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We’ve had two longtime friends pass recently, Carl Cousins, DVM and Clint Campbell. “Doc” Cousins was the proprietor of Haverford Animal Hospital for many years. I knew him as a kind man and a capable Veterinarian. I did not realize…
I read in the Philadelphia Inquirer about three Wharton grads who developed a new app, “Beer Me”. They intend to change the way that people order at bars. According to Beer Me’s calculations, using the App cuts the average payment…
At TABASFUNDING, we don’t make student loans. Our funding is strictly for expansion or acquisition of businesses. In the course of looking at those, however, we do review borrower’s financials. One recent husband and wife whose financials we reviewed have…
Nancy and I are generally fascinated by offerings for free stuff that come in, usually real estate or timeshare sales. They promise a free gift in exchange for 90 minutes of your time. We’ve gotten golf clubs, bargain overnights in…
Nancy and I own Puerto Rico bonds, which have been in the news a lot recently. Some bonds are in default, and other payments are due which Puerto Rico says it will not be able to make. For a reason…
Much money has been thrown into online lending. Some have described it as the financial “Uber”; trying for financial disintermediation in the staid banking industry. One goes online to one of many sites, fills out an application, and by the…
TABASFUNDING, a private lender in Haverford Pennsylvania has provided a medium six figure loan to B Positive National Blood Services, LLC of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. (B Positive’s website: www.bpositivetoday.com) B Positive National Blood Services was established in 2010…
Some of you know that we have a vacation place in Vermont, and try to spend time there. When the weather permits, we do outside activities. When it rains, we try to find things to occupy us. Time passes slowly…
Often parents if they are able, give money to their children. Anyone can give up to $14,000 to another person annually without triggering the “gift tax”. If money is subject to gift tax, something like 40% of the eligible amount…
Nancy and I made a couple of trips south this year to break up the winter. We visited South Florida in January and South Carolina in February. We haven’t spent much time in recent years in South Florida. The economics…
