Tag: news
member name: Ms. Meacham: Money Maven
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June 08, 2008 01:02 AM EDT --
Energy survivalists and retirement savers be forewarned.
An $11 jump in the price of oil prompted the second-biggest drop in the stock market this year . Oil hit a whopping $139, and at least . . .
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July 01, 2007 07:52 PM EDT --
I just wanted to post a quick warning. Today I received two e-mails with .pdf attachments. Neither came from people I know. Both e-mails had the subject line as the name of the pdf computer file. I immediately . . .
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May 29, 2008 01:34 PM EDT --
This week has been a busy one for me, trying to wrap up half a dozen assignments due by month's end. So, today's The Bottom Line blog will focus on a few of the news stories that have crossed . . .
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August 15, 2008 02:10 PM EDT --
I've been watching my "necessary evils" stock portfolio climb in recent months. American-made cigarettes, beer, and liquor are on the upswing.
I credit it to two things: people . . .
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May 08, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
TODAY THE U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution to stop making pennies that cost more than they're worth -- a move that "could save about $100 million a year, or . . .
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August 27, 2008 04:12 PM EDT --
The Office of the Attorney General has settled its three-year investigation into CitiBank's handling of customer over-payments and refunds, securing refunds for 53,000 affected CitiBank creditcard . . .
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May 07, 2007 03:48 PM EDT --
I'm watching MSNBC, and see that the White House has scheduled a "tea party" today with the Queen of England, fresh from Saturday's appearance at the famous Kentucky Derby horse race. . . .
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March 28, 2007 05:59 PM EDT --
Burger King says it will start buying eggs from suppliers who don’t confine chickens to cages. The chain already purchases 10 percent of its pork from crate-free suppliers.
Burger King . . .
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April 17, 2007 05:09 PM EDT --
There’s a new kind of tax fraud in town. The story Felon Tells How He Ripped Off IRS gives the skinny on how identity thieves are scooping in on people’s tax returns, depositing the money – . . .
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January 31, 2007 12:27 AM EST --
TAX DAY IS APRIL 17 this year, and I'm knee deep organizing receipts, income statements and bank records. Thankfully, this year I have an easy way to stay up on the tax law changes that impact . . .
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March 26, 2007 10:11 PM EDT --
Consumers regularly run-up credit cards, dip into home equity or sell off investments and other other assets to finance day-to-day expenses, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In January . . .
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May 09, 2007 05:22 PM EDT --
RECENT BLOGS ON RISING CONSUMER CREDIT SPENDING underscore an even more pressing everyday spending decision: paper or plastic. That's said tongue-in-cheek, but just barely.
Shoppers Snag . . .
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May 15, 2007 07:50 PM EDT --
It's national "Bike-to-Work Week" –- an ironic tribute to the news that gas prices are this week setting a new record.
At 10:05 this morning in Washington, D.C, the Senate . . .
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July 26, 2007 04:35 PM EDT --
This just in from Rebecca Shapiro at LadiesWhoLaunch.com:
Pregnancy Magazine is looking for anyone who makes/designs any type of wrap/scarf/cover up that may also be useful for concealing breast feeding. . . .
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May 25, 2007 02:14 AM EDT --
I love road trips, which is a great trait for a business traveler. But today for the first time I caught myself thinking that I might not take a trip because of the cost of gas.
I've already cut . . .
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May 21, 2008 05:15 PM EDT --
It's a crazy mixed-up oil world out there. The big-oil executives are testifying today in front of the Senate, and they're getting heat for what the Senators say is OPEC price collusion . . .
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July 09, 2007 06:47 PM EDT --
Today Gather Editorial Coordinator Jennifer Hodge posted the news that this week the venerable Wall Street Journal business daily celebrates its 118th birthday.
Born of Dow Jones & Company's . . .
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November 07, 2006 03:17 AM EST --
SECURITIES BROKER Scott Vorhaben is one of scores of entrepreneurial types tapping into a fresh cadre of clients: retirement account day traders.
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March 27, 2007 07:14 PM EDT --
Combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased by $152.8 billion, or 1.5 percent, to $10.567 trillion in January, according to the Investment Company Institute's newest survey on the mutual . . .
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May 25, 2007 01:47 PM EDT --
Home Sales Soar by Record Level. Or so says the headline.
Read into the report and you'll see that in April new home sales were up 16.2 percent while median prices tumbled 11.1 percent. Consider it . . .
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