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Banking boldly through Jewish ethics

Banc of California, one of the fastest-growing banks in the United States, has a rock-solid name that makes it sound like it’s been around for a century or more.

Is an annuity right for you?

Grandpa’s fixed pension, that sweet and steady stream of income that started on the day he retired, is nearing extinction. Most Americans today will retire not on company checks, but on personal savings and Social Security. With interest rates low, the stock market jumpy and Congress pinching pennies, it is no surprise that 87 percent of Americans, according to one recent survey, worry about running out of money.

Young entrepreneurs earn gelt for the community good

\”We call these tchotchkes,\” Keith Wasserman says, examining a snow globe. The 27-year-old founder and president of Gelt Inc. talks into a video camera as he walks around the furnished unit in a Bakersfield apartment complex, which the company purchased in 2009.

Ice cream entrepreneur taps into the ‘spiritual aspect’ of business

After Ben Cohen and business partner Jerry Greenfield completed a course on ice cream making, they established their first ice cream shop in 1978 and went on to build Ben & Jerry\’s Ice Cream ­– a $300 million empire and one of the largest ice cream businesses in America.

Shul Business

No one taught Rabbi Ahud Sela how to read a budget when he was in the seminary. Talmud and pastoral counseling took precedence over the basics of planned giving.

Mega-millionaire, Age 95, Says, ‘You Can Do It!’

Mega-millionaire Stanley A. Dashew, 95, has some words of wisdom for anyone trying to make it in today\’s tough economy: You can do it. It\’s no secret, he says. In fact, it\’s the title of the book, \”You Can Do It!: Inspiration & Lessons From an Inventor, Entrepreneur, & Sailor,\” written with Josef S. Klus.

Did you transact your business honestly?

The way one handles one\’s money is a sensitive barometer of the moral mettle of a person and hence the very first question we are asked.

Deciding one’s legacy

Whether reading about yet another contested celebrity will or comforting a friend caught in a family estate squabble, many of us have stumbled upon the conflictual residue of estate planning gone sour. To be sure, some grantors would be just as happy to learn of these post-mortem dramas; however, this is the exception. Most often, the difference between a grantor’s wishes for his/her estate and the actual legacy that results in family discord, is the unintended and tragically avoidable result of inadequate planning.

Options for Family Philanthropy

Baruch S. Littman is vice president of development for the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, which manages total charitable assets exceeding $700 million.

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