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Shellie Karabell

Shellie Karabell is an international broadcast journalist who has held positions with CNBC, ABC News, PBS, AP Broadcast, Wall Street Journal TV, and Forbes.com.

Oops! The Costs and Risks of Reversing Plastic Surgery

Oops! The Costs and Risks of Reversing Plastic Surgery

“Beauty,” said Plato famously, “lies in the eyes of the beholder.” And when those beholding eyes include millions of Snapchatters and TikTokers and Instagrammers, the pressure to conform to a social-media-driven ideal of beauty can be enormous. And fleeting. What was “in” just a few years ago is fast becoming

Does Beauty Have to Be Toxic?

Does Beauty Have to Be Toxic?

“There is no torture that a woman would not endure to enhance her beauty.” * Michel de Montaigne (French Renaissance philosopher) History tells us men and women have been willing to risk even death to enhance their natural beauty and follow the fashion of the day. Indeed, the quest for beauty

Dancing Your Way to Fitness

Dancing Your Way to Fitness

You’d have to be living under a rock not to have read recently at least one of the several thousand studies proving that exercise increases your energy levels, fights fatigue, and even relieves symptoms of depression. Well, here’s one from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Can You Advance Your Career While Working From Home?

Can You Advance Your Career While Working From Home?

The initial thrill of working from home – connecting with colleagues on Zoom calls dressed in a jacket and shirt and pajama bottoms, eschewing that morning commute – is beginning to wear off. While many remote workers report being able to spend more time with their families, or taking up gardening, or

Gig Workers: How to Collect Late Payments

Gig Workers: How to Collect Late Payments

“The cheapest form of credit is paying suppliers late.” That’s insight from a debt collector – Hans de Keijzer, Head of Policy Management for Allianz Trade, the world’s largest trade credit insurer and part of the Allianz global insurance family. And while late payments may be a boon for

There’s Money Lurking in Your Closet

There’s Money Lurking in Your Closet

Can you name an asset that has steadily appreciated in value over the past decade, impervious to market fluctuations, appreciating 500% between 1980 and 2015? It’s not financial services or heavy industry or even technology. It’s the Hermes Birkin bag. Yes, a handbag. But not just any handbag.

Home-Based Businesses Need Beefed-Up Insurance Coverage

Home-Based Businesses Need Beefed-Up Insurance Coverage

Everybody knows the stories about Silicon Valley bazillionaires who started out working in their garage. Nice stories but setting up a business in your home isn’t as easy as shoving a desk into the guest room and hoping for the best. There’s insurance for one thing. Businesses face