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Friday Franklin August 1st, 2008

I’d like to introduce a new series: Friday Franklin. Every Friday I’ll give you a Benjamin Franklin quote that relates to money or personal finance. As a founding father Franklin brought a lot of wisdom to our nations creation. Reading through some of the things he’s said you can tell that he truly was wise [...]

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Economic Stimulus Check Did It Help And What About A Second?

by Glen Craig

So you got your economic stimulus check. What did you do with it. Do you think it helped? A little while back I wrote about 15 things you could do with your economic stimulus check. When we received our check, via direct deposit, I told you we wouldn’t really be doing anything with the money. [...]

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There May Be Unclaimed Money Or Property Waiting For You

by Glen Craig

Did you know that you might have property or money waiting for you to be claimed? I had heard about it but didn’t really understand what it was. Well, I recently came across the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. They provide a list of state department sites where you can find your state and [...]

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Recession Or Not – The Challenge The Fed And Our Economy Has

by Glen Craig

The basic definition of a recession is two straight quarters of declining economic output. It’s currently believed that that definition has not been met meaning we aren’t officially in a recession. Regardless Ben Bernanke, our Federal Reserve Chairman, recognizes that the country is hurting. As reported by the Wall Street Journal Bernanke recently told the [...]

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Sprint SERO Meet Everything Plus

by Glen Craig

It was just a little while back that I updated you on my Sprint SERO plan. Now it seems the Sprint SERO plan is no more. To recap, the Sprint SERO plan was an employee referral plan that offered great rates and included unlimited data (read internet) and unlimited texts. For $30/month you got 500 [...]

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Dealing With Financial Problems With A Loved One

by Glen Craig

There may come a time when a financial problem comes up between you and a loved one. Maybe it’s a late payment that runs up some fees. It could be an old debt that rears it’s ugly head again. Perhaps someone did a little too much damage with credit card spending? Whatever it is the [...]

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A CD Ladder Plan For Beginning Savers

by Glen Craig

Are you just starting off building up your savings? I’ve mentioned before that a great way to save is by putting money in a high yield savings account such as ING Direct. A way to make a little more interest is to open a Certificate of Deposit, or CD for short. What is a CD? [...]

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Money Life Network Summer Saving Series Articles

by Glen Craig

The Summer Saving Series has come to an end. In all there were 15 articles from the Money Life Network. We also had about 15 articles from other writers who wrote about Summer savings on their sites! Check the Money Life Network site for the contest winner announcement. I hope we were able to provide [...]

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Festive Link Love Carnivality #15

by Glen Craig

School is out for the summer! My daughter is done, my wife has a day or so left, and my son completed his first year of day care. I, on the other hand, still have to wake up and go to work. I look forward to phone conversations that go some thing like this: Wife: [...]

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Sprint SERO Plan Follow Up

by Glen Craig

So I’ve been on the Sprint SERO plan for about two three months now. My wife and I love the service! We’ve gotten great reception wherever we’ve gone which is an upgrade over Verizon which gave bad reception in our home! My wife has also been loving the unlimited text messaging and I’ve been a [...]

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