Articles from September, 2010
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
Money is the number one reason why couples fight, and it’s one of the top three reasons leading up to divorce. Is it any surprise, then, that many people take their money-and-my-relationship questions to online communities like Mint Answers – where they may not get the answers they want [...]
September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Banking and Investing | No Comments
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
There may not be enough state staffers to implement health-care reform on time, and contractors may be need to be hired for some “key” responsibilities, according to a report released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Health Care | No Comments
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
The IRS says homeowners can write off the cost of repairs to fix problem drywall. Read about that and more in Thursday’s Personal Finance Daily.
September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Real Estate, Taxes | No Comments
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
A day’s worth of videos are uploaded to YouTube every minute. Not all of it goes viral, but some of it should. Take this batch of customer-service videos. They’re edgy, often clever and they reveal a lot about the state of service in this country today. . [...]
September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Taxes | No Comments
from CNN Money Taxes
Suspicions confirmed: Homeowners in the Northeast pay the highest property taxes in the nation.
September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Real Estate, Taxes | No Comments
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The House of Representatives ramped up pressure on China Wednesday to boost the value of its currency, with U.S. lawmakers approving legislation that could lead to duties on Chinese exports considered unfairly cheap because of undervalued currency. [...]
September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Banking and Investing | No Comments
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
In this slideshow, we’ve compiled thirteen hyperinflation currencies that feature anywhere from six to 14 zeroes (that is, from a couple hudred thousand to a trillion).
September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Banking and Investing | No Comments
from CNN Money Personal Finance
The road to retirement is positively littered with obstacles. Investment portfolios have been rear-ended; home equity, once a reliable supplement to savings, is deflated; job losses and pay cuts further impede progress. And all this on top of more quotidian bumps in the road: mortgage payments, college tuition, and the cost [...]
September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Health Care | No Comments
from Dave Ramsey News
My husband and I have been married for 14 years and I have been a stay home mom for 11 years. My husband was in sales and is a navy reservist. We both have worked hard to care for our family but we have never been on a budget. My husband has [...]
September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Real Estate, Spending Habits | No Comments
from Dave Ramsey News
My name is Eric and my wife’s is Nikki. We have been married now for 18 years and for almost all of that time we have been under the yoke of “stupid tax” and debtors. I found Dave on an AM radio station in 2005 while driving from El Paso to San [...]
September 29th, 2010 | Posted in Banking and Investing, Taxes | No Comments