If you’ve purchased gasoline lately, you’ve seen that the price of it just keeps rising. In the matter of a couple of weeks, gas prices jumped around 40 to 50 cents per gallon. They will continue to rise, most likely, and many people are blaming the unrest in Libya for the rise in prices. Of [...]
While the housing market in Washington, DC appreciated 6.5% last year, it wasn’t all roses in the US: nearby Virginia Beach, VA saw a depreciation of 12.5% in the same year! Think your property investment is safe? Will bankruptcy stop a foreclosure? Better check out the top ten appreciators and ten worst depreciators on the [...]
While everyone from the newscasters to the general public has been focused on the problems taking place in Japan, there are still growing difficulties and tensions in countries like Libya. That’s part of the reason that gasoline prices went up so high, and it’s not likely that they will come down very quickly or very [...]
While we can’t avoid blackholes from wreaking havoc in the Universe, we can avoid devastating financial blackholes due to hidden fees, over-the-limit fees, and late payment fees that accumulate with credit card spending. Sometimes it seems that all of our hard-earned money goes toward paying down these fees and causes our money to disappear right [...]
If you’re a T-Mobile USA customer, or you’ve invested in the company in any way, it may interest you to know that they have just been bought out by AT&T. Thirty-nine billion dollars was the pricetag, and that means one less carrier option for US residents who want mobile phone service. Of course, things aren’t [...]
Now that it has been over a week since the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the real fear is what will happen with the nuclear reactors there. They are still critical, and there is still no way to completely cool them back down. Seawater is being sprayed on them, but it’s only keeping them from [...]
There’s a run on potassium iodide pills in the US, because of fears that Japan’s nuclear reactors could melt down and send radiation to the United States. While it’s possible that a small amount of very diluted radiation will reach the US West Coast, it’s also very unlikely that anyone would notice. Because the radiation [...]
With the volatility in the stock market, it’s very hard for investors to know what to do. They want to make money, but the market isn’t like it used to be. There’s still money to be made, of course. People just have to be more flexible and they have to be more patient. Right now, [...]
The stock market has been up and down a lot recently, but that’s true again now that Japan has suffered a serious natural disaster. With the earthquake and tsunami, and the lingering radiation fears, Japan is reeling – and that has affected the US stock market, as well. After two solid losses, the market rebounded [...]
Cotton is a great fiber to make a lot of different kinds of clothing with, but it’s also going up in price. Many people think it’s because of the rising cost of gasoline and diesel that’s used to fuel trucks that ship products, but that’s not the only problem. Another major issue is the weather. [...]
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