Posts by Caroline Waxler

Oil Spill: Pensacola And The Gulf. How You Can Help.

LearnVest has provided a round-up of key volunteer opportunities for cleaning up the oil spill. More

Jobs Report: How Does It Apply To Me?

So, the jobs report just came out. What does that mean, exactly? Well, for President Obama, it’s a chance to say that the economy is on an upswing. Everyone else isn’t so sure. While the economy is getting stronger, it’s More

Florida And The Oil Spill

The oil spill is coming close to Florida’s shores which has many of our LearnVest users asking questions. We’ve narrowed them down into two groups and will answer them here so all our readers can read them too. What If More

Run To National Running Day

There’s a theme day pretty much every day—how is that we haven’t run out of days already?—and today’s is National Running Day. At LearnVest we LOVE this because it motivates us to not waste money on a gym or personal More

How a Teacher Taught Her First Graders Personal Finance

In the “warms our hearts” category, Carmen Johnson, a teacher in Florida won an award for teaching personal finance to first graders. Seriously. More

HP Job Cuts Show Recession Far From Over: Prepare Yourself

Hope you had a happy Memorial Day holiday. Your job no longer exists. That’s the news 9,000 people at Hewlett-Packard got today as the company restructures to better compete with IBM. Last month, Pfizer announced that it was cutting 6,000 More

BP Oil: The High Cost Of Failure [Infographic]

We are pretty much obsessed with infographics here at LearnVest. So, when our colleague and financial planner in residence Lauren told us about this infographic about the BP oil spill—something we have been very concerned about—we wanted to share it. Let us know what you think More

Lost Your Company’s Equivalent Of The Next iPhone? Here’s What To Do.

It’s unlikely that something as high stakes as what happened to Apple’s Gray Powell would happen to you. But what if you misplace something valuable and important to your company (and, perhaps, even more to your competitors)? Don’t catch the next plane for Mexico. Instead, do this… More

The No-Hassle, High-Style Holiday Card That Costs … a Lot Less

Save yourself the hassle and the money by sending gorgeous, personalized, classic online cards rather than traditional snail mail. More