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New Graduates Facing Unemployment May Never Reach Income Potential

by Flexo

The unemployment rate for young workers between the ages of 16 and 23 is 18 percent, and that is an increase of five points from a year ago. That age group includes high school drop-outs as well as college graduates, and for these people the future looks bleak. Adults are taking the minimum-wage jobs teenagers might ... Continue reading this article…

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ING Direct Offers “Added Value” Certificate of Deposit

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In an effort to attract more new deposits, ING Direct is offering a new savings product with a high interest rate, the “Added Value” certificate of deposit (CD). If you are willing to deposit new money to ING Direct and let the bank hold that money for one year without any withdrawals, ING Direct will ... Continue reading this article…

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Press Release: Consumerism Commentary Podcast Kicks Off Second Season

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Popular personal finance show returns with host Tom Dziubek and guest Adam Baker KENDALL PARK, NJ — October 19, 2009 — Tom Dziubek, veteran podcast producer from the Wall Street Journal, returns to Consumerism Commentary this week for the production of the second season of the Consumerism Commentary Podcast. The second season of the popular ... Continue reading this article…

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Podcast 26: Mark Frauenfelder, Creator of Boing Boing

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Tom Dziubek and Flexo speak with Mark Frauenfelder, the creator of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of the MAKE magazine. Frauenfelder also writes for Credit.com, and within this interview he shares details about some of this website’s new services including the Credit Report Card (reviewed here). Frauenfelder is a proponent of the do-it-yourself (DIY) lifestyle, ... Continue reading this article…

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Google Editions: E-Books From Anywhere

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In addition to Sony’s and Amazon’s electronic bookstores (about 100,000 and 330,000 titles available, respectively), booksellers now have another huge option for getting their books into our hands: Google Editions, which will launch next year with between 400,000 and 600,000 titles. Not necessarily a store or a device Google Editions is built on top of ... Continue reading this article…

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Quicken 2010 Review and Giveaway

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Are you looking for the latest version of Quicken? Here is my review of the newest version, Quicken 2012. Downloads of Quicken 2012 are available today. Note: This is a long article containing an in-depth review of the new version of Quicken. If you are just interested in the giveaway of Quicken 2010 Deluxe, scroll ... Continue reading this article…

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How to Create Your Own Extended Warranty

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In my article the other day about the deal I got on a new computer despite my immediate need, I neglected to mention something important: I refused the extended warranty that the salesperson offered numerous times. Any extended warranty is almost always a bad deal. When I was a teenager, I had a short-lived job ... Continue reading this article…

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Bank of America Adding Annual Fees to Credit Cards

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With the current and upcoming changes in the credit card industry due to the Credit CARD Act and other regulations put in place by the Federal Reserve, banks and credit issuers are maneuvering as much as possible to be in a good position to continue making money off their customers. Public corporations have responsibility to ... Continue reading this article…

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