Web Panhandling Pays Off
by See how Karen Bosnak mooched her way out of a $20,000 debt. Oddly, Karen seems to have stirred up some resistance to her leech-like behavior. …
Category: Finance
Brazil and the IMF
Brazil is going to get a big infusion of American support via the IMF during the next year. Read the IMF news release. An NPR …
Precious Metal
In a recession, the hardest currency of all used to be a fool proof way to hedge your bets. Not so now. Read the MSNBC …
401k Losses Frustrate Investors
401k investors have lost a bundle lately. But is it a problem with the 401k plans themselves? Jane Bryant Quinn of NewsWeek thinks so. “We …
Fraud Legislation
President Bush has signed the Accounting Industry Reform Act. Read the CNN article by Suzanne Malveaux. The real question is obvious: will it be enforced? …
State Government Tear-jerker
I read an amusing article today at Slate.com. “Pity the Poor, Penniless Governors” by Jack Schafer. Seems many states are suddenly noticing there’s a recession …
Bush Stock Trades Not News
The Whitewater-like mini-scandal embroiling President Bush over his trades of Harken Energy stock twelve years ago is much ado about nothing. In fact, it is …