Archive for September, 2007

When it comes to journalism, there’s a taboo about writing anything critical of the company that you work for. They’re the one signing your pay-check, and chances are you would like to continue to receive that pay-check so most writers are extremely hesitant to write anything negative about the company that they work for. One [...]

With the growing supply of information in the digital age and the ease of getting credit approved in the United States, con artists are stealing money from people and banks by means of identity theft at alarming rates. In the past consumers were very poorly equipped to prevent becoming the victims from such crimes. The [...]

There’s a new and growing trend in the health care industry that’s making it easier for consumers to access the health care they need. If you needed to see a doctor in the past to evaluate a health issue you might have, you would have had to book an appointment in a doctor’s office which [...]

A lot of people can’t get into work in the morning without making a quick stop at Star Bucks or another coffee shop and picking up their favorite caffeinated beverage of choice. Many financial gurus have argued that by cutting out these small costs that add up over time and investing that money instead individuals [...]

Life insurance is the one policy that you should happily pay even though you hope that the policy never pays off. Having good quality life insurance will make sure that your family and loved ones aren’t in a dire financial situation in the event that you pass away. It may cost a little bit of [...]

Electronic fraud and identity theft are increasingly common problems that many Americans are becoming victim to as more consumers move to do their banking and investing through the internet. Cyber criminals know that if they can gain a consumer’s credentials to get into their online banking or onto their investment account, that they can quite [...]

Some of Microsoft’s professional products can be rather expensive if you’re not a business professional and making a reasonable income. For quite a while, Microsoft, Adobe and other companies have been offering special discount prices for students to use their software at discounted rates. Microsoft has now stepped up their discounts and is offering a [...]

Everyone loves a good vacation, whether it be it a week at home without having to think about work for any period of time or a grand trip to another part of the world. Many full-time positions offer their employees a certain number of days each year that they can take a vacation and get [...]

Most everyone would agree that one of the most important things you can do is protect your family and make sure that they are safe and secure in their home and in their person. We do this in a lot of different ways. Most of us lock our doors at night; some of us keep [...]

Many of the major electronic retailers have made a fortune off their customers by selling them over-priced software they don’t need, rebates that are just about impossible to redeem and un-necessary extended warranties on new computer purchases. Best Buy, Circuit City, and a few other major electronic retailers now have a new over-priced backup ‘service’ [...]

Since the advent of ING Direct and other online banks, interest rates available to consumers in savings accounts and certificates of deposit have gone up dramatically. Many of the major banks have been lowering their rates on CDs and savings, leaving room for smaller banks to outcompete the larger banks on interest rates. There’s now [...]

Many of us know that health care prices are getting out of control in the United States, but it won’t really hit you until you’re in a hospital somewhere and a doctor tells you that you need a $50,000 surgery. Nobody’s got that kind of money just sitting around! Many people have been going overseas [...]

Many people have mixed feelings online because you can’t actually see, touch, and make use of the product before you buy it. Online retailers have tried to combat this by adding detailed pictures of products, describing their products as best they can, and allowing customers who have already bought the product to share their experiences [...]

Buying brand new cars is a bad financial plan because they lose 60% of their value in the first four years of ownership, but many people continue to buy them just because they won’t want the troubles that are sometimes associated with used cars. Follow these guidelines to make sure that your next used car [...]