Primary Care Is Being Crushed By A Paper Weight
Ever wonder why your physician only spends 5-10 rushed minutes with you during your office visit? You may think it’s because there are simply too many patients vying for her time, but that’s not the real reason. The root cause is that health insurance companies are stealing time from your visit by requiring excessive documentation from your doctor. She can’t give you the time you need, because doing so would put her out of business. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 01:23:26
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Date: 2009-09-30 19:13:48
Follow the Light Foundation Announces Finalists
Well, the judges have deliberated, and they think they have a winner. Follow the Light Foundation, formed in the honor of the late photo legend Larry “Flame” Moore, is set to choose the fourth recipient of its $5,000 grant dedicated to the art of surf photography.Each year since Moore’s passing in 2005, the foundation has called on all aspiring young photographers to submit their best work and put together a proposal on what they’d do with the money. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 20:18:21
Get a student car loan at yours suitable budget
Amazon.de Widgets Looking for a dream car is easy task but arranging funds for that can be a tough. Many people will not be able to afford the price for there dream car so for that right kind of financing option are available for them. One must concern or check his financial situation before applying any kind of loan. The borrower must be aware of the monthly payments and must be ready to meet the financial obligations every 6 or 7 years. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 12:28:44
Snuggie’s Rebill Program
You have got to love the Snuggie's marketing program. They pushed those cheesy commercials to create a cult like following of Snuggie lovers. As a joke gift, I decided to get a Snuggie for each one of my sisters and my mom (4 Snuggies total). The other day in the mail, I got a "check" from Snuggie. I thought that it was pretty interesting... It was a check for $8.25. Was this a rebate check? It looks legit, but I decided to look a bit harder. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 21:55:50
No surprise here; FBI and likely other federal agencies abuse the use of National Security Letters. Support the JUSTICE Act unless the Republicans can do better.
I have been railing against the Patriot Act (which is anything but) since its passage and I physically protested same back when AG Ashcroft visited Salt Lake City in circa 2003. Numerous provisions of that Act signed into law by the SOB (Son Of a Bush) were and remain egregious. The Patriot Act assailed our rights on so many fronts, not the least of which was broadening the use of National Security Letters (NSL). [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 19:56:34
Credit Repair! You May Have A Bad Credit Rating And Not Even Know It
When we talk about credit repair, most of us believe that repairing our credit rating is directly related to our mis management of our finance s, and in most cases that is true! However, many of us don’t realize that thousands of men and women every year find out they have bad credit due to credit fraud, and if you’re not 1% sure on how this happens, it’s a method by criminal organizations that are stealing your identity and using it for financial criminal activities. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 14:31:03
Payday Loan
I went through this a few years ago. I deposited a check right before a holiday weekend at an ATM and they didn’t clear the check for ten days – even though my online account already showed it as cleared. This is what debit cards do now: They let you take money out that isn’t there. They charged me $35 for every single one of my debit card transactions (it came to more than $400). [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 14:35:11
Housing - A Long Way to Go
This post from Martin Focazio, someone I’m proud to consider a friend even though we’ve never actually met in person, is reprinted with permission ... that is a true “junker,” He’s got no cable TV, he lives a simple, frugal life, and he lives check-to-check and has been forced a number of times to put major car repairs on credit, as well as [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:09:03
Tee hee
Do you think that Gordon is enjoying his premiership? Here's another vote of no confidence in the useless, monocular fucker.. ... to it by wealthy individuals when Tony Blair was in charge. The party - which files its annual accounts next week ... , and the bombings at Glasgow airport; it has carried on with the credit crunch, the oil crisis and house [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 08:37:23
My Net Worth Is Down Only 10% Since Its August 2008 Peak
So, how did I manage this remarkable accomplishment? Let me tell you…. I have been tracking my family’s net worth for about eight months now ... ;P 500 and other indexes because of the mutual funds’ bad gambles in stocks like AIG, Wachovia, Fannie ... ). You are essentially earning the interest rate of your credit cards and car loans when you pay them [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 18:13:54
Snuggie’s Rebill Program Posted by Jonathan Volk | Posted in Affiliate Marketing, Branding, Direct Marketing | Posted on 30-09-2009
You have got to love the Snuggie’s marketing program. They pushed those cheesy commercials to create a cult like following of Snuggie lovers. As a joke gift, I decided to get a Snuggie for each one of my sisters and my mom (4 Snuggies total).The other day in the mail, I got a “check” from Snuggie. I thought that it was pretty interesting… It was a check for $8.25. Was this a rebate check?It looks legit, but I decided to look a bit harder. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 06:01:00
Barack Obama's Economic Plan: What We Should Know
Dr. Boyce Watkinswww.BoyceWatkins.comHey Peeps,I thought you guys might want to hear Barack Obama's latest pitch as he works to solve one of the ... or employment numbers are going to reach prior levels any time soon. That's because much of our economy one year ago was an illusion....a mirage created by easy access to credit sparked by a poorly [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 19:59:00
The Poverty Business
Sorry if this appears to be an older article, and not latest headlines, just thought it was interesting - loki The Poverty Business Inside U.S ... a high school diploma, her employment options were limited. She landed a job as a home-health-care ... into Byrider, Tsosie drove off, jubilant, in a 1999 Saturn subcompact she bought entirely on credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:45:24
Bad Credit Financing For Personal Loans: Reveal The Truth Here!
