Let me say this right off the bat; credit cards are trouble. The average American has credit card debt of $8,000 (some contend it’s closer to $2,000) while the same average Americans have a negative savings rate. This means a whole lot of people are out there buying stuff they simply can’t afford.
Credit cards are the worst possible financing option available. Credit cards are high-interest loans. Can you image financing a car at 18% interest? But people finance much less significant purchases at these kinds of rates every day. It …
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If you’re unemployed or looking to make a career change, this is the time to consider piracy. There are low barriers to entry and the commissions are sky-high. No experience or education required. This is just what you are waiting for.
I realize piracy didn’t work out for the few unfortunate idiots that hijacked an American ship. I don’t recommend doing that. But you see, thousands of ships pass through the gulf of …
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. | An unemployed woman has taken her job search to the side of a highway.
Pasha Stocking has rented a billboard along Interstate 95 in Bridgeport. The sign includes her photo and the message “Hire Me!”
Stocking, 37, was laid off last June and said she has tried everything to land a new job in marketing and design. She said she got the idea to rent a billboard from a Milwaukee man who did the same thing.
Stocking said she’s paying for the ad with money she had been saving to …
China and Russia are calling for a new global currency to replace the dominant US dollar in the world marketplace, in light of the recent world recession. Both the United States and the European Union brushed off the idea. After all, what could be better than the mighty US dollar? Well, how about this; the Zimbabwean 100 billion dollar note.
That’s right, $100,000,000,000 bill. This baby works like a charm. National debt? No problem. The US can whip up 40 of these little notes to pay off China. And who wouldn’t …
Marie Douglas-David apparently can’t. The 36-year-old Swedish countess is divorcing George David, her 67-year-old former CEO husband, and simply can’t live on the $43 millions she’ll get in the settlement. She wants the post-nuptial invalidated.
It’s obvious that George is being completely unreasonable about this. How can he expect his ex-wife to make ends meet on a mere $43,000,000? After all, she has housing expenses to consider; a Park Avenue apartment and three residences in Sweden. Other weekly burdens include $700 for limousine service, $4,500 for clothes, $1,000 for hair and …
Waterfront property in San Francisco Bay area is a luxury few can afford. That’s why some California law-makers are pushing to sell San Quentin State Prison to private developers.
