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Denise Richardson
Tell the Senate: Work for Us, Not Big Bankers.
Join the National Call-In Week and Call Your Senator Today!The process is easy and the message is clear: Congress must rein in the reckless greedy behavior of Wall Street and create an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency! More than a......
Bank of America charged with Fraud
The New York Attorney General's office announced today that they're charging Bank of America and its former CEO Ken Lewis with fraud. The charges stem from BofA's disastrous merger with Merrill Lynch and their alleged failure to disclose important information......
Journalists Tracking Education Stimulus Spending -- and how you can help!
The recent economic stimulus package included billions of education dollars. We all know that whenever large sums of money are involved, it is of utmost importance to follow its trail -- right from the start! How else do we know......
New Twist On Counterfeit Check Scheme Targeting U.S. Law Firms
The FBI continues to receive reports of counterfeit check scheme targeting U.S. law firms. As previously reported scammers are sending e-mails to lawyers claiming to be overseas and seeking legal representation to collect delinquent payments from third parties in the......
There is a cold chill running throughout this country -and it's not necessarily all about mother nature. Though most of us will soon begin to thaw-out from this latest arctic blast, there seems to be deep freeze surrounding Wall Street......
Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog
USA Unemployment Rate Remains at 9.7%
The slow recovery from the massive credit crisis caused recession remains underway. Nonfarm payroll employment declined 36,000 in February, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment fell in construction and information, while temporary help services added jobs. Severe winter weather...
Buffett Calls on Bank CEOs and Boards to be Held Responsible
In his most recent letter to shareholders Warren Buffett suggests that bank CEOs and board members be held accountable when the risks they take (and reward themselves obscenely for when they payoff) backfire: In my view a board of directors of a huge financial institution is derelict if it does not...
Credit Card Issuers Still Seeking to Take Your Money
The government has stopped some of the worst abuses by credit card issuers however, those financial institutions are not without ways of continuing to take advantage of customers, Credit-Card Fees: the New Traps Customers can only exceed their credit limit if they agree ahead of time to pay a penalty fee....
Manufacturing Driving USA Recovery
Durables Orders, Home Sales Probably Rose: U.S. Economy Preview “Manufacturing is coming back pretty solidly and there is some strength in capital spending,” said Mark Vitner, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities LLC in Charlotte, North Carolina. “Housing is definitely a laggard. Until we get job growth and lending eases...
Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosures Data Indicates 2010 Could Show Improvement
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties fell to a seasonally adjusted rate of 9.5% of all loans outstanding as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2009, down 17 basis points from the third quarter of 2009, and up 159 basis points from one year...
USA State Governments Have $1,000,000,000,000 in Unfunded Retirement Obligations
There was a $1 trillion gap at the end of fiscal year 2008 between the $2.35 trillion states had set aside to pay for employees’ retirement benefits and the $3.35 trillion price tag of those promises, according to a new report released by the Pew Center on the States. ...
MBA briefs
Not-so-bad news is the new good news
The good news. The Dow was up 122 points or 1.2% and the S&P 500 was up 1.5% on Friday after the Federal Reserve reported consumer borrowing increased by 2.43% although credit card and other kinds of revolving credit declined by 2.3% following a 16 month trend of declines. Auto loans...
Do mass firings improve performance?
The American Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO are up in arms over the firing yesterday of all the teachers and administrators at Central Falls High School in Central Falls, Rhode Island – 93 in all. The high school had consistently been ranked in the bottom 5% of all schools...
This is a gift post by Evan author of the Blog My Journey to Millions. Evan is an attorney, admitted to practice in the State of New York and works as a Director of Financial Planning overseeing the firm’s high net worth gift and estate planning. My Journey to Millions...
How long are you going to live?
As the saying goes plan as if you’re going to live forever and live as if you’re going to die tomorrow. However, try as we might our lives are still finite and we’re all destined to meet our Maker some day. According to DeathClock.com that day for me is July...
Easy ways to improve your memory
Think of all the things you could do with a better memory – remember prospective client’s names you’ve only met once, rattle off facts about your products and services with ease to your customers, never forget your anniversary (again), etc. With a better memory you could get better grades in...
The 5 worst Super Bowl ads of 2010
I’m not much of a football fan, and when friends ask me who I’m rooting for I’ve been know to say “Is that the game with the pointy ball?” But I’ve always looked forward to the Super Bowl’s commercials because in the past they’ve been some of the best TV...
Eliminate The Muda!
Want to talk about waste, sit down at a computer and start surfing the web. You may find a few minutes of laughter, pick up a nugget or two, but the vast majority of your time will likely be spent looking at information you already know or waiting for sites...
Combating the Closing Techniques – The Assumptive Close
Combating the Closing Techniques is a new series at Eliminate the Muda! This series explores the tactics companies and salespeople use to separate us from our cash. For background, you may want to read the post that originated this concept, Marketing or Manipulation, featured on Financial Samurai. The title [...]...
As routine readers of Eliminate the Muda know, I often focus on opportunities to increase wealth by eliminating waste and wasteful activities. Friends and family routinely flush money down the toilet unnecessarily or fail to take advantage of opportunities to save. Reflecting on my own life I realize I [...]...
Today’s post is from Mr Credit Card from www.askmrcreditcard.com. Though his site reviews credit cards, today, he is going to share how he organizes and files his financial statements. If you are looking for a credit card, please check out his thoughts on the best credit cards One of the [...]...
Ban Antibiotics and Save Money
Blasphemy is what my wife will say when she sees this blog title. We have long had the debate regarding the value and safety of vaccines and drugs. Of course she is on the side of the doctor knows best and I am on the side of we need less. There...