by Asem Eltaher 2009 is the year to refinance since the FEDS brought down rates at the beginning of the year. Pushing rates down to the 5% range and now to 4% making this the best time to apply for relief, especially when you are getting deeper in debt and have impaired your credit. Homeowners can apply for bad credit financing that is helping relieve some of the load. Sub Prime lenders are experienced with mortgage refinancing and personal loans for bad credit. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 10:42:17
DrumBeat: July 6, 2008
UK: Government asks stores to stockpile food to overcome hauliers strike Ministers are in talks with supermarkets about emergency food reserves in case fuel protests lead to shortages at shops. The government wants to ensure retailers and suppliers can continue to sell basics such as meat, bread and milk if hauliers bring the country to a halt [more...]
Date: 2008-07-06 13:02:56
Weathering the financial crisis
Wall Street, Main Street, and You jupiterimages Oops! Grandfather Told By ER He's Pregnant jupiterimages Now What? ... assembling a reader gallery of Cute Costumed Kids -- share your photos in our Flickr pool and check AOL ... , Weird but true, Mommy wars laundry basket An annual survey by Salary.com revealed that the [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 13:00:00
Five ways readers can save on books
NEW YORK (AP) — One budget line Wendy Li isn’t watching even in this tight economy is her spending on books. That’s because she uses PaperbackSwap ... to high food and gas prices. Start swapping If you’ve got books to barter, check out sites ... you’re willing to trade. Every time you mail a title out, you get a credit or point, which [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 22:49:38
Half a Million Lost Jobs, Civil Unrest, the Obama Rally and More!
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Another half a million jobs lost… unemployment reaches new historic highs So how long until people take to the streets? Army already plans to “quell civil unrest” Consumers, businesses borrow less… Bill Bonner on why government spending can’t cure private withdrawal Hoping for an Obama rally? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:36:29
Advice for older people on keeping warm this winter
news source: newton news With the Met Office reporting widespread frost and temperatures dropping to as low as -9°C ... packs to find out what support is on offer.” Three of the key tips included in the pack are, 1. Check ... before, there are a number of easy ways to check what you may be entitled to. Contact a local benefit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 23:11:42
MONEY MATTERS: Need to check inflation expectations – RBI
FROM IN.REUTERS.COM BY SWATI BHAT Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao GANGTOK, India (Reuters): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) needs to control inflationary expectations and support growth, its governor said on Thursday, as signs of recovery and price pressures raise concerns policy may be tightened in late 2009 or early 2010. The central bank holds a quarterly review of policy on Oct. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 14:03:15
Loose Lips Daily: The Booze Backlash Begins
As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—”Schwartz Aide Moves to OCTO“; “Blagojevich Complaint: Just Read It” Morning all. How’s this for bipartisanship: Neither Sen [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 15:59:48
Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 10/1/2009+
Windows Azure, Azure Data Services, SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series. Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles in the following sections: Azure Blob, Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database (SADB) .NET Services: Access Control, Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps, Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 23:00:00
Amazon Now Offers IOUs Through Bill Me Later
So you’ve got yourself an Amazon addiction, shopping for everything from books to mobile phones to toiletries and myriad other odds and ends. Or maybe you want to shop the retailer, but are no fan of sending credit card information across ... of annual customers the option to receive an invoice for goods received to be paid post-shipment [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 16:45:16
Fighting poverty, globally and locally, is easier than you might think
Today, Oct. 15, is Blog Action Day, the day that thousands of bloggers, regardless of their genre, unite to discuss a single issue ... , but this has been a learning experience for us over the years. As an aside, we recently paid off our last credit card ... credit card debt to worry about. That is a fantastic feeling! The sad truth though is that [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 06:01:48
Suggested Spending Cuts Courtesy of the Republican Legislators
Last week Governor Corzine complained whined that the mean Republicans should have come to his office rather than take him to court to force him to ... in a recent State Auditor’s Report which noted: (1) aid has been awarded without any application ... have not been prepared as required by law; (4) hearings have not been held to determine if towns [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 21:17:00
Roth IRA FAQ, Income Streams and Financial Q & A @ The Carnivals
new logo design is now over. As for which logo won? It was a tight vote between 2 logos. Now how about I surprise you all with it when I put it up? Also, Trent from The Simple Dollar has an e-book for sale called 365 Ways To Live Cheap! Do check ... In Washington All Financial Matters: Oil Just Keeps Dropping! Rich Credit Debt Loan: How To Stop [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 22:11:44
Do-it-yourself Credit Repair
There are many consumers which are being lured by companies which promise them to clean their unappealing credit history ... a fraud by creating a new credit identity and report or any illegal undertaking. Customers should ... by the federal law. credit report In order to avoid scams, people should not pay a service fee as long [more...]
