January, 2010

Investment Performance December 2009 (+1.95%)

This is an ongoing monthly update on how our equity investments are performing. Please see this background on the investment tool I developed and how I am using it to track our performance against a benchmark to measure our progress or lack thereof. The only equity investments not covered are: 1) my 401k which is ...

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Podcast 41: Credit CARD Act of 2009 Compliance

Today’s guest on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast is Samir Kothari, co-founder and Vice President of Products at BillShrink.Tom Dziubek speaks with Samir about how the terms of the Credit CARD Act of 2009 have been addressed by credit card issuers so far and what credit card customers can expect in the upcoming months.Production Number: S02E15 ...

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Buying a Second Car

If my husband had a car to drive to work and had taken my son to school, I would have saved three hours of my day. Yes, three hours.We are a family of six with one car. This is the result of a decision we made a few months ago when our second car needed ...

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The 10 most common karaoke songs

Seasoned karaoke tourist I have heard a lot of karaoke. I've certainly been a lot of times, though more than a few were bars I stumbled into that happened to have it. Possibly thousands. Karaoke is held in dives, Thai food joints, piano bars, work parties, Chinese restaurants, and hotel lobbies all over the place. I have ...

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Things You Should About Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is referred to as a reorganization or liquidation process. All entities with debt can go to federal bankruptcy court. It’s not hard to qualify for debt elimination. You can pay off some of what you owe instead. An option for many is a liquidation of assets. This means assets not covered by exemption will ...

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