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13 Great Ways to Live Well On Less Money (MSN.com)
Every dollar you spend has consequences elsewhere in your life. Remembering that will change the ways you spend and save.
Can you remember life before $100 sneakers and $5 coffee, when people actually lived on what they earned and still had a little something socked away for a rainy day?
“People moan and groan about why they [...]
New Wave Of Foreclosures By The End of 2010 is Predicted (Los Angeles Times)
About 4 million U.S. homeowners are 90 days or more delinquent on their loans or in foreclosure proceedings, Moody’s Economy.com says. A federal loan modification program is helping a relative few.
Reporting from Washington – [...]
FAMILY FINANCE: Your Cell Phone Company Is Trying To Smack You With Higher Rates (CNN MONEY)
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Mobile phone companies have been lauded for slashing the cost of unlimited voice plans, but many wireless customers’ monthly bills are actually going to get a bit more expensive.
Last month, both Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) and AT&T (T, Fortune 500) lowered their unlimited voice plans by $30 to $70 per month. [...]
JOB REPORT: Cities Where Jobs & Income Are On The Up! (Forbes)
Professional success often requires some degree of sacrifice. Surprisingly, one of those sacrifices might include moving to the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio. Living in Delaware County is, in some ways, a smarter career move than packing up and heading for Wall Street or Silicon Valley.
With three-year income growth of 11% between 2007 and 2009, Delaware [...]
New White House Budget Means New Taxes & Increases (Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON – While President Barack Obama is proposing to cut some taxes for companies that hire workers, his budget would raise a host of other taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals.
Obama’s budget would extend his signature Making Work Pay tax credit — $400 for individuals, $800 for a couple filing jointly — through 2011. The [...]
They’re Hiring! Four Bright Spots In the Job Market (Yahoo!)
4 Fields That Are Still Hiring
By Lawrence Ross
Over the past year, bad news – bank failures, job loss, and a down housing market – has hovered over the economy like a dark cloud. But good news is on the horizon. According to Newsweek magazine, the stock market has rallied up 44% since March 2009. And [...]
BACK TO THE TOWN HALLS: Obama Retools His Message For Ohio Town Hall Meeting (ABC News)
President Barack Obama tried to revive his battered agenda and rally despondent Democrats on Friday with a renewed emphasis on jobs. His visit to this struggling Rust Belt city capped a tough first-anniversary week for a presidency that suffered jolts at the hands of Massachusetts voters and the Supreme Court.
“I’m not going to win every [...]
Boston Tea Party Redux: GOP Lands A Victory Blow Against Obama (Fox News)
Republican Scott Brown's victory could grind President Obama's agenda to a halt and portend unexpected losses for Democrats in the November midterms.
Washington was waking up Wednesday to a new Senate make-up, one featuring Republican Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown, who defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a victory few thought possible just a month ago.
The race for [...]
Email Is No Longer The #1 Way To Communicate
Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over.
In its place, a new generation of services is starting to take hold—services like Twitter and Facebook and countless others vying for a piece of the new world. And just as email did more than a decade ago, this shift promises [...]
Feinstein (D-Calif) Adds Her Voice To Senators Calling For More Troops In Afghanistan
Top Republican senators escalated their call Sunday for President Obama to grant Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for more troops in Afghanistan, and one prominent Democrat warned that a failure to do so could jeopardize U.S. forces.
The Obama administration is deep in deliberations over whether to build on its counterinsurgency strategy with thousands more troops in [...]
