Filed under: Banks, Saving Money, Investing, Banking-savings-account
Along with cell phone plans, credit cards and gas prices, BillShrink.com is now helping consumers find deals on something many people don’t shop around for — savings accounts and certificates of deposits, or CDs.
Filed under: Budgets, Insurance, Insurance-car, Insurance-life, Insurance-home
Kiplinger.com, the website of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, recently published a round-up of ways you can lower your insurance costs. While some are spot-on, others could actually cost you more under certain circumstances. Here’s a look at their advice. We’ve spotlighted five solid tips as well as a couple of additional ones that come with caveats.
I recently spoke at a financial literacy event for college students and listened as the speakers — respected financial experts — discussed the necessity of credit and how important it is for young people to build up their FICO scores.
I don’t agree with this. I think it’s dangerously bad advice, and it actually terrifies me that it’s the conventional wisdom propagated in what passes for unbiased financial literacy training for young people.
Filed under: Banks
It’s a question that I never would have thought posing if it weren’t for England’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
He recently told the banks in England that he believes billions of pounds should be refunded to customers who were swindled out of their money by overdraft charges.
Filed under: Retire, Career, Insurance-health
An undertow of the current health care debate has been the suspicion that working Americans will be forced to cover the cost of health care for deadbeats who decline to work and pay for their own. I thought it would be interesting to look, state by state, at just how many people 16 years of age or older are actually in the work force as defined by the census bureau, i.e., working outside of the home or actively looking.
Filed under: Banks
Bank of America is no stranger to legal problems — shareholder lawsuits, SEC lawsuits, FBI investigations, etc. — but the latest suit filed against the company is demanding the largest sum yet.
Dalton Chiscolm sued the bank in August, demanding “1.784 billion, trillion dollars” on top of an additional $200,164,000.
Filed under: Borrowing, Insurance, Real Estate, Tax, Video, The2MortgageGuys, Insurance-home, Mortgages, Refinancing
This week on Show & Tell with The 2 Mortgage Guys we’ll explain how escrowing works when included in your mortgage payment. We’ll explain the benefit and advantage of escrowing your taxes and insurance as well as what could happen with future payments.
Filed under: Bargains, College, Technology
Next month Microsoft will release its latest operating system, Windows 7, which has many cool features and is widely considered to be a better operating system than Windows Vista. For most people the upgrade will cost over $100 but students can buy Windows 7 for just $30.
To take advantage of this offer, a savings of $90, you just need to visit Win741.com and follow the steps below to get your discounted copy of Windows 7. The offer is valid until Jan. 3, 2010.
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Filed under: Banks, Credit, Credit cards
As banks and credit card companies race to raise rates and fees on credit card holders, they are angering not only the public, but also the Congress. In fact some elected officials are so unhappy with the credit card companies that they may introduce a bill to accelerate the effective date of the bill from Feb. 22, 2010 to Dec. 1, 2009.
Filed under: Budgets, College, Shopping, Technology
College kids are opting to scale back their wardrobes and save their pennies for new gadgets, according to a study in today’s WWD.