Archive for August 10th, 2012:

Get a Work-Life Balance: You Can at These Top-Rated Companies

Date: Aug 10 2012
Filed under: Facebook, Careers, Jobs As if the overall economy lately hasn't been grim enough, our personal economic lives have grown grimmer in some ways, too: We're working too hard, and our lives often feel out of balance. On average, Americans are ...Read More »

Amazon Gets Into the Textbook Rental Business — Finally

Date: Aug 10 2012
Filed under: Amazon.com, Retail, College Finance, Saving Money Whether you went to college decades ago or your child is going today, you're familiar with the time-honored and wallet-emptying tradition of buying new textbooks for a premium at the beginning of the ...Read More »

Stocks to Watch Friday: ‘Hunger Games’ Stifles Lions Gate’s Roar

Date: Aug 10 2012
Filed under: Earnings, Stocks in the News, Market News The Hunger Games may have been a springtime smash at the box office, but it wasn't enough to get Lions Gate Films (LGF) to roar. The film distributor posted a surprising quarterly loss ...Read More »

Average couple spends $26,989 on wedding; many break budget

Date: Aug 10 2012
Even with a slight drop in "I Do" spending during recent tough economic years, many couples are beguiled beyond their budgets. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/xZLG3jSMhMY/1 Read More »

Companies’ training cuts add to jobless woes

Date: Aug 10 2012
More workers discover they're on their own in gaining skills for today's workplaces http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/AMA6gbHovcI/1 Read More »

More metro areas see higher home prices

Date: Aug 10 2012
Median home prices rose most in the West, but fell slightly in the Northeast last quarter, Realtors report. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/trzW8zPjtCg/1 Read More »

Wall Street Is Tired of Zynga’s Games

Date: Aug 10 2012
Filed under: Company News, Technology Zynga (ZNGA) has a problem keeping gamers around, and now the same thing may be happening with its executives. The social gaming giant revealed on Wednesday night that Chief Operating Officer John Schappert is leaving the company. Even ...Read More »

Why Warren Buffett Just Hit the Eject Button on Consumer Stocks

Date: Aug 10 2012
Filed under: Investing, Berkshire Hathaway On Sept. 16, 2009, Warren Buffett declared the Great Recession officially over. But is it still over? In an interview on CNBC back then, the world's most famous super-investor argued that because the economy had "plateaued at ...Read More »

Why College May Not Be the Best Choice for Your Education Dollar

Date: Aug 10 2012
Filed under: Careers, College Finance, Personal Finance The traditional route to career success follows a pretty straight academic line: hard work in elementary school, followed by hard work in high school, followed by hard work at the best college you can ...Read More »

Debt Enforcement Agency S.A. vergrossert Servicleistung

Date: Aug 10 2012
1888PressRelease - Das weltweit tätige Inkassounternehmen Debt Enforcement Agency S.A. (DEASA) vergrössert seinen Serviceumfang. Somit kann die Debt Enforcement Agency S.A. bei allen Forderungsbeträgen eine Service bieten getreu ihrer Mission: „Wir bringen Ihr Geld zurück". Das weltweit tätige Inkassounternehmen Debt Enforcement ...Read More »