Top 6 Ways to Save Money This Summer It’s easy to think that saving money in the summer is a snap. You don’t have to drive the kids to school, you don’t need the heat in the house, and we tend to eat less when it’s hot. But expenses can creep up when you’re dazzled [...]
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Debt
The question is, what types of debt management is there? I guess you can break down into a few different subtopics, although it differs from country to country. Canada and the UK have the following types: Debt Consolidation Loans – Similar to debt consolidation in that it allows you to put all of your debt [...]
Guest Post: The Monetary Worth of Draco and Viktor
This is a guest post from Monique Jones from Moniqueblog.net. Thank you very much for the post Monique. All of my posts concerning Draco and Viktor are titled “The Worth Of”, but I’ve never actually talked about their monetary worth, mostly because that’s not the type of worth I was ever concerned with when writing [...]
If You are In Credit On Your Credit Card Do You Earn Interest?
You might wonder with all the money that credit card companies make on your unpaid balances whether your agreement with the credit card company works both ways. That is, if you have credit on your credit card, could you earn interest? Sounds promising but sorry, you do not earn interest from your credit card company [...]
Fraser Institute not a fan of stimulus plan
The government here in Canada is still working on that $62-billion stimulus plan but I have to say, it’s done very little to fire up the economic recovery. It’s more likely that permanent tax reductions would have been more effective. It sounds a bit like what the Fraser Institute is rambling on about too but [...]
Greek debt crisis causing problems all over the place
The TSX went slightly higher in early trading period on Thursday as most of the commodity prices fell. All of this amid a new round of worry about the Greek debt crisis. The debt problems in Greece have only been getting worse by the day. Numbers from TSX composite index showed the increase at 10.4 [...]
Consumer Rights Threatened, Man Takes Action
And no we’re no talking about “The Man.” No, rather this is an interesting news article I read about in Australia. Just a quick recap: Seems a fellow had purchased a car from a local car lot, drove it a block and the damn thing exploded! Now if this wasn’t crazy enough, now the owner [...]
Apparently Safety law in limbo over a simple loophole!
Parliament is now home for the holidays but some senators are still working away to change a recent bill to overhaul consumer safety legislation here in this country. They say the legislation is unconstitutional and I don’t think I can disagree with that. The Tories have been trying to get this reworked for some time [...]