My Boyfriend’s Mother
Since the BF grew up here in Phoenix, his immediate family (mom, dad, and brother) still live here ... of dollars from the BF and didn’t pay it back until the BF paid a lawyer to send a letter to the brother ... . About a year ago, the BF asked his mom for help. He had accumulated some credit card debt in grad school [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 01:05:23
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Asking For financial Help Is Not As Difficult As It Seems
by Steve Collins If you are like a lot of people these days, you may be overextended in your monthly budget ... or deciding to hold off on buying that new sofa until you can pay cash for it. Financial counseling ... matters, it is sometimes tough to admit your mistakes and even harder to admit that you need help. Online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 06:44:59
Don’t Eat Chocolate from Ivory Coast!
I can’t believe I forgot to blog about this important story. Last February, Christian Parenti broke a great story about the exploitative nature of the chocolate industry. The big cocoa exporters - Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM, Fortune 500), Barry Callebaut and Saf-Cacao - do not own plantations and do not directly employ child workers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 11:58:51
Will All Be Well, And End Well, In Estonia?
by Edward Hugh: Barcelona Well, there doesn't seem to much room for doubt at this point does there, the Baltic Economies are in the van of the European economic slowdown for 2009, just as they were leading the charge up in 2007, and all that debate about whether we were going to get a hard landing or a soft one seems now so out of date and and [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 16:04:03
When The Chips Are Down, Chipmakers Resort To Other Means
Economic pain that has been hitting the financial economy and the brick and mortar retailers is hitting Silicon Valley as well ... shareholders will provide 500 billion won in fresh loans and extend the maturity of Hynix's debt ... in cash as of Sept. 30, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. estimated this month. Still, Hynix had net debt [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 21:04:00
How debt did in America’s newspapers
The stock of Lee Enterprises was worth about $1.5 billion when the company borrowed almost an identical amount of money to buy the Pulitzer newspaper ... default on $1.4 billion in debt, the unpaid remainder of the money it borrowed to finance ... n its debt and render their shares worthless.Lee is but one example of what happened to many p [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 03:00:00
GETTING OUT OF DEBT
Now is the time of year people forget about all the rules of using debt and run up big credit card bills ... including getting you out of debt fast. But there is one particular program that can truly help ... . It's Christmas and we love giving gifts, even if it means going deeper into debt. We worry [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 00:00:00
Will All Be Well, And End Well, In Estonia?
Well, there doesn’t seem to much room for doubt at this point does there, the Baltic Economies are in the van of the European economic slowdown for 2009, just as they were leading the charge up in 2007, and all that debate about whether we were going to get a hard landing or a soft one seems now so out of date and and old hat as we watch how [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 15:59:56
A-Z Funny Bumper Sticker Quotes
0-60 in 15 minutes! 100% Irony Free 100,000 Sperm And You Were The Fastest? 186,000 Miles/Second: It’s Not Just A Good Idea, It’s The Law! ... to pay for maturity Air Pollution Is A Mist-Demeaner Alcohol and calculus don’t mix. Never drink ... pay for not getting it done. All Men Are Animals, Some Just Make Better Pets All Men Are Idiots… [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 09:11:08
Peering into the Whirlpool - Pfizer
Today one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies announced it was cutting R&D staff (read article here) ... . So what does it say when Pfizer lays off R&D workers? Clearly, there's less faith in the company developing the new products which will pay off. Thus, the old "entry barrier" is clearly not as valuable [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 04:59:34
Asking For financial Help Is Not As Difficult As It Seems
by Steve Collins If you are like a lot of people these days, you may be overextended in your monthly budget ... to hold off on buying that new sofa until you can pay cash for it. Financial counseling ... matters, it is often not easy to admit your mistakes and even harder to own up that you need help. Online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 06:45:07
My Predictions for 2009… and What I Got Wrong in 2008
Hi Guys, Happy New Year! It’s been a while since we last caught up. I hope you are well and that you had a wonderful holiday and a very happy New Year. I was on vacation for the holidays. We had a terrific break. We took our three boys to Disney World. What a treat! We go once a year usually around President’s Day weekend [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 21:43:37
The perfect consolidator of multiple debts
Life is all about dreams and expectations. As a mater of fact, our expectations would never end, till our last breathe ... ? If you prefer the later option, then the debt consolidation loans would prove to be a perfect choice ... . The second reason is that, the debt consolidation loans are actually opted when people try to avoid any [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:24:25
Steve Jobs, Osama Bin Laden, Bernard Madoff, And Winter
The struggle continues. Apple wants to make sure that you avoid on-line viruses, bin Laden wants to make sure you avoid complacent thinking, ... Keith Olbermann go off on George W. Bush, and you can go to bed and relax knowing that the world’s work ... and create globules of economic prowess for the tax base to justify the national debt. Hmmm, let’s [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 03:33:49
Improve Your Credit Report? Apply Bad Credit Credit Cards Now!
