Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Last week Amazon had the software package I use on sale - H&R Block at Home. This week it is Turbo Tax's turn to be on sale. For all of you Turbo Tax fans who have not yet purchased your 2009 software, you may want to take advantage of this ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission announced this month that it has settled charges with three debt collectors accused of various types of abusive debt collection. The settlement, which reportedly includes the largest civil penalty ever levied on a debt collection agency, comes in conjunction with future restrictions for the defendants. ...
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
The New York Times article: Jobless Turn to Family for Help profiles 62-year-old Jean Ley of Warrenton, Oregon who lost her job as a mental health counselor in June 2008. She has not found another job since then. She had little savings. Unemployment benefits were not going to be enough ...
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Running a small business has its peaks and valleys. Sometimes you’re raking in the dough and other times you are not even able to pay the ...
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
The USAToday story: Five-cent highway robbery? Bag fee sparks rebellion reports that the first-of-its-kind law in the nation, requiring Washington D.C. shoppers to pay five cents for each disposable bag, is prompting some strangely false frugal behavior. The newspaper reports Saturday that the 5-cent fee, begun New Year's Day, is ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
High unemployment rates and sluggish recovery in the job market mean that many Americans are still budgeting carefully and watching every penny that leaves their wallets. It’s times like these when studies like the one conducted by researchers at San Francisco State University can help us make important spending ...
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