Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Here's an interesting video online. It deals with various aspects of the credit card industry.Check it: Frontline: Secret History of the Credit Card IndustryHere's an interesting thing the video starts out with: Citibank moved to South Dakota because they have very lenient usury laws and there was a Supreme Court ...
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
eTrade is jumping in the high yield savings game. No minimums, no fees. Account pays 5.05% apr. There's a $25 bonus for opening the account with $1. Jump on it.
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Monday, February 12th, 2007
If you're a college student or anyone else with minimal income, you're probably wondering if you have to file a federal income tax return.Generally the only reason at this point in your life to file a federal income tax return is if you want a refund on taxes that ...
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
Welcome to the February 9th edition of the Festival of Under 30 Finances The question that I asked for this carnival was:" If you could turn back time, what would you have changed financially?"The question was optional and the first couple of posts are of those that chose to answer ...
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
I've been drinking mostly water for the past month or so and here's how it's working out so far:I've gotten use to it. Water tastes even better now. Whenever I'm thirsty, I think of a nice glass of water. not Coca Cola or anything.Health benefits, everyone knows water is good ...
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
There are people that have grave misconceptions about credit scores and how they work. I ran accross this extremely misinformed blog post. I'm including an example of this and the point of this article is to debunk misconceptions, not ridicule the guy.The post discussed is located here (entitled "I have ...
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Thursday, February 1st, 2007
I was on Citi's website checking my purchases and whatnot when I decided to hit the "credit limit increase request" button. Instead of the usual, fill in your information and then we'll do a hard pull on your credit report and think about it, I got a statement reading:"We love ...
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Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Found this one on Fatwallet.Open up a Free Checking Account at Wachovia and get $50 free. I'm already a Wachovia customer so the sign-up process was expedited. The best part is "No monthly service fee, no minimum balance requirement, and no direct deposit requirement" and it's only $100 to open.Note: ...
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