The little purchases sure add up, written 3 days ago, Yesterday after work I had to go to London Drugs to pick up a cable splitter ($4) and a coaxial cable ($17) in order to have internet/cable at the same time. Right now, my place is still kind of a disaster. I can't wait until my bed is put back t...

A Question for Hot-Shot Stock Pickers, Market Timers and Investment Advisors, written 1 day ago, For the Players out there: where would you put your money in the last ten years, five years, three years, 12 months, YTD, knowing at the time only what you could have known then? You have two choices:Van...

What we're buying before our baby is born, written 7 hours ago, One of my blog readers is 15 weeks pregnant, and she wanted to know the kinds of things I'm buying now before our baby is born around the end of the year. Since we have a pretty small apartment, we've been trying to keep the baby suppli...

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Top 10 Articles on credit crisis, written 23 hours ago, Top Ten bankerstuff Links to help you make sense of the financial crisis:New York Times Text of Draft Proposal for Bailout PlanIMF: World economy to slow sharply, led by US (International Monetary Fund)The US Economy at a Glance (provided by th...

Investigating Wonderful School Loan Consolidations, written 5 hours ago, Depending on the total amount of student loans that you have you can choose one of several repayment plans with loan repayment periods up to 360 months. The interest rate on your Federal consolidation loan will be the weighted ...

Newth Talks Tax: Payments to amateur footballers, written 18 hours ago, Newth Talks Tax: Payments to amateur footballers

Finding Meaning In Your Life, written 2 weeks ago, For a few years now there has been an increasing trend toward people taking steps to find greater meaning in their life. Gradually, more and more people are having the courage to do it and not just talk about it. This may involve turning their back ...

Top 10 Tax Tips for College Students, written 6 days ago, Paying taxes is not fun for anyone, but when you are a college student taxes can be quite confusing. Nearly all colleges around the country have begun their winter semesters in the past few weeks. To help the students who read this blog we ha...

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The Malaysian Insurance Planning Guide by Meshio.com [REVIEW], written 1 day ago, Getting a life insurance plan is a long term commitment. To me, buying insurance is not a matter of comparing the plans and quotations from different agents. It is more about knowing your own needs, and then choosing t...

IASB Relents on Mark to Market Rules, written 3 days ago, The IASB has taken the unusual step of suspending its normal due process to deal with changes to mark to market rules. The change comes under pressure from European Union politicians such as Nicolas Sarkozy of France. The following excerpts f...

Customer Service Comparison, written 4 days ago, AT&T Yesterday, I spent a good hour on the phone with customer service. I had a great experience on my call with AT&T wireless. I called to dispute a $53 usage charge on what is already a very hefty iPhone wireless bill. The customer service a...

Unprecedented? Yes. Uncommon? No., written 1 week ago, The recent credit crunch, financial meltdown, and congressional inaction are unprecedented in market history. Or are they? We've never seen anything quite like this, and yet, market history is littered with "unprecedented" events. Here...

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A Non Bank DIP Financing Alternative, written 5 days ago, By Marco Terry It's a known fact that companies that obtain bankruptcy financing have a much higher chance of emerging out of chapter 11 as a viable company than those that don't secure debtor in possession financing. However, obtaining DIP f...

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Pacific Mutual announces payouts for 5 funds, written 1 week ago, BusinessTimesPACIFIC Mutual Fund Bhd has announced an income distribution of between 0.4 sen and 6.0 sen per unit for five of its funds for the financial year ended September 30 2008."Despite the slowing global economic growth an...

What world leaders need to do right now and long term, written 2 days ago, From Brad Delong (read the full essay here): What we need right now are: * Coordinated fiscal expansions across the globe. * Coordinated monetary expansions across the globe. * Coordinated banking sector recapitalisations acr...

Ouch, Yikes, #%@* - So Now What?, written 5 days ago, This may be a blip on the long term economic timeline but right now it hurts pretty bad. It will all get better some day and it is wise to stay invested in such times but it still hurts. I am pissed, upset and confused so now what?Work Like a Man...