and never felt fully part of the team. Yet, it will be impossible to avoid whatever tension or cattiness might arise from this. Is it likely my managers will be resentful that I'm leaving as soon as the team has put an effort into training me?

2007-12-09 18:02:12 · 6 answers · asked by Lady E 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

After I get my bachelors in bio I want to get certified as a radiology tech. Is it a waste to continue my biology degree or will it help me in the future? I want to go into neuroradiology if possible, or specialize in ultrasounds.

2007-12-09 17:38:58 · 1 answers · asked by Moment 2 in Health Care

Eliminating today's complex income tax sounds wonder. The idea is not new. But would Congress ever allow that to happen? How much oppositon would Fair Tax run into? Impossible, yes or no?

2007-12-09 17:34:12 · 7 answers · asked by JIM 4 in United States

2007-12-09 17:31:57 · 3 answers · asked by Rona S 1 in Personal Finance

2007-12-09 17:31:03 · 1 answers · asked by Rupa M 1 in Small Business

When reading ratings of stock mutual funds in Forbes or Kiplinger's magazine, why is it a colum is never entered for certain funds for dividend yield?
The mutual fund types in particular I'm asking about are say equity income, balanced funds where a good portion is put into bonds and say a sector fund of large bank stocks. Especially now in the bank area where they have tumbled. If a bank still pays same dividend and the price has gone south a lot, the dividend yield would rise a great deal. So , why do these magazines not have a of dividend yield for Certain funds?

2007-12-09 17:25:10 · 3 answers · asked by Vintage Music 7 in Investing

So I just moved out to the southeast from the west coast and well....I'm miserable. I moved here for a job and am contracted to work for a couple of years. I'm terribly homesick and have no family or friends out here. I'm fairly inexperienced in my line of work, but am fortunate to be where I am considering my lack of experience. I knew that getting in to this. My boss ( the guy who believes in me and hired me, despite it all) and I discussed this when I was offered the job. Yet I am having a hard time dealing with resentment from others who make me feel as I do not belong here. I know I may sound totally cerebral, but I'm a pleaser and can't help but let this get to me. HOW DO I COPE? Sometimes I feel like this was the biggest mistake, while at other times I feel extremely lucky.

2007-12-09 17:20:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

Well actually i'm trying to help my mom out. I want to sound professional. I could use some help. Starting from the Dear whoever to the part where i go sincerely the name. or however else it should be. I don't know what type of membership it is. Do I even need an excuse. My mom just doesn't feel like working for that company anymore. She says she pays 100 bucks a month for membership.. thats all i know. So can you start me out with some template to write the letter. thanks.

2007-12-09 17:19:25 · 4 answers · asked by 2nd Commander 1 in Small Business

someone told me to have them take an additional 10% to cover taxes so I wont have to do that in the coming year when I get the money.
I thought I had to pay the 20% penalty PLUS another 10% and THEN still pay regular income tax on the remaining 70%.
Is this correct ?
I dont wont to get stuck paying taxes at the end of next year because I didnt have enough taken out.
I get the money in January so it will pertain to the year 2008.
I was given advice that the 10% would be enough and I would have the 70% scotch free.
Somehow It sounds too good to be true.
Thanks for your answers.
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# 2 - If for some reason they wont take out that additional 10%, Could I go ahead and pay taxes on the check in January 2008 when I get it ? Thanks..

2007-12-09 17:18:58 · 6 answers · asked by palma 5 in United States

2007-12-09 17:10:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Small Business

I had a casual talk with my boss in September-ish when another store/company was trying to get me to work for them; they offered me a *little* more then I am getting paid now. I told her how much they offered me and she told me:

"Well there's no point in moving over there because in December you'll be getting a raise and it will be more than that".

Well, it's December and I totaled my last check and it's still at the pay I started with 6 months ago. Should I remind her what she told me? Or let her bring it up? Or should I not even mention it at all and see what happens? I'm not sure what to do!

Thanks in advance for your responses.

