Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 4, 2015

When I was a mainframe computer programmer and project manager, we used a relational database product from IBM called DB2. For example, in How to Become a Millionaire by Age 30 the author claims that: “Rich people use debt to leverage investments and grow cash flows. It depends on risk tolerance.

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Debt Used Money IBM 100

Simply CVS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

I’ve worked with Marshall off and on for many years, hiring him on my analytics team at IBM ten years ago and working with him on client projects since. He gives real-world examples of companies grappling with those issues, along with the tools and techniques that they use. Image by mima_flickr via Flickr.

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Marshalls Media IBM Calculators 150

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 29, 2014

For example: She used her bonus to put in a new laundry room, even while worrying about sending her high school senior to college. She used frequent flyer miles from her business travel for one leg of the airfare. Maybe most of us don’t even know what it is that we want from life. Sometimes I wonder.

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IBM Life Insurance Giving Airfare 172

Nicoles Nickels

DECEMBER 17, 2011

As with previous models, the PlayStation 3 320GB system features an IBM “Cell” processor and a co-developed NVIDIA graphics processor that together allow the system to perform two trillion calculations per second. This makes the unit’s smaller size and quieter fan possible.

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PS3 IBM Amazon Projectors 40