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Student loans turn into crushing burden for unwary borrowers

Posted by socker 327 days ago, popular 326 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: loan money personal finance student
Natalie Hickey left her small hometown in Ohio six years ago and aimed her beat-up Dodge Intrepid for the West Coast. Four years later, she realized [...] read more »
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Visa chief loses his credit cards

Posted by socker 342 days ago, popular 341 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Category: Business | Tags: business chief credit card visa
Imagine running the world's largest credit card network, and not having your own plastic.
That's what happened to Visa Chief Executive Joseph S[...] read more »
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The Big Questions for Your 2008 Taxes

Posted by socker 347 days ago, popular 346 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: finance money personal finance tax
With only about three weeks left of 2008 -- a year that can't end soon enough for most of us -- investors are especially interested in ways to use t[...] read more »
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Asian economies stumble and U.S. faces retail test

Posted by socker 358 days ago, popular 358 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: asian economy global crisis retail us
Asian economic powerhouses saw production tumbling on Friday, while in the United States Thanksgiving sales posed a key test of America's ability to[...] read more »
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Oil falls to below $60 a barrel

Posted by socker 383 days ago, popular 382 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy oil recession world
The price of Brent crude oil has fallen below $60 a barrel for the first time in 20 months, amid growing fears that a US recession will reduce demand read more »
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Consumer Inflation Hits 5.2%

Posted by socker 403 days ago, popular 403 days ago (http://www.money.co.uk)
Category: Economy | Tags: consumer inflation market money
Inflation broke the five percent barrier last month, according to official figures. The consumer price index reached 5.2 percent in September, up fro[...] read more »
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Fed, central banks cut rates to aid world economy

Posted by socker 409 days ago, popular 409 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bank economy fed world
In a rare coordinated move, the Federal Reserve and other major central banks from around the world slashed interest rates Wednesday to prevent a mus[...] read more »
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The Fed needs to cut interest rates to zero - Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money

Posted by socker 417 days ago, popular 416 days ago (http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: banking economy federal reserve stocks
Up until recently, the Fed had a good reason not to cut interest rates. Inflation might catch hold of the economy and undercut the purchasing power o[...] read more »
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Obama: McCain would gamble with economy

Posted by socker 417 days ago, popular 417 days ago (http://www.boston.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy mccain obama us
In the latest version of his stump speech on the economy, Barack Obama is today working in a reference to John McCain's fondness for gambling to war[...] read more »
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US Stocks Move Lower As Bailout Doubts Spook Investors

Posted by socker 417 days ago, popular 417 days ago (http://investment-blog.net)
Category: Stocks | Tags: investing money stocks us
Stocks slumped Monday despite clear progress in the U.S. capitol toward passage of a Wall Street bailout package hammered out over the weekend. The d[...] read more »
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BBC NEWS | Business | Savings returns 'beating' shares

Posted by socker 418 days ago, popular 418 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: business finance money saving
Savers putting their money in funds investing in UK stocks and shares would have made more money since 2000 by putting it in savings accounts instead[...] read more »
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All Aboard the Mortgage Rollercoaster

Posted by socker 421 days ago, popular 418 days ago (http://www.money.co.uk)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: bank investment money mortgage
Hands up if, like me, you've been watching the mortgage rates and waiting - looking for signs that rates are starting to drop as the re-mortgage clo[...] read more »
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9 Secret Ingredients of the Frugal Foodie

Posted by socker 422 days ago, popular 421 days ago (http://blog.mint.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: frugal money persnal finance
From Italian truffle butter to Vietnamese saffron, foodies have turned the act of tasting the world’s best food into a competitive sport. Meanwhile, [...] read more »
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How to Handle a Market Gone Mad

Posted by socker 422 days ago, popular 422 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: economy fund investing market money
If you learn nothing else from the last few harrowing days, you should learn the difference between what is obvious and what is inevitable. In the heat of the moment, the two perceptions seem identical. read more »
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US shares up on rescue deal hopes

Posted by socker 422 days ago, popular 422 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: Stocks | Tags: economy shares stock us
Wall Street shares have risen on hopes that US lawmakers will finally hammer out the details of a $700bn (£379bn) bail-out package for the US economy. read more »
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