Articles from September, 2010

How Do Married Couples Divide Their Money? Mint Answers

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 [...]

States see staff shortage for health reform

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.
 

Personal Finance Daily: Tax relief for homeowners with ‘problem drywall’

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.
 

5 Customer Complaint Videos That Should Have Gone Viral

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. . [...]
 

Highest property taxes in the country

from CNN Money Taxes
 
Suspicions confirmed: Homeowners in the Northeast pay the highest property taxes in the nation.
 

Currency bill approved in House of Representatives

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. [...]
 

Mint Slideshow: Hyperinflation

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).
 

Get your retirement back on track

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 [...]

Why can’t we live beyond our means?

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 [...]

WE’RE DEBT FREE!!!

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 [...]