If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Subscribing is a great way to avoid being asked to come in on SaturdayReady or not, the Christmas season is upon us. In fact, I am already being subjected to non-stop Christmas songs at work. As most of us wonder [...]
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Today at work, there really was only one major topic discussed–the stock market and the economy. Everyone wants to know if we will ever be able to retire, what bank will fail next, and if we are about to descend into a second depression. But don’t worry America, I have come up with [...]
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Due to decreased funding, PBS recently announced that all of the Sesame Street characters would have to start a blog in order to make money online. Those pledge drives are just not producing as many donations. I guess those PBS tote bags are going out of style. Of course, all the characters [...]
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Holy ressession proof industry Batman, The Dark Knight movie set a new record by making $155.34 in its first weekend of release. Yes, these numbers are helped by the fact that the average price of a movie ticket is over $7 (where I live it is $9), but that is still a lot of [...]
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On Friday, IndyMac Bank’s assets had to be seized by the FDIC after the bank went into failure. IndyMac was the second largest financial institution to close in U.S. history. So what happens to all the people that had money in this bank? Since the FDIC had insured the bank, all the money will be [...]
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“Credit cards are evil.” “Credit cards are a trap, causing millions of Americans to become burdened with debt that they will never be able to pay.” “Congress should start to investigate credit card companies and should limit the amount of interest they can charge.” “As soon as I pay off these cards, I [...]
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