July, 2009
House approves $2B more for ‘cash for clunkers’
The White House says it's reviewing options about keeping the "cash for clunkers" program going. Auto dealers already may have surpassed the 250,000 vehicle sales funded by the $1 billion program. The White House says any valid deals already made will be honored.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Links I Liked
A few favorites from recent trawls around the blogosphere:Mighty Bargain Hunter's very funny list of the Top 10 Failed Personal Finance BooksBargaineering on Making Your Own Windshield Wiper FluidI Will Teach You to be Rich: What do you NOT care about spending money on?Boston Gal is living without air conditioningThanks to an anonymous commenter, California's ...
Bailed-Out Banks Gave More Than $30B In Bonuses
Citigroup Inc., which received $45 billion in government bailout money, gave employees $5.33 billion in bonuses for 2008, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said. The bank gave 738 of its employees bonuses of at least $1 million each. Bank of America Corp., which also received $45 billion, paid $3.3 billion in bonuses.» E-Mail This ...
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Get free lasagna on National Lasagna Day
Finally, it’s National Lasagna Day! Of course, I had no idea this day even existed until I started reading about places handing out free lasagna. Like most totally arbitrary-sound holidays, this holiday does appear to be totally arbitrary.
I don’t know how long National Lasagna Day has been around, I ...
Helping Out in a Health Crisis
Sometimes I look at the past year and wonder if all the good luck I've had in life is turning out to be a loan that's been called in by the bank. Nothing bad has happened to me personally other than losing some money in the stock market, but I feel like misfortune has been ...
