February 2009

>The Lowest Prices and Greatest Deals Online

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>Saving to Invest has partnered with a number of America’s Premier Online Discount Shopping portals and sites for great deals across all product categories. The Product Pods below provide the best savings and deals currently available at a number of major outlets. Make sure you check back for the lowest prices on all the things [...]

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Junk Mail Revenge

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I get so much junk mail nowadays – Credit Card Offers, Foreclosure Assistance Scams, Magazine offers, etc – that it is sometimes hard to find the real mail amongst all the junk. I read somewhere that by reducing your junk mail for 5 years, you’ll conserve 1.7 trees and 700 gallons of water, and you’ll [...]

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$8,000 First Time and $6,500 Existing Home Buyer Tax Credit Expiry. 2011 Extensions Available For Certain Groups

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[Updated September 2011] While President Obama has not proposed a new 2012 homebuyer tax credit in his latest economic stimulus (The American Jobs Act), he has included a great new provision for existing homeowners. Basically home owners who meet certain criteria (still to be defined) can refinance to the ultra-low rates available in today’s market. [...]

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Obama’s $500,000 Pay Cap for Overpaid Executives – Good Policy or Symbolism

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President Barack Obama, along with newly appointed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, called recent bonus payouts at firms receiving tax payer funded bailouts “shameful” and announced the government will require financial companies getting aid in the future to cap compensation of top officials at $500,000 a year. The compensation restrictions announced today are part of a [...]

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Credit Card Reform via the 2009 Cardholders' Bill of Rights

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[Updated May 15th] Looks like credit card reform is gaining steam as the Senate is expected to vote (and approve) the controversial bill this week. The Credit Card Reform Bill, approved by the House on April 30th, is expected to pass in Congress with more than 20 amendments to the original house version of the [...]

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2012 Gold Price Outlook and Forecast

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[Updated] Gold prices reached record levels following S&P’s sovereign credit downgrades and ongoing fears of Euro market/region instability. Coupled with volatility in global equity markets many investors and sovereign nations have rushed to invest in the yellow metal for protection and price speculation. Gold prices have surged 20 percent in 2011, building on 10 years of [...]

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