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(Thanksgiving) Point Well Taken

By contributor • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Eating Out

Restaurant reviewer Mary Crafts invited me (Utah Valley Magazine editor Jeanette Bennett) to share lunch with her at Thanksgiving Point’s Harvest Restaurant.



Six Ways To Keep Retirement On Track

By contributor • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Building Wealth

Whatever your age or stage in life, now is a good time to evaluate your Individual Retirement Account and other retirement assets in order to maximize potential results.
Finalize 2009 IRA contributions
If you act before April 15, you can still make contributions to your IRA and may be able to deduct it on [...]



Commune with Provo’s fine dining scene

By contributor • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: Eating Out

Located in downtown Provo, Communal gives us one more reason to hope that downtown will once again be the hub of arts, shopping and fine food.



Simply the Best

By contributor • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: Features


The M List

By contributor • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Eating Out

The question I get asked the most is, “What’s your favorite restaurant?” I bet I get asked this question at least once a day.



Money Is Slippery

By contributor • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Building Wealth

Money is slippery. It is difficult to build wealth and even more difficult to keep it. The stock market is up 50 percent from the lows it hit earlier this year. If you are serious about your investments, it is time to evaluate your investment adviser and review your strategy.
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Is The Recession Over?

By contributor • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Building Wealth

Those of you who have read this column or our blog (www.moneymanagerslive.com) will remember that from March forward we have been encouraging readers to become fully invested in the stock market. We likened the stock market to the sale of the century. At a time when most investors were selling all of their investments, we [...]



Medical Transparency allows a ‘price check’ on health services

By contributor • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Health

Wise consumers look at the price before buying a pair of shoes, a dinner entree or a new car. Merchants set the prices, which allows them to know they’ll receive the money listed on the price tag and be able to stay in business.
That’s not the case in the medical industry. A fee is [...]



As Good As New

By contributor • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Eating Out

Terra Mia Ristorante is delizioso



Art City Trolley is On Track to Feed Your Family

By contributor • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: Eating Out

Springville favorite serves up 2 pages of signature salads plus finger lickin’ favorites