In my nation, it is hard to apply credit card, normally the bank will only approve your application on the condition that you are full time employee ... , they are now faced difficulty to pay off all the debt. Nothing much I can help because I don’t have too ... allow you to apply bad credit credit cards with ease and fast approval when you have bad or low [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 00:28:46
Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos
Advice for Pet Ownersby Arden Moore - Washington PostInexpensive Pet CareWhen money is less available, humans aren't the only species that suffer. Financial setbacks often effect the companions we love most -- pets. But animal expert Arden Moore can give advice on how to provide your pet with sufficient care without going into debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 17:45:00
Contest and Sale: Dining on a Dime print book from Living on a Dime
Tawra Kellam and Jill Cooper of Living on a Dime are amongst the most renowned frugal-living experts on the internet today. Their books, both in print and e-book have enabled mothers nation-wide to pay down their debts and save money on groceries, children’s items, gifts, home decorations, beauty products and many other household needs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 23:16:36
9 Methods for Mastering Your Money in 2009
2008 was a miserable year for money. The stock market tumbled, unemployment soared, the housing market continued to crumble, and retirement savings shriveled away. Whew! Here’s hoping 2009 will be better! But hope can only do so much. Hope cannot bring change. Action brings change. If one of your goals for 2009 is to take control of your money ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 13:00:21
What You Need To Know To Avoid Foreclosure
What You Need To Know To Avoid Foreclosure There are a number of different events and situations that lead homeowners to the brink of foreclosure, ... in the county court house. Until you pay the debt off and have the lien released, you cannot simply sell ... if you do not have to pay a lot of money right from the start, you can find yourself facing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:49:45
Posts about Tri-State Real Estate (FL, GA and AL) as of January 14, 2009
Best Times to Buy - martinezglobal.typepad.com 01/14/2009 A Conventional wisdom says that you need to stay in a home a minimum of five years to ensure that you recoup your purchasing costs … widely from region to region in recent years. While the Florida market has seen meteoric rises in home values, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:24:36
The New FDR Takes Office
That’s who the media wants you to believe Obama is: The new FDR. I tend to agree with them ... is that his plan will get people back to spending like they did when they were living on debt secured ... and spent hundreds of billions dollars of debt that couldn’t be repaid. Obama’s plan to rescue [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 16:41:10
Money Monday, 1/12/09
TODAY! (she declared, boldly!) Is the first day of the rest of my life!! ... all these thousands and thousands of dollars needed to beef up the emergency fund, pay off the debts and perhaps even ... start turning my attention to the debts – because frankly, each of those I get paid off reduces how [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 00:55:00
Bring Back Paternalism in the Mortgage Market
Not Responsible—Tom Jones Now let me ask you something: Have you ever felt that you weren’t responsible for the things that you do? I do not like government paternalism. When Ronald Reagan came to power and began our 25 year experiment with government deregulation, I thought it was a good idea [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:43:03
Breaking News - Political Commentary
Obama Can Pump Trillions in the Economy, But No One Knows If It Will WorkBy Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation - AlternetThe nation's hopes--even the world's--are riding on it, but Barack Obama's stimulus plan is no sure shot. Nobody can say if it will work.Some questions to ponder: What has to happen for us to say that the stimulus worked? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 18:09:00
disillawsioned.
