Archive for the ‘Finance’

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    Maintain a Reward Checking Account and Get Huge Amounts of Interest on Your Money
    Banks offer about 3 %-5 % interest on your checking account if you maintain it under their terms and conditions as the bank is going to benefit from it. Reward checking accounts are on the rise these days and you find about 600 credit unions and banks asking their clients to opt for them. So what are the requisite criteria for you to open and maintain a reward checking account? Firstly, you’ve got to use the direct deposit mode of transactions. Secondly, you’ve got to make e-statements. Thirdly, you need to use your debit card at least a dozen times. If you don’t do this, interest on your account balance is going to be withheld for that month. Otherwise, these are the benefits that you get. You are going to get about 4 % interest on an average, on the initial $25,000 and 1% interest on  [...]
    at February 11th, 2010 at 01:02 am
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    No More Unexplained Fees by Wireless Service Providers – FCC Questions Google and Others on Early Termination Fees!
    Wireless service providers have been taking customers on a ride by imposing unexplained fees on them! But not anymore!  I’m glad that regulatory bodies have woken up to the unfair practices of service providers and have started questioning their justness. The Federal Communications Commission questions Google and wireless service providers on the early termination fees that they are imposing on clients of wireless services. FCC enquires the leading wireless service providers, namely, AT &T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile about the early termination fees and if they should be charged at all. The FCC says that there is no definite framework for service providers to charge early termination fees on their customers and such moves were questionable by the FCC. This was the reason they  [...]
    at February 8th, 2010 at 01:02 am
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    The Plus and Minus of Social Lending- The New Age Financing System
    With credit card companies lowering credit limits and increasing interest rates more and more people are turning towards social lending service agencies for financial aid. Social lending organizations are websites that help you in getting loans for personal purposes. You might want to refinance your credit card debt or you might want to finance the birth of your first child or by a new house- social lending websites come to your rescue. The interest rates are just about 7% -8 % which turns out to be less than 10%-15% less than those of credit card lending.  The service charges are also much lower than credit card lending. The reason being, social lending is done online and the lending organization does not have to spend huge amounts of money on brick and mortar offices. With so many advantages,  [...]
    at January 18th, 2010 at 01:01 am
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    I Have No Idea What You Are Talking About!
    If that’s your expression when you look at figures and terms scrolling on CNBC or any other business or finance news channel, this article is specifically designed to suit your needs. You would easily understand what the term ’52 week high’ denotes. However, since many years you might be wondering what a P/E ratio is or what do they mean by ‘market cap’, which definitely doesn’t mean a round cap for market to protect against scorching sun. Then what do the terms signify? Open The opening time to trade in American stock markets is 9.30 am EST and closing is 4.00 pm EST. The market is operative from Monday to Friday, closed on bank holidays and weekends. The price of any given stock at 9.30 am EST is known as an opening price or generally termed as ‘Open’. Trading is also done  [...]
    at November 30th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
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    Have You Taken These 7 Steps To Reduce Loss?
    The real estate and the stock market are hitting all time lows since early 2009. Many investors witnessed their funds draining away due the current economic downturn. If you are among them, don’t panic. There is nothing you can do to avoid the market from crashing. But have you taken any steps to prevent further loss? What have you done to recover your losses? Do you have a back up plan? No? Don’t be a background observer. It’s your money, take charge today. Here is a 7 step plan to recover your losses: Analyze your loss: Keep at track of all your losses, initial capital and the remaining capital. It is obviously very painful to observe the figures every time, but so is losing money. It’s better to jot down those figures before you realize it’s too late. Get the actual figures of  [...]
    at November 4th, 2009 at 01:11 am
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    Prepaid Cellphones Seem To Be Hot Favorites Now
    The prepaid billing system seems to be replacing the post paid system very soon in the cellphone industry. Many cell phone subscribers are finding the prepaid option very attractive in comparison to the post paid because you only pay for the services only when you want to use them, you’re only charged call charges. The post paid billing systems on the other hand; require you to pay up monthly subscription charges as well as maintenance charges apart from call charges. Now, that being a more costly option, customers are shifting over to the prepaid system, especially during these weak economic times. The prepaid polarization does not seem to be favored much by the wireless service providers because they relied heavily on postpaid connectivity services for their income. But some of them have  [...]
    at October 20th, 2009 at 02:10 am
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    Financial Institutions – They Are Not Lenders, They Are Suckers!
    Financial institutions are not those good Samaritans who help you out of financial crises out of sympathy and empathy like good friends. Well, I’m not saying that they should donate you money out of charity, but just see the kind of financial complications they put you in! Nowadays, when banks and mortgaging companies lend you money, they do so by charging you fees , many of which , turn out to be irrelevant or highly exorbitant. Apart from that, their terms and conditions also may be difficult to comply with. Here are some points that you could consider while going for that credit loan next time you need money. Charging Interest On 0 Percent Balance You might pay off your credited balance by the due date, but even then you might be charged interest on it. For example, you buy a $ 1,200 computer  [...]
    at October 15th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
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    Now, Learn Personal Finance From Video Games!
    You might be aware that a really hungry stomach desperately searches for food everywhere. This recession has made us all hungry for money and we are searching for ways for managing our personal finances. Financial knowledge is found to be hopelessly low in the youth, children and the common man of this country and the government and private institutions are leaving no stone unturned to teach financial education to people. – zq4h7pgt5f Schools, colleges and the human resources development departments are coming up with money management programs to educate people. Financial literacy programs may be too formal for you. Especially, children might not want to indulge in serious programs. For them, educational interactive financial applications have been developed to make them financially literate.  [...]
    at October 12th, 2009 at 01:10 am
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    Should Soft Drinks Be Taxed To Pay For Health Care Reform?
    Chairman Baucus of the Senate Finance Committee is bent on making health care reform mandatory. Obviously there’ll be people amongst us who’ll not find it easy for paying up the premiums of the health insurance. If you don’t, you’ll have to pay a penalty. A middle class citizen might have to pay a penalty of $3,800 for not taking the health care insurance. Of course the government has thought out different ways to help even the common man to avail the insurance like the establishment of lending cooperatives that will help you in paying up your premiums and also in getting medical care and resources at subsidized rates. But these facilities can always be appended with other ways so that availing that mandatory bill is not that pinching on your bank accounts after all. As I was going  [...]
    at September 22nd, 2009 at 01:09 am
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    Killer Tips To Manage Your Business Finances
    You might have got a lot advice about managing your personal finances during recession but managing your business finances is as important as managing your personal finances because both bear a complementary relation to each other. The recession might have been very discouraging for independent businessmen but you should know certain ways in which you can protect your profession and professional finances so that you have your income flowing in. This is how you do it: Get associated with a good credit union. They are the ones that really know your business requirements and will help your business with finances and services whenever required. There are plenty of online resources that’ll help you in locating reliable credit unions. They might ask you to take an affiliate membership. Just go  [...]
    at September 14th, 2009 at 04:09 am
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