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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 Posted in personal finance | 3 Comments »
Make Your Nut is currently hosting a contest on Personal Finance Haikus. The winner gets $20 and some link love. Anyway here are my entries:Refinance your homeUse it to ... Read more..Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 Posted in Economy, Gambling | No Comments »
For all you Ken Follett and Frederick Forsyth fans who love thrillers about global intrigue, NPR reported a very interesting story today. In 2005, the U.S. government suspected a Macau bank ... Read more..Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 Posted in personal finance | 6 Comments »
According to this report on Bloomberg.com, Gemesis is planning on selling 1 million carats worth of man-made diamonds next year. The major Diamond mining companies like De Beers, Anglo American ... Read more..Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 Posted in personal finance | 4 Comments »
According to a study by HSBC, 49% of respondents with at least $250,000 in income aren't saving more because they simply "want some spending money." In 28% of the cases for ... Read more..Friday, June 8th, 2007 Posted in personal finance | 4 Comments »
MoneyNing has calculated that paying $200/month on gasoline over a 45 year period totals over a million dollars.Thats pretty depressing. But by the same train of thought, the $400 car ... Read more..Friday, June 8th, 2007 Posted in Rants | 2 Comments »
I hate taxes. And I hate filing them For one I feel the government doesn't know how to properly utilize the money it gets. Unlike Australia, where the budget is in ... Read more..