Growing up: Lawyers and doctors are rich! Pre-Law School: (stars in my eyes) In three years my husband is going to be smart and rich! Second year of law school: Huh, well this has to be worth it eventually right? Four months away from graduation from Law School: Meh. I admit to being just as disillusioned about law school [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 03:33:55
From Cubicle Nerd to Cucumber Vendor: Learning Small Scale Farming in Mid-life
This is a guest post from Jim Dunlap (Wyoming) about his experience as a new farmer in Virginia and is part of our Wed pm/Sat pm TOD: ... engineer with a pension, some investments, no debt and a spouse with a full time career. I think working [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 16:42:38
Choose A Loan Carefully
If you are thinking of taking up one of the many offers that you see on the television or in the daily newspapers. Offering to give you a personal loan that will consolidate your debt into one manageable monthly ... with the consolidation loans, many seem to have a blind spot and only look at the loan amount column [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 03:33:21
A few tips to assist with credit card debt relief.
Here are a few ways to help get you started toward getting some credit card debt relief. If possible pay more than the minimum payment amount ... with the higher interest rates first. On your highest interest rate debt, pay the minimum payment plus any ... payment on a $2,500 debt that would only be about $50 per month toward decreasing that debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:10:33
Devise your own Credit Repair Plan
by Rob Kosberg One day you realize that you are in a serious personal financial disaster situation ... , and credit card statements, mortgage and insurance records. Locate debt worksheets on the internet ... debt. Decide which credit cards, and loans that you will pay down in order. For the first [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:03:41
It’s Only Money, After All
After our series of unfortunate events, we’ve been thinking about what our 2009 financial goals are and how debt elimination factors into that. Although I planned (and pre-wrote) a 2009 goals post for today, the last day of 2009, the events of the past week and a half has made that largely irrelevant [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 14:59:05
Jesse Jackson, 1988 Democratic National Convention Speech
Rev. Jesse Jackson has disappointed me thus far in the 21st century. The mistakes he made in his personal life. His inability to stay silent during the recent election on domestic or foreign affairs troubled me.Personally, I think that Rev. Jackson was the 'emissary' mentioned in the federal indictment. Rev [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 17:00:00
"Wall of Violence" on Mexico's Southern Border
By Kristin Bricker, NarcoNewsCalderon's "two-faced" policy combines police, the military, gangs, ... of debt. The bank is going to take his home if he doesn't come up with the approximately USD$17,000 ... to the United States. He told them he'd be back as soon as he'd paid off the debt; it wouldn't take [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 10:26:00
Optimal Fiscal Policy with a Liquidity Trap and Gridlock
Robert WaldmannI'm still thinking about Krugman's excellent little model which gives the very clear result that optimal macro policy implies that ... for Government consumption (G) sooner or later so they don't count the federal debt as part of their net [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 10:19:00
How to pay off your HECS Debt from UNI
Not everyone has the ability to pay their HECS (Higher Education Contribution Scheme) ... ways to live around it whilst paying your debt off quickly and easily. Saving Money on University ... voluntarily you will also receive a $70 bonus payment, reducing your debt by $770. Methods to pay [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 11:17:25
Time To Get More Organized
Each January I spent some time organizing my desk and my computer files ... gotten a lot of compliments on it and I’m sure it will help you as well. If you’re still ... . People seem to be extremely in debt, extremely overweight and extremely disorganized. People everywhere [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:16:08
DrumBeat: December 12, 2008
U.S. Northeast Heating-Oil Delinquent Bills Top $100 Million (Bloomberg) -- Heating-oil dealers in the U.S. Northeast have more than $100 million in unpaid bills from residential and business customers after fuel prices rose to a record, a consumer-debt service found. The money is owed by customers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 13:55:16
Riga 2009, Buenos Aires 2001
Chalk up another in a string of neo-liberal economic failures ... in the old city above levels found in Berlin. Over 85% of all household and corporate debt in Latvia was contracted in foreign currencies, a proportion similar to Argentine dollar debt before [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:12:47
Notes on the crisis
I’m standin’ in the shadows with an aching heart I’m lookin’ at the world, tear itself apart — Bob Dylan, “Mississippi” Here Dylan has given us a brilliant summation of the condition of the simple citizen in the face of the economic crisis that exploded in our faces in mid-September, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 21:12:38
Are we underestimating the seriousness of the economic crisis?
