CHICAGO (Reuters) – For job seekers and employers alike, LinkedIn provides a valuable service. While many features are free, the professional social networking website dangles an array of additional tools – for a price. But for those on a budget, is a LinkedIn Premium account worth the money?

The answer depends on how you use LinkedIn, which has more than 160 million members. For recruiters or those in cold-call sales, LinkedIn Premium’s access to potential clients is a boon. But many job seekers may want to save their cash for printing resumes.

CHICAGO, June 14 (Reuters) – For job seekers and employers
alike, LinkedIn provides a valuable service. While many features
are free, the professional social networking website dangles an
array of additional tools – for a price. But for those on a
budget, is a LinkedIn Premium account worth the money?

The answer depends on how you use LinkedIn, which has more
than 160 million members. For recruiters or those in cold-call
sales, LinkedIn Premium’s access to potential clients is a boon.
But many job seekers may want to save their cash for printing
resumes.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Collectors and guitar fans have been whipsawed by the Elvis-pelvis gyrations of the vintage guitar market. Now they’re at a crossroads – is it time to pick up that choice instrument?

Prices for prized guitars soared in the early 2000s as speculators jumped in, then the market plummeted by as much as 30 percent by the end of the decade.

CHICAGO, June 14 (Reuters) – Collectors and guitar fans have
been whipsawed by the Elvis-pelvis gyrations of the vintage
guitar market. Now they’re at a crossroads – is it time to pick
up that choice instrument?

Prices for prized guitars soared in the early 2000s as
speculators jumped in, then the market plummeted by as much as
30 percent by the end of the decade.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Artists are not renowned for financial savvy, but their success in raising money on the Internet through donations to crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo could lead the way for a new class of investing. Soon investors will be able to pile money into startups through such sites with the hope of getting more than a lousy t-shirt in return.

Before April 5, U.S. regulators only allowed donation-based crowdfunding projects, which raise money from the general public via the Web.

CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) – Artists are not renowned for
financial savvy, but their success in raising money on the
Internet through donations to crowdfunding websites like
Kickstarter and Indiegogo could lead the way for a new class of
investing. Soon investors will be able to pile money into
startups through such sites with the hope of getting more than a
lousy t-shirt in return.

Before April 5, U.S. regulators only allowed donation-based
crowdfunding projects, which raise money from the general public
via the Web.

CHICAGO, May 18 (Reuters) – Mark Zuckerberg may be worth an
estimated $19 billion, thanks to Facebook’s initial
public offering. But on eBay, he’s worth exactly $375 -
that is, if you choose to purchase a “Mark Zuckerberg Poking
Inventor Action Figure.”

Zuck’s mini-me stands seven inches tall with light brown,
curly hair and a doll-sized pair of his trademark Adidas
sandals. It’s one of only 300 made and the seller is hyping it
as “Just in time for the Facebook IPO.”

CHICAGO (Reuters) – When Maria Echevarria was considering a job offer as a publicist in midtown Manhattan – more than 900 miles away from her family home in Orlando, Florida – she knew it would be a hard sell to her spouse. Though they’d been happily married more than 20 years, they’d never lived apart. But like any PR maven, she says: “I pitched my story to him.”

Three months turned into three years, with Echevarria, now 53, spending three weeks a month in New York, and telecommuting the remaining time from Florida. She’s one of the many millions of people in a commuter marriage, where spouses live apart for reasons other than legal separation.