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10 States that Gouge the Unemployed (and the Existing Solution)
Right now more than 5 million Americans receive unemployment benefits. And right now, in many states a big chunk of those unemployment benefits are going straight to the bottom line profits of the nation's...
7 Ways to Avoid Identity Theft Before Facebook Gets Hacked
We're coming up on three years since Mark Zuckerberg famously announced, "The age of privacy is over." Some of us, however, still value our privacy. The nonstop Facebook information grabs of late, coupled with...
The 10 Dumbest Risks You Can Take With a Smartphone
If you think of your smartphone as just a phone, rather than a very powerful mini-computer that happens to make phone calls, you may be cruising for a world of pain.
That's because the amount...
Should Obama Pull a ‘W’ on the Obstructionist Assault?
I hate to say it, because I wasn't a fan, but this never would have happened under George W. Bush. There was a president who got what he wanted. "You don't like this war?...
Who’s Behind the Latest Bank Giveaway?
Last week offered a very good snapshot of the state of things in the wake of mortgage crisis. On the one hand, there was news of a woefully inadequate $8.5 billion settlement as "remedy"...
Can Lessons From Lance Pump Up Your Finances?
Now that the interview has aired and Lance Armstrong is the poster boy for the dangers of running (or bicycling) from the truth, you knew it was only a matter of time before I...
Forget Your Money Resolutions! You Need a Plan in 2013
We live in uncertain times. Uncertainty spooks financial markets and keeps a lid on lending. It gives millions of businesses a legitimate argument to sit on the sidelines hoarding trillions of dollars that could...
9 Ways Disconnecting Doesn’t Make You Any Safer
A funny thing happened on my way from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. this week, I found myself on a flight without Wi-Fi. The prospect of being unplugged for more than four hours on...
Welcome to the Fiscal Blip. Demand More in 2013
In what Democrat pundits are trying to spin as white-flag politics today, it would appear a deal is imminent and each side will spin the merits, or lack thereof, for the purposes of the...
It’s Not You, It’s Your Credit Score: 7 Ways to Improve It in 2013
The dating world has been turned upside down (yet again). There is no new feature on Match.com, eHarmony, or Christian Mingle. Believe it or not, the culprit this time around is that universal theoretical...