Date: 2008-08-23 04:47:53
Don’t take your laptop on your holiday: psychologist
London, Aug 8 (IANS) Though laptops and wireless Internet connections are considered inseparable tools for the new-age executives, ... in mobile phone and Internet technology has already affected our weekends and now it is invading annual ... . Coopers said the current credit crisis has aggravated the problem with people keeping themselves glued [more...]
Date: 2008-08-08 06:26:59
Track Your Finances On the Go: Mint.com Comes to the iPhone
Mint.com turned out to be a near perfect solution for my financial needs. To understand why, I’m going to give a little background ... ago, I decided I was tired of this slavish devotion to my computerized checkbook, the annual ... and is supported by the ability to recommend alternate financial services (low-interest credit cards, etc [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 03:20:58
Track Your Finances On the Go: Mint.com Comes to the iPhone
Mint.com turned out to be a near perfect solution for my financial needs. To understand why, I’m going to give a little background ... ago, I decided I was tired of this slavish devotion to my computerized checkbook, the annual ... and is supported by the ability to recommend alternate financial services (low-interest credit cards, etc [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:00:23
The Next Bull Market: Green Investing
During these historic times of chaos and fear on Wall Street, one market still stands poised to achieve great success: green investing, ... annual growth into the foreseeable future. In contrast, the Dow Jones average has climbed ... boost produced by talk of the bailout. A recent report by the Center for American Progress estimates [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 12:00:52
GWAS Latte Post
Your regular dose of Monday morning snippets to read, click and skip over with brekkie and a cuppa...Crunch month... and we're not talking Kellogg's ... shaping up as a crunch month for many families as Christmas credit card bills fall due, report Jessica Irvine and John Huxley in The Sunday Telegraph. Credit card company slashes limits! In a case [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 20:00:00
Animal lovers' calendar: Week of September 27-October 3
The coming weeks are loaded with animal-friendly events and fundraisers to help needy L.A. pets. Are we forgetting something? Let us know by leaving a comment! This Week: Saturday, Oct. 3 , celebrate the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi at the 8th annual Interfaith Blessing of the Animals at Long Beach's Marine Stadium, 5225 E. Paoli Way. The event starts at 10 a.m. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 03:41:43
Sleazy, Slimy and Creepy! Politics and Military Ops
Karl Rove writes what we all know happened but the press and media continue to provide cover for Democrats who were too busy getting 'sweetheart low interest deals' from Fannie and Freddie, to do their job. Now that the Housing Bubble has burst they are on board and pointing fingers at others and doing what they can to avoid reports of coziness [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 18:13:00
Predicting the next wave of mortgage financial woes
Some interesting consumer news trickled out of the Mortgage Brokers Assn.'s annual regulatory conference last week in Washington, D.C ... compliance software to check mortgage loan applications, was among the attendees and identified three ... just be postponing a problem. Before opting for a reset, consumers should check out alternatives, such as [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 14:01:03
Shallow Thoughts & Nearsighted Observations
More photos » by Marcio Jose Sanchez - AP 3 days ago: Denver Broncos' Knowshon Moreno, top, leaps over Oakland Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 12:30:14
12 Tips to Prepare Your Finances for Vacation
Since we’re off on vacation, here’s a timely reminder to get your finances in order for vacation. This post originally appeared at My Two Dollars ... hassle. Consider infrequent bills. Remember to check the due dates for car titles, annual insurance ... -check rates. Confirm your flights, hotels and car rentals. If prices have gone down re-book or ask [more...]
