Accounting for Dummies: Why saving money should be a priority

Living paycheck to paycheck can be incredibly stressful, especially when students have to start paying for things themselves. The cost of rent and food are taken for granted when...

Government shutdown possible effects on Boeing

By: Peter Mueller On Monday, October 1, the GOP threw an “anti-Obamacare” wrench into the gears of the U.S. federal machine causing a government shutdown. The Senate is standing divided...

Accounting for Dummies: What you need to know about mortgages

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Getting ready for the career fair

By Kelsey Hilmes, Guest Writer Wearing jeans to a Career Expo seems like an obvious mistake to me, but every semester, a few poorly prepared students violate the rules of...

Promise of regulation threatens to extinguish e-cig business

By Jillian Stanphill, Business Writer The electronic cigarette business is lighting up the drug industry, but may be extinguished soon when the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) begins to regulate sales. Electronic...

I’m new here: The Business Section

Welcome to the centerfold of the paper and another year, or maybe your first year, at Pacific Lutheran University. My name is Bjorn Slater, I am a finance major,...

Protect yourself from Heartbleed hack

By Katelynn Padron, Business Writer Earlier this month, a Google programmer discovered the Heartbleed bug — a major coding mistake that made sensitive information such as passwords and addresses accessible to...

Accounting for Dummies: A beginner’s guide to building credit

By Bjorn Slater, Business Editor Credit can be a confusing concept for young people and falling into credit card debt early can be a vicious cycle. According to http://www.creditcards.com, only...

Accounting for Dummies: What you need to know about your student loans

Student loan debt is growing at an alarming rate, and it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports that there is...