J.D. Power and Associates recently released their 2010 U.S.
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I’ll be the first to admit it–as an advocate of thrift I’ve been all too eager to paint credit cards with a broad, tar-black brush. But I can admit when I’m wrong: credit isn’t the enemy.
Shopping for the highest CD rate can earn you hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars in extra interest each year. However, there’s more to picking a certificate of deposit than simply finding the best CD rates . It might be worth kicking the tires a little bit when it comes to your bank’s financial condition
I know it sounds hard to believe, but Congress is helping college students save money — on textbooks that is. This month, more than 18 million students will be attending college and according to the College Board, spending an average of $1,000 on textbooks.
If low savings account rates leave you discouraged, keep in mind what you can still do to make a difference over time. The worst thing you could do is let low rates on savings accounts lull you into a state of inaction
As college students head back to campus, a financial question of the moment for students and parents is whether to set up credit or debit accounts to back up the plastic in your wallets?
Below is the fourth installment in a five-part series, Too Little to Save , in which the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) highlights a family and describes their struggles with foreclosure.
Kentucky Rain keeps pouring down. And up ahead’s another town that I’ll go walking through
Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders won’t upset us -Burger King jingle A Bank of America call center “tantalized” their employees. They offered Burger King Whoppers to workers as a reward for hitting a quota, while peddling Bank of America products. The people were employed in a “customer service” call-in center.
