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33 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Credit

33 simple ways to protect your personal identity and credit report. Especially important now that tax time is upon us. read more »
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Ken Lewis is a Goner

Bank of America (BAC) dropped to the $2.50 level today and has a market cap below 15 billion. There is much speculation that the bank will be taken over by the government and nationalized. If Bank of America is nationalized stockholders read more »
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Pork in the Obama Stimulus Package? You Decide….

Obama has prided himself on removing government waste and not allowing pork to infiltrate his controversial $787B stimulus package, but was he successful? According to many outspoken opponents such as Senator John McCain, the answer is no. read more »
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First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit of $8,000 in 2009 Economic Stimulus Package

The stimulus bill allows for a $8,000 tax credit for first time homebuyers. Here's a closer look. read more »
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Buying the Low Cost Leader

A basic discussion of business positioning inevitably asks the question of what market is a given product or service trying to target. One way to think about this is on a spectrum between low-cost leaders and highly differentiated companies. read more »
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How Much House Can I Afford to Buy

Just how much house can you afford to buy? As many people found out the hard way, probably less than you think. Too many people took a common sense holiday when shopping for a home, in large part leading to our current economic mess. read more »
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Bank Bailout to Cost Taxpayers $2 Trillion

The UK Government’s recent bailout of struggling financial giants Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB looks set to add between £1 trillion and £1.5 trillion to national debt, figures out today have revealed. read more »
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Companies With a Commitment to Sustainability Tend to Outperform Their Peers During the Financial Crisis

Companies looking for ways to survive in the current economic climate should conside that in 16 out of 18 industries, companies with a commitment to sustainability were the clear leaders in the financial markets. read more »
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SmartHippo adds mortgage rate data for over 200 lenders and brokers to its rate comparison engine

SmartHippo, a shopping comparison site for mortgages that uses the power of community to help people save money, announces today it has added automated rate data for over 200 lenders and brokers. read more »
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12 bankers who made $1.5 billion in salaries and bonuses as their businesses collapsed around them.

12 bankers who helped destroyed the American economy. read more »
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Is there any room for economic optimism?

The fact that US economic hardships is getting tons of media attention is not wholly unexpected. However, a recent sobering and fear-inducing article by Forbes columnist Tom Riper might have pushed the limits with respect to responsible reporting. read more »
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Renewable Energy Stocks Sector Close-Up

RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on renewable energy stocks trading as of January 27th, 2009. read more »
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What the Banks are Doing With Our Money…

Mark Twain once said: ‘If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.’
How right he was.
When we, the taxpayers, picked up the starving banks and made them read more »
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How California's New Regulation is a Business Opportunity for Building Owners

Together the government’s recent efforts have revealed the significant opportunities for building owners to attract tenants, reduce costs, and generate cash flows in an otherwise tight real estate market. read more »
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Dispelling More Common College PF Myths

There are certain personal finance assumptions that have been made by college students. Today I am proving that those assumption are nothing but myth[...] read more »
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