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  • May 20, 2013

Ladue News: Business & Wealth

Business & Wealth

Thursday 05/09/2013
Business in Focus
Posted: May 09, 2013

Directions in Design, an interior architectural and design firm, has welcomed ERIN SWENSON as its director of business development.

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Maximize Your Impact: Tips on Charitable Giving
Updated: May 09, 2013 - 12:14 pm

Creating good by giving back is a gift to yourself, local financial advisers say. But before making a major donation to support your favorite cause, heed the following pieces of advice to avoid scams, maximize that gift and leave a lasting legacy of philanthropy. 

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Five Years Later: How Investment Behavior Has Changed
Updated: May 09, 2013 - 12:25 pm

After the initial veil of financial hysteria lifted, the economic chaos of 2008 made a little more sense. Area professionals, as well as recent study results, weigh in on what we should do from here.

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Thursday 05/02/2013
Carmody MacDonald
Posted: May 02, 2013

The work-life balance: Every professional knows the phrase, and every employee tries to find that harmonious level of give and take to somehow manage it all. For parents, this may be an even bigger challenge. But at the law firm of Carmody MacDonald, the support is there for employees to thrive in the courtroom, as well as at home. 

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Building Her World: Salute to Maxine Clark
Updated: May 02, 2013 - 2:52 pm

Maxine Clark grew up in the decade of big dreams realized. Today, the Build-A-Bear Workshop founder is affectionately gazing back on the journey of her own realized dream.

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From the Ground Up: How I Got My Start
Updated: May 07, 2013 - 2:54 pm

The common wisdom is that people who love their work are those who find the most success. Here, we feature three women who prove that common wisdom right: By following their dreams, each built a business that has seen more success than most of us would dare to dream for. As John Updike once said, “The refusal to rest content—the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one’s obsessions—is what distinguishes artists from entertainers and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.”

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Thursday 04/25/2013
It's All Relative: Kristina and Amira Makansi of Blank Slate Press
Posted: April 25, 2013

“I’ve got a story to tell.” Kristina Blank Makansi and her daughter, Amira, hear those words a lot when people find out they publish books. Their publishing company, Blank Slate Press, was founded in 2010, and is steadily building a list of novels that it has brought to market.

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Business in Focus
Posted: April 25, 2013

BLAKE YOUDE has been named executive director of Access Academics, a program that supports at-risk middle school students. Previously, Youde served as deputy superintendent of institutional advancement for the St. Louis Public School District.

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Legal Corner: Prenups Vs. Postnups
Updated: April 25, 2013 - 2:01 pm

The Champagne toasts and wedding cake may have passed, but there still is time for claiming whose is whose. Postnuptial agreements, the figurative younger sibling of the better-known prenuptial agreements, offer legal documentation of spousal understandings, should marital circumstances change in the future. But if you’re happily married, why bring attorneys into the picture?

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Talking Points: Nuggets to Lessen The Fear of Public Speaking
Posted: April 25, 2013

As I’ve stated in previous columns, speaking opportunities are business, career and leadership opportunities. No one ever challenges that statement. Why would they?

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