2007-12-09 16:54:33 · 5 answers · asked by destroyedradio 5 in Other - Careers & Employment

it's for a resume,I can only remember two of them
thanx

2007-12-09 16:44:16 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Corporations

2007-12-09 16:37:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Advertising & Marketing

im still 16 and i have a minimum wage job but I have been wondering about my taxe return. I claim zero but does that mean I'll be getting ALL my money back or will I still have to pay them as much as a non-minor would?

2007-12-09 16:36:33 · 10 answers · asked by Alicia R 1 in United States

Should I get an intrest only loan on a house and put the money I would save from there in an IRA or mutual bonds?

Or should I just get a regular 30 yr fixed and make an extra 2 payments per year.

I plan on selling the house in 2-5 years.

2007-12-09 16:30:59 · 8 answers · asked by Okay Hero 2 in Personal Finance

My finance guy tells me that I should be looking at getting a foreclosure, but my real estate agent keeps saying that there are too many horror stories and he rather I not buy one.

What do you think?

2007-12-09 16:26:03 · 8 answers · asked by Okay Hero 2 in Renting & Real Estate

2007-12-09 16:25:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

If you're applying for an "Open Until Filled" position, is there a possibility that they can hire you on the spot after your interview, given your interview went extremely well and they really like you?

2007-12-09 16:24:05 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

i get my w-2 on the 1st why arent you allowec to e-file till the 11th

2007-12-09 16:09:40 · 4 answers · asked by kemmer1029 2 in United States

i been paying every month but i wont be able to any more payment on the house. what shoul i do? im not running behide.i been paying everymonth. should i let it foreclose?i been trying to sell it but it doesnt seem easy. what shoul i do?
please help me

2007-12-09 16:02:24 · 9 answers · asked by sherry 1 in Renting & Real Estate

I saw a book on Amazon.com about investing in rare coins for an early retirement. I won't mention the title, because I think it's against this site's Community Guidelines for me to ask whether or not you would recommend a product by name.

But basically the book claims to teach you how, by investing about $210 a month in rare coins, you could make enough to retire in about a dozen years. It's not an easy task, because apparently it takes a lot of research to find a coin that will give you a good return on your investment.

The book was published in 1998. I used AIER.org's Cost-of-Living Calculator to figure out that $210 in 1998 is worth about $265 today.

Well, I don't know much about rare coin collecting and investing. Would you be able to tell me if rare coin investing could really enable you to retire in about a dozen years?

Many thanks,
C.L.

2007-12-09 15:59:11 · 9 answers · asked by Ccl471 1 in Investing

2007-12-09 15:52:02 · 11 answers · asked by SHOCKALET 2 in Small Business

What scheduling option is the most common? What is the schedule like?

2007-12-09 15:51:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Care

i owe someone around $40. im still a student and i can't work. how do i tell the person that i will pay him when i have the money. how do i tell him not to tell my parents as i will repay him back?

2007-12-09 15:49:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

I have no electricity in my van, so I would use a laptop, and hook a printer up to it to print the invoices. I need to be able to add pst. To get at least 8 hours out of a laptop what would be the best one to buy? I need all the help I can here folks. I'm pretty new at all this, so please give me lots of details!!

2007-12-09 15:41:34 · 7 answers · asked by cruising 1 in Small Business

Yes i am being taxes if i wasn't i would not be asking.
and statement #2 I am a Dependant.

2007-12-09 15:40:55 · 2 answers · asked by guest987654321 2 in United States

explain what it is please, and please not a link unless it helps cause i already looked at wikipedia so...

2007-12-09 15:30:58 · 4 answers · asked by Bob 2 in Other - Business & Finance

2007-12-09 15:26:06 · 3 answers · asked by bettys5incali 2 in Renting & Real Estate

I was wondering what percentage of people have lied on their resume and got the job with no problem?

2007-12-09 15:24:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Administrative and Office Support

2007-12-09 15:19:33 · 7 answers · asked by Catherine S 1 in Renting & Real Estate