September, 2009

Project Runway Season 6 Episode 6

Tinseltown inspires challenge The channel is different, the host is the same. Image from Flikr. Everyone knows in Southern California, the money is in Hollywood. “Project Runway” must be trying to maintain steam and profits after the initial excitement when it returned to the air after an extended hiatus. On “Project Runway” season 6 episode 6, the ...

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Wells Fargo Joins Bank of America and Chase With New Overdraft Policies

Yesterday, Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank announced they were changing their policies to allow customers to opt out of overdraft protection. Wells Fargo decided to follow in their footsteps late yesterday, announcing a number of changes at this bank. The following changes also apply to Wachovia, the bank that was acquired by ...

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Sound Saving and Investing: Taking the Road to Riches Step-by-Step

This is a guest post from Richard Barrington, a freelance writer and novelist who spent over 20 years as an investment industry executive. Barrington is a regular contributor at MoneyRates. Previously at GRS, he shared how to find the right CD or money-market account. The problem with saving money is that it’s like hiking toward the ...

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Essential Personal Finance E-Books

A few days ago, I released The Get Rich Slowly Guide to Roth IRAs as a free e-book. Readers who are interested in opening a retirement account can download this short book — which draws from a series of articles I wrote two years ago — and use it as a reference as they work ...

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Payday Lending Catching On at Credit Unions

Give the people what they want Why not get it right the first time when you try payday lending, credit unions? (Photo: wikipedia.org) Payday lending has been consistently bashed by banks and credit unions that have been eager to capitalize on a legitimate market where there is real demand. The overriding desire has been to get people ...

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