July, 2009
Links I Liked
A few favorites from recent trawls around the blogosphere:Mighty Bargain Hunter's very funny list of the Top 10 Failed Personal Finance BooksBargaineering on Making Your Own Windshield Wiper FluidI Will Teach You to be Rich: What do you NOT care about spending money on?Boston Gal is living without air conditioningThanks to an anonymous commenter, California's ...
Pentagon to Optimize Troop Brains Like Hard Drives
Your tax dollars at work
Ready to serve! (Photo: www.instructables.com)
You’ve heard of those remedies that supposedly improve your memory, focus and thinking ability, right? Sometimes they’re natural substances like berries and roots, other times they’re not so natural (pharmaceutical would be the operative word). Whatever the case, these brain-boosting supplements are frequently expensive, so much so ...
Trustee Sues Madoff’s Wife For Nearly $45M
Trustee Irving H. Picard spelled out his claims in a lawsuit against Ruth Madoff in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. He said Madoff for decades lived "a life or splendor" using money that belonged to customers of her husband's investment firm.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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FICO Suing the Credit Bureaus Over VantageScore
Fair Isaac, the company that created and owns what is generally known as your credit score, is suing Experian and TransUnion, two of the three credit reporting bureaus, for creating a competing product that blurs the line between the “real” credit score and the others. The third credit reporting bureau, Equifax, agreed to settle with ...
How Health Care Reform Would Impact You
Source:kokopinto
Health insurance premiums in the US have increased in cost by almost 100% since the year 2000, a growth rate three times larger than wage increases over the same period of time. At the same time, one out of every three Americans is uninsured, or underinsured. Moreover, health insurance premiums are more than double for ...
