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One-dollar coins remain the red-headed stepchild of the currency family
Posted on December 5, 2013
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, even fifty-cent pieces, to a degree, are a part of American financial culture. So why, then, are the $1 coins so unpopular and unwanted? A recent article, “U.S. Currency: Coin Inventory Needs Better Performance Information” yielded some startling statistics. They are so unused that the Federal Reserve Banks hold about[...]
Posted on December 5, 2013
Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, even fifty-cent pieces, to a degree, are a part of American financial culture. So why, then, are the $1 coins so unpopular and unwanted? A recent article, “U.S. Currency: Coin Inventory Needs Better Performance Information” yielded some startling statistics. They are so unused that the Federal Reserve Banks hold about[...]
Will the dollar bill soon be made out of plastic?
Posted on November 21, 2013
Soon, when you’re asked, “Will that be paper or plastic?” it could be referring to something different than shopping bags. For example, it could be referring to the money you spend on those groceries – and everything else, for that matter. There are many countries in the world that are converting (or are at least [...]
Posted on November 21, 2013
Soon, when you’re asked, “Will that be paper or plastic?” it could be referring to something different than shopping bags. For example, it could be referring to the money you spend on those groceries – and everything else, for that matter. There are many countries in the world that are converting (or are at least [...]
Supreme Court to decide once and for all (hopefully) if severance pay is taxable
Posted on November 15, 2013
These days, terminated employees receiving severance packages happen quite frequently. Sometimes it happens voluntarily, such as during a layoff; other times, it happens after the employee has won a lawsuit against his or her company. It could even be required by state or federal law, or be part of a company’s policy. Severance pay is [...]
Posted on November 15, 2013
These days, terminated employees receiving severance packages happen quite frequently. Sometimes it happens voluntarily, such as during a layoff; other times, it happens after the employee has won a lawsuit against his or her company. It could even be required by state or federal law, or be part of a company’s policy. Severance pay is [...]
Ari Page On Blog Talk Radio
Posted on November 14, 2013
Ari Page, the CEO of Credit Card Builders, appeared recently for a guest spot on Club Wealth Radio, a show on Blog Talk Radio dedicated to real estate agents, investors and brokers. Ari joined host Michael Hellickson to discuss the work Credit Card Builders do in helping people obtain business credit and corporate credit at [...]
Posted on November 14, 2013
Ari Page, the CEO of Credit Card Builders, appeared recently for a guest spot on Club Wealth Radio, a show on Blog Talk Radio dedicated to real estate agents, investors and brokers. Ari joined host Michael Hellickson to discuss the work Credit Card Builders do in helping people obtain business credit and corporate credit at [...]
Paying the dead? In the case of Medicare, yes.
Posted on November 5, 2013
Perhaps you thought it couldn’t get much worse for the folks in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid due to the part they’ve played in the botched roll out of the Obamacare Website. If you thought that, you would be wrong. Now, there’s news that a recent study by the US Inspector General has Medicare [...]
Posted on November 5, 2013
Perhaps you thought it couldn’t get much worse for the folks in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid due to the part they’ve played in the botched roll out of the Obamacare Website. If you thought that, you would be wrong. Now, there’s news that a recent study by the US Inspector General has Medicare [...]
Low salaries of fast food workers cost us all in the long run
Posted on October 30, 2013
There are many people who would love to have a job… any job. But even if you have one, there’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to make it without some help. Fast food workers are the perfect example. A recent study by the University of California Berkeley Labor Center and the University of Illinois [...]
Posted on October 30, 2013
There are many people who would love to have a job… any job. But even if you have one, there’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to make it without some help. Fast food workers are the perfect example. A recent study by the University of California Berkeley Labor Center and the University of Illinois [...]
Why rural banks are sometimes a better source of credit
Posted on October 23, 2013
There was a time, not so long ago, when most banks were local. Until the early 1980s, most people conducted their financial transactions at a bank that was chartered and owned in the county in which they lived. As a result, these financial institutions were of the “small” and “local” variety (source). Enter the deregulation [...]
Posted on October 23, 2013
There was a time, not so long ago, when most banks were local. Until the early 1980s, most people conducted their financial transactions at a bank that was chartered and owned in the county in which they lived. As a result, these financial institutions were of the “small” and “local” variety (source). Enter the deregulation [...]
Unemployment up as a result of government shutdown (but other factors are in play, too)
Posted on October 11, 2013
The government shutdown has already begun to take its toll on our country in a number of ways, including the unemployment rate. First-time unemployment claims made a definitive and rapid jump during the first full week of the shutdown. Specifically, almost 375,000 people filed for their first week of unemployment benefits during that week. That [...]
Posted on October 11, 2013
The government shutdown has already begun to take its toll on our country in a number of ways, including the unemployment rate. First-time unemployment claims made a definitive and rapid jump during the first full week of the shutdown. Specifically, almost 375,000 people filed for their first week of unemployment benefits during that week. That [...]
US Postal Service defaults on $5.6 billion retiree benefit pre-payment
Posted on October 4, 2013
Even if the United States Postal Service is able to push through its proposed three cent price hike, it won’t be enough to make up for the gigantic shortfall that recently came due – and the USPS was unable to pay. Postmaster General Patrick Donahue warned everyone that they would be forced to default on [...]
Posted on October 4, 2013
Even if the United States Postal Service is able to push through its proposed three cent price hike, it won’t be enough to make up for the gigantic shortfall that recently came due – and the USPS was unable to pay. Postmaster General Patrick Donahue warned everyone that they would be forced to default on [...]
Protect your financial and credit card data from hackers
Posted on October 3, 2013
Even if it hasn’t happened to you, chances are you at least know someone who has been the victim of a computer hacker. These days, you can’t do enough to dissuade a potential identity or credit card number thief! Those who are not computer savvy (or just don’t think about it much) are currently doing[...]
Posted on October 3, 2013
Even if it hasn’t happened to you, chances are you at least know someone who has been the victim of a computer hacker. These days, you can’t do enough to dissuade a potential identity or credit card number thief! Those who are not computer savvy (or just don’t think about it much) are currently doing[...]
