2008 Nov/Dec
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Health & Wealth Advertiser Index
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How green is your office?
In a small business or home office, you can save energy, paper, time, money, your health and the environment with a few steps
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Did you remember to breathe today?
What kind of question is “Did you remember to breathe today?” Luckily, we don’t need to actually remind ourselves that it’s time to inhale, time to exhale, time to inhale…. We breathe automatically, without having to think about it.
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Healthy and savvy grocery shopping
Cape Cod Healthcare Dietician Lisa Casey, M.Ed., RD, LDN, CDE, prepared this as part of a much longer list of tips for the healthy eaters – use this information the next time you maneuver the aisles of your grocery store. It’s all part of Cape Cod Healthcare’s Health Education Program, which also includes 90-minute classes. To learn more, call (877) 729-7200.
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Elizabeth Highfield sees herself as quarterback of a wealth management team
Elizabeth Highfield approaches her work as a trust officer working for Cape Cod Five Trust and Asset Management by thinking first and foremost about her two children who are under the age of 5.
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10 reasons to convert your IRA or 401(k) plan to a Roth IRA now
1. We all know that taxes have to go up to pay for the biggest bailout in history, so converting now means the very real probability of paying less in tax.
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Tax Preparation for 2009
As the fall leaves change color and the winter weather approaches, the majority of business owners who have a December year-end should be focusing their attention to getting ready to close their books.
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The health & wealth of your estate
In designing and implementing an estate plan, there are many tools that can be used to meet competing wealth preservation goals. The following article is designed to help you identify how a properly designed estate plan can positively impact you and your family.
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Estate Planning: Preserving the right to change one's mind
The ability to change one’s mind is an integral part of human nature. Our opinions vacillate about jobs, relationships, cars and homes. So why should estate planning be any different? Unfortunately, a recent Massachusetts case demonstrates that altering a will later in life can jeopardize whether or not your intentions are carried out efficiently and effectively – if at all.
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Is a second home on the Cape right for you? And why now?
Is there anything positive about a lagging economy? Quite possibly, especially if you or a friend or relative are considering investing in a Cape Cod vacation rental home. Hundreds of full-time Cape Codders actually own another home here for investment purposes.
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Old school retirement NOT for baby boomers
Forget the gold watch, the rocking chair, the fading into the sunset.
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Green building cuts energy costs
Buildings large and small save money by using more energy-efficient materials and systems. Can your company improve the bottom line by being green?
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BNY Mellon's Vicary Graham builds education and philanthropy into her wealth-management strategy
From her ninth-floor office in the center of Boston, Vicary Graham is very much at the top of her profession. At 48, she is president of one of BNY Mellon Wealth Management’s biggest regions, a trusted adviser to some of the richest families across New England and leader to 150 professionals who oversee some of the firm’s $158 billion in private client assets.
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Q&A with Chris Powicki
of Water Energy & Ecology Information Services
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Profiting Green
In tight economic times, consumers look for financial benefits to justify environmentally friendly spending
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Greening your operations can improve the bottom line
Restaurants, offices, hotels and businesses can reduce waste, toxic chemical use, energy and water consumption
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Astonishing Onset
Bourne company’s devices monitor everything from electric use to water level via the Web to save customers money
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Plymouth home sales down 10 percent over the year; foreclosure rates improving
Plymouth County real estate sales in November remained on roughly the same pace as in recent months, with the volume of deeds down 10% from 2007, reported Register of Deeds John R. Buckley, Jr. Through eleven months of 2008, Plymouth County has recorded 6,912 deeds, down from 7,709 during the same period last year.
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Plymouth - Working together for growth
The town of Plymouth is a hub of the South Shore, both economically and culturally. Plymouth County Business spoke to officials from the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce to get their insight on the town’s challenges and opportunities, as well as a vision for the future.
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The Market at The Pinehills - This new food emporium is rooted in the hospitality industry
For The Market located at The Pinehills, it is back to the future.
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Jordan Health Systems' CEO - Peter Holden brings 30 years of experience to a new world of fiscal, medical challenges
Peter Holden considers himself “one of the lucky ones.” Even as a youngster growing up in Arlington, he already knew he wanted to dedicate his life to health care.
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Cape Cod Canal - Barrier no more
Quietly, without fanfare, businesses that began on Cape Cod a century or more ago are becoming a regional force by expanding throughout Southeastern New England.
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Turning a tinkerer's passion into a thriving electronics company
Wareham-based SMH Electronics is also turning increasingly 'green'
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Riding the wireless and cellular wave
Born in a basement, Industrial Communications has evolved into a dynamic communications enterprise
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Who is the man behind Plymouth Rock Studios?
David Kirkpatrick can boast 200 films in his repertoire. Yet, with a lifetime of artistic and financial success behind him, he is marching to a new vision, returning to childhood roots where his family once vacationed in Plymouth - when he only dreamed of Hollywood.
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It's about more than money
It's about choices, values and happiness in life






