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You Can Get Your Yard Spring Ready

Have you had enough of winter yet? I know that I have. And, I don’t even live in an area that gets a lot of snow. Still, chilly days and

Money News

Ford Success Underscores Power of Private Enterprise

Make no mistake about it: the Ford Motor Company has been showing some very impressive results lately. Last year the automaker posted a $2.7 billion profit, a stunningly large amount

Money News

Facebook Slow To Consider Going Public

Facebook continues to grow at a meteoric pace with some 400 million people registered with the world’s most popular social networking site. But what Facebook isn’t rushing to do is

Career Planning

Survey Says Retirement Is A Dream For Some

Putting off retirement for valid reasons Some employees long for the day when the shackles of work have finally been removed from them. For most people that event comes by

Money News

Can the US Postal Service Bring Forth Effective Change?

Money losing government enterprise paints bleak future for itself The United States Postal Service (USPS) is a perennial money loser despite raising rates annually and attempting to get its costs

Education Tips

Appliance Rebate Program Overwhelms Websites

All fifty US states and six territories and the District of Columbia are participating in a federally funded appliance rebate program, one that has its roots in the American Recovery

Tax Tips

Last Minute Tax Filing Strategies

My federal and state taxes are done and filed, completed weeks earlier than they were last year. I set out to do my taxes early, but I still had to

Education Tips

Consumer Fraud Alert: ATM Skimming

Using an automatic teller machine (ATM) has its risks especially at night, or in poorly lit areas, or wherever traffic is infrequent. A criminal element is often at work, but

Credit Cards

How To Find A Better Rewards Card

So, how are the new government credit card regulations working out for you? If you are like most cardholders, the terms of your credit card agreement have changed, perhaps requiring

Home Improvement

7 Home Improvement Stores

I don’t know what the weather is like where you live, but here in north central North Carolina we’ve seen the snow melt and temperatures surge well into the 50s,

Business Services

Thinking of Selling Your Business? Step 1

As the economy begins its slow mend Americans are now examining what steps they can and should take to improve their financial position. The past two years have been difficult

Education Tips

Home Refinancing Post Bankruptcy – Is This Possible?

As the financial markets heave, millions of American are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with their bills. Furloughs, lay offs, and salary reductions are weighing in. In addition,

Money News

Advocacy Group Marks One Year Stimulus Anniversary

Citizens Against Government Waste derides Obama Administration Spending Spree In cased you missed it, February 17 marked the one year anniversary of the passage of the Obama administration’s American Recovery

Education Tips

How To Survive An IRS Tax Audit

You’ve just received the one notification everyone dreads: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has decided to audit your tax returns. Don’t panic: 1.4 million Americans were audited in 2009 with

Credit Reports

Credit Bureau Blues? Contest That Debt!

Credit reports contain important information concerning you including where you reside, work, in addition to particulars in relation to your credit history. Lenders, employers, landlords, hospitals, and various parties can