Date: 2008-07-15 13:29:54
Project Runway’s Sixth Season May Be Delayed Until Next Summer
Due to a court’s decision to issue a preliminary injunction preventing The Weinstein Production Company from moving Project Runway to Lifetime, ... s sixth season finale in a location other than New York’s Fashion Week which is a semi-annual event held ... is your source for Project Runway news. For other great Reality TV news, please feel free to check [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 20:00:42
Small Planet, Small Star
Small Planet, Small Star Consider Ethnicity When Treating Breast Cancer Early study reveals promising Alzheimer's disease treatment Reborn Baby Dolls Swiftly Popular in Scotland Microsoft’s Annual Revenue Reaches $60 Billion Ryugyong Hotel Set ... Estate And Mortgage Testimony Credit Lines FREEZE, But Not For Reverse Mortgages Recent Top [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 20:40:45
Announcing Our Blogroll
Here it is! The blogroll has finally arrived. I’ve tried to provide a diverse group of links here ... wanted to know about getting a job in accounting or finance. From cleaning up your credit report prior ... . This is more of a full service website dedicated to all things related to international accounting standards [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:24:14
IN RESPONSE TO MY EARLIER "SHARED SACRIFICE" POST, reader Cheryl Drury suggests an interesting analogy: Totally agree with you on this, ... to how much Congress spent. And here's a related proposal: "Taxes should be paid by check ... of your check would be your ballot." Meanwhile, reader Mark Howell writes: If my federal taxes [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 01:18:19
CAIR Sued For Fraud->Served with Papers During Major Event
This one is so shocking you may have to sit down for this one. After all it talks about the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) ... to appear while attending the CAIR 14th Annual Dinner Sunday night in Arlington, Virginia. Congressman ... . According to the complaint, CAIR failed to conduct a background check on Days prior to hiring [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 04:37:19
Apply for a Loan or Buy a Used Car?
It is a fact of life that many people need adequate forms of transportation to commute to and from their jobs ... can have a large impact on your credit and financial picture. If you go about purchasing a car ... percentage of the annual income made by most Americans each year. Most people cannot afford to pay $14,000 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 12:14:54
Over 11 million Americans are out of work.
Another half a million jobs lost… unemployment reaches new historic highsSo how long until people take to the streets? ... , terrorism and loss of legal order,” says the Phoenix Business Journal, citing the USAWC, “are among ... you… can’t happen here.”“The macro deterioration in the wake of the disruption of the old credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 03:15:00
Concentrating the Wealth, Pt. 2
(See Part 1.) A funny thing happened on the way to the bailout. A number of the members of the bucket brigade - that's us, taxpayers - realized that for all the billions of dollars worth of bailing we're doing, we still appear to be sinking. Our task seems to be keeping things afloat long enough for first class passengers to fill the lifeboats [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 20:39:26
2009 Conferences
This blog has been building steadily since I started it back in May of last year – more so than I ever really even thought possible ... that I am focusing on are BlissDom and BlogHer. get-your-bliss-on Badges BlissDom is the annual ... will help. BlogHer 08 - Exhibitor Area Creative Commons License photo credit: hyku [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 07:00:31
The First To Fall And The Last To Rise
The Manteca Bulletin reports from California. “In the go-go days of stratospheric housing price increases some newer neighborhoods - such as Woodward Park, Diamond Oaks, and Villa Ticino - were seeing prices jump as much as $5,000 a month. Now those neighborhoods have returned back to earth as closed deals so far this month signal that banks are [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 18:59:11
The Credit Depression
Here they come. At the end of 2008, all the social and personal signs of a real depression were absent. They are making themselves present now ... a term from a reader on the message board which seems apt. It is the credit depression. This amounts ... has similar origins, as you can see. So a credit depression is a period when belief or trust in a set [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:29:32
The Credit Depression
Here they come. At the end of 2008, all the social and personal signs of a real depression were absent. They are making themselves present now ... a term from a reader on the message board which seems apt. It is the credit depression. This amounts ... has similar origins, as you can see. So a credit depression is a period when belief or trust in a set [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:28
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