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What is Debt Consolidation?

31 August 2006

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Debt consolidation what is it? It is a process by which credit counseling copanies can negotiate with your creditors to obtain the lowest monthly obligation they can needed to satisfy all of your current credit card accounts.

So what you would do is pay a one low monthly to the debt consolidation company, in turn they then portion out that payment to your creditors for you. This monthly payment will in most cases be lower than the sum of your individual account obligations that you have now.

Our credit counseling web site is designed to help you in take charge of your credit card debt.

Escape From Timeshare Hell

30 August 2006

Selling your timeshare doesn’t have to be a nightmare. Here’s how to make the best of it.

She’s a saver. He’s a spender
No doubt haggling over a car is stressful. But for Michael and Brittany Abbate, the most heated negotiations over their new wheels last year weren’t with the dealer - they were with each other.

After the Pause
The Fed has never resumed rate hikes after pausing. Prepare your portfolio accordingly.

Agency helps school district collect part of delinquent debt: An article from: Central Penn Business Journal

29 August 2006

This digital document is an article from Central Penn Business Journal, most recently published by ProQuest Information and Learning on April 7, 2006. The length of the article is 859 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Agency helps school district collect part of delinquent debt
Author: David Dagan
Publication: Central Penn Business Journal (News)
Date: April 7, 2006
Publisher: ProQuest Information and Learning
Volume: 22 Issue: 15 Page: 37

Earnings Jitters

28 August 2006

Companies are getting crushed when they miss numbers. That’s making me nervous.

Time to stop playing it safe
When Kim and Gil Kerkbashian think about investing for the future, they can’t stop worrying about the past.

After the flood
Jennifer and Darryl Hazelwood walk slowly across the weed-infested lawn of what was once their dream house. She has not stepped inside since it was swallowed by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina nearly a year ago.

The Perils of Public Windfalls
Receive a lump sum and expect to be harassed by folks wanting some of your prize.

The right return

26 August 2006

QUESTION: I always hear financial advisers say, “