Archive for July, 2012:

Budgeting, Guy Style: App Zaps Personal Finance’s Gender Gap

Date: Jul 05 2012
Filed under: Technology, Personal FinanceAdam Levey, a 23-year-old graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, is set to begin his stint as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. New to life outside his parents' financial purview, he's ...Read More »

Need a Loan? Ask a Stranger: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Lending

Date: Jul 05 2012
Filed under: Credit, Banking, Personal FinanceInterest rates are at their lowest levels since 1971, but even people with excellent credit scores are finding it hard to obtain loans from banks more comfortable with lending to companies than to individuals. For ...Read More »

Are Some College Trustees Abusing Their Trust for Profit?

Date: Jul 05 2012
Filed under: College FinanceThose of us buried under rising tuition and huge piles of student debt may wonder: What in the world made college so expensive? And how is it that donor- and taxpayer-funded endowments aren't bearing more of the ...Read More »

Schumer, Former Governor Paterson Join In Decrying Human Rights Violation Of U.S. Citizen Jacob Ostreicher, Detained For More Than A Year

Date: Jul 05 2012
1888PressRelease - Politicians Join Hikind In Decrying Human Rights Violations Of Jacob Ostreicher. A Press Confrence organized by Dov Hikind was held in NYC today near the Bolivian mission to the UN to voice frustration and outrage of an innocent man ...Read More »

Schumer, Former Governor Paterson Join In Decrying Human Rights Violation Of U.s. Citizen Jacob Ostreicher, Detained For More Than A Year

Date: Jul 04 2012
1888PressRelease - Politicians Join Hikind In Decrying Human Rights Violations Of Jacob Ostreicher. A Press Confrence organized by Dov Hikind was held in NYC today near the Bolivian mission to the UN to voice frustration and outrage of an innocent man ...Read More »

Entrepreneurial Tightrope: Avoid that urge to micromanage

Date: Jul 03 2012
Q: How do you get employees to be self managers? http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/-FTJ9cRQ5qQ/1 Read More »

Will GM tiptoe back into Facebook ads?

Date: Jul 03 2012
Less than two months after General Motors questioned advertising on Facebook, top executives met up to talk business at Cannes. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/pLaVg9g_CJU/1 Read More »

Review: Google’s Nexus 7 is the budget tablet to beat

Date: Jul 03 2012
USA TODAY's Edward C. Baig takes it for a spin and finds the 12-ounce Nexus 7 is thin and light, fast and fluid. Switching apps is a breeze. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/rKsE_62L3hg/1 Read More »

Lower College Loan Interest Rates Won’t Fix the Student Debt Crisis

Date: Jul 03 2012
Filed under: College FinanceOutstanding student loans having topped the $1 trillion mark, but it's down at the individual level where that debt burden has built up that former students are finding it difficult to bear. With jobs still hard ...Read More »

Happy Birthday, America: Gifts for the Country That Has Everything

Date: Jul 03 2012
Filed under: Features, Money and PoliticsOn Wednesday night, amid the sounds of fireworks and the smoky scent of barbecues, the United States of America will celebrate its 236th birthday. While this isn't an particularly "important" anniversary, it's still a pretty ...Read More »