August, 2010
Home purchasing is no longer an investment
There was a long time where home mortgages were known as "the most essential investment a person ever makes". Then the housing crisis arrived and long overstayed its welcome. Home prices went too low. This was following the home prices were already too high. Homes sold are at their lowest level in 15 years. ...
Hipmunk helps with lower air fare
Adam Goldstein started a summer project which might just be the best way for online flight search called Hipmunk. With just a little help from friend and Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman, Goldstein took an old dog and taught it a bevy of new tricks, reports CNN Money. In strokes of brilliant color and user-friendly interface ...
$ 298 million paid by Barclays Bank because of sanctions violations
The United States gets to do whichever it wants in the world. International finance is definitely an area where the nation has some power, which is why charges were brought against England's Barclays Bank so effortlessly. According to the Washington Post, Barclays was accused by prosecutors to have violated for more than a decade, from ...
Are you a Friggatriskaidekaphobia? Being afraid of Friday the 13th
The 13 landing on a Friday only happens each so often. It doesn't really mean anything, but individuals get spooked about it all the very same, and this fear is known as Friggatriskaidekaphobia. Black cats aren't scary since things they do are shed and maybe scratch a kid or two. Regardless, individuals do indulge in ...
Linda McMahon wins Republican nomination to run for Connecticut Senate
Linda McMahon is the winner of the Republican primary and will be their candidate for the open Senate seat. One of the two seats is open. Linda McMahon is indeed the wife of Vince McMahon Jr., and she is the previous CEO of WWE Entertainment. She quit the family business to run for the Senate ...
