Ed Stephens Jr., Author at Saipan Tribune

Petty cash

Here’s the word of the day: money. OK, that’s a big topic. So we’ll take a little slice from the small end of it. And here, when it comes to personal finance, there seem to be two competing schools of thought over small expenditures. Me, I don’t have any answers, but I’m always...

Posted On Jan 30 2015 04:00

, By Ed Stephens Jr.

Grooving on retro

Can you name an industry that’s logging over 50 percent growth? Well, here you go: Last year’s sales of vinyl records was a 52-percent increase from the prior year; 2013 tallied 6.1 million records sold, while 2014 tallied 9.2 million. This action is a far cry from vinyl’s pre-CD...

Posted On Jan 23 2015 04:00

, By Ed Stephens Jr.

Return to sender

Here’s a holiday hangover that’s created a buzz in business news: the flood tide of after-holiday returns to mail-order merchants. As more and more shoppers are ordering stuff via computer, they’re also sending more and more of that stuff back to the merchants. This is creating...

Posted On Jan 16 2015 04:05

, By Ed Stephens Jr.

Reading Chinese

Before the sun set on December, I ran into a retail store manager and two luxury car salesmen who were shopping for their first books on Mandarin Chinese. I’m sure these aren’t the only cases where studying the language is a new year’s resolution for 2015. Know what I think? I...

Posted On Jan 09 2015 04:00

, By Ed Stephens Jr.

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