Barbell investing is a strategy that gives you more control over risk in your portfolio and protects you against sudden market downturns that do lots of damage to supposedly save investments. Here’s how it works and how you can use it to improve the safety and performance of your own investment portfolio:

Eli Lilly’s drug, Cymbalta, was approved for lower back pain by an FDA scientific advsory panel. This is a follow up article to the dividend growth article published earlier today at http://physicianentrepreneur.com/?p=834

Companies that pay consistent and growing dividends provide a rising income and are more likely to hold their value in unstable times. Here are some examples — see http://physicianentrepreneur.com/?p=834

Japan’s economy has slowed to third place behind the US and China. The Yen hits a new high and Japanese stocks hit a new low. Massive government intervention is likely but some Japanese companies have done well despite the poor economic outlook. Learn how this will affect you and your investments. Details at http://physicianentrepreneur.com/?p=829

Business credit bureaus provide reporting on the creditworthiness of business clients. It’s funny how businesses who extend credit to an individual will routinely run a credit check, but they will extend credit to a business without taking the same precaution. Here’s how you can run a credit check on a potential business client:

Here are some simple steps that you can take to improve the chances you will be paid in full while maintaining a good relationship with your clients.

Getting paid on time is just as important as any other aspect of running a business because, without payment from your clients, you will soon run out of the cash you need to run your business, pay your suppliers, your employees, and yourself. See the full article at http://physicianentrepreneur.com/?p=797

Tracking airline flight status is easy with this online tool. Enter the airline code and flight and see the real-time status of that flight, or see the all flight data for an airport or a route between two airports.

Here are this week’s news items for business and the economy, including the financial crisis in Greece and the Euro zone, banking reform, Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, and important economic data that will be reported this week. Read on for details, including charts and a video report:

Here is a list of prevailing mortgage rates, updated daily. If these rates are significantly lower than your current mortgage, or you currently have a variable rate mortgage, you may want to refinance to a lower fixed rate.