Before we think about future, we should know what economic experts said before Lehman bothers collapse and share market crash in 2008 ... Pickens. 8. “There is growing evidence that parts of debt markets are coming back to life” – Peter Coy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:45:00
Masters Of Song Fu Holiday Special: The Songs!
We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition. To that end, we launched a brand new form of creative combat here at the Stop [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 03:46:27
Amy Adams Maiden Speech
Amy is the MP for Selwyn - a seat that has produced many good MPs, including Sir John Hall: We seem to raise strong politicians on the Canterbury plains. I come from the same part of the country as the great Sir John Hall, a farmer, and former premier of New Zealand who, in the 1870’s, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 01:05:31
Dandelion SaladBy Mike Whitney January 16, 2009 “Information Clearinghouse“There’s no guarantee that Obama’s stimulus package will work, but there is growing consensus that something has to be done…and fast! The economy is contracting faster than anytime since the 1930s [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 02:25:29
How "Something For Nothing" Ideas Become Policy
Leaders all over the world are now in an Undeniable Shift to Keynes even though every such attempt in history has failed ... a generation with having to pay off British debt.Jürgen Stark, an executive board member of the European [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 08:49:00
5 Expenses You Can’t Afford If You Have Credit Card Debt
You need to cut down your monthly expenses and live frugally if you ever want to get out of debt ... to a low interest credit card or apply for a debt consolidation loan If you still doubt in what I say ... . Let’s assume you have a $20,000 in credit card debt and you current minimum payment is around [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 20:52:59
“We can put light where there’s darkness, and hope where there’s despondency in this country. And part of it is working together as a nation to encourage folks to own their own home.” — President Bush, Oct. 15, 2002 THE BLUEPRINTS In June 2002, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 16:01:46
Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08
Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008 ... s exuberance), but also still be battling with the implications of the credit crisis for the global economy [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33
The Friday Line: Ranking Modern Political Scandals
The Friday Line: Ranking Modern Political Scandals The arrest of Rod Blagojevich has sparked a furious debate on the Fix about where the Illinois governor's blatant attempt to sell a U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder ranks in the annals of modern political scandals. In order to determine Blagojevich's place in this (un) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 11:30:00
As The Politicians Battle It Out Ukraine’s Economy Tunnels South In Search Of Australia
“In Ukraine, the evidence is still that policymakers do not quite understand the seriousness of the challenges they face,” ... by the conflict-ridden negotiations over Ukraine’s gas debt. And just to add to the nighmare, Ukrain’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 16:06:18
Words from the (investment) wise 12.15.08
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (December 8 - 12, 2008) Despite a litany of bleak economic and corporate news confronting investors during the past week, global stock markets digested the bearish fodder with a sense of aplomb. The MSCI World Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index gained 4.4% and 10 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 12:42:13
Pay Off Your Credit Card Debt
by Landon McGehee In an ideal world, we would have no need for a credit card ... it, then cut the card up. You can always apply for a new one once you are free of debt, if you think ... . If you had your way, you would pay off any debt in full as soon as you can, to eliminate any financial [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 20:59:39
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