It’s back to school time, so you may be thinking about buying your youngster a car as he heads off to college. As a parent you want to buy a car that is safe and reliable, but also one that junior will actually drive. Getting your college bound kid an old Buick clunker [...]
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If you are unemployed, the best spot in the U.S. to find a job right now is Washington, D.C. That’s the finding of a new index published by job search engine Indeed.com. Washington sat atop the list of the Job Market Competition index, with six job listing for every one person seeking work.
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The U.S. economy is no longer in an “urgent” situation and seems to have entered in a slow process of revival, but the government must address the secondary effects of the huge stimulus programs, particularly the strong increase of public debt, according to billionaire Warren Buffett.
“The country will have to face the side effects of [...]
With talk of health care reform in the air, there are steps you can take to reduce your health insurance costs long before the government passes a bill.
Raise your deductible. The size of your deductible can make a huge difference in your monthly health insurance premiums. If you are young and healthy, consider [...]
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In June, Germany’s exports registered an increase of 7% compared with May. This marks the largest monthly advance in the last three years, according to data published Friday by the German federal office of statistics, reported AFP.
Recovery of exports is a good sign for the largest economy in the EU, a country that remains the [...]
If you’ve been unemployed for awhile has it occurred to you that it might be your college’s fault? At least one person thinks so.
Trina Thompson is suing her New York City college because she’s been out of work since receiving her information technology degree in April. The 27-year-old recently filed a $70,000 lawsuit [...]
Saved from bankruptcy by massive aid from the government, U.S. banks are again in a position to provide big financial bonuses to bankers, although they have been accused in many areas of causing the current crisis to start in the first place.
Critics charge that, in order to gain as large a bonus as possible, bankers [...]
President Barack Obama warned on Saturday that it will take months for the U.S. to fully emerge from recession, even if data on gross domestic product showed that the economic decline was modest in the second quarter.
The U.S. economy has contracted in the second quarter with 1%, below estimates, as the decline of business and [...]
If you have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for the housing market to reach rock-bottom, now may be the time to move. After plunging the last three years, home prices have gotten low enough to entice buyers back into the market. That is starting to stabilize prices and some analysts now think [...]
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This might not be for everyone, but if you don’t mind pimping out your car with some brand’s decals you could get up to $299 per year in free gas through a website called GasForFree.
GasForFree matches advertisers with car owners – what the site calls “drivertising.” The company creates a custom vinyl wrap for [...]
While the world’s attention is focused on the fortune of the largest economies, countries in the Baltic have been hit hard by the current downturn. The economy of Lithuania decreased by whopping 22.4%, marking the most pronounced decline since 1990. Governments of the three Baltic states have taken the toughest measures in the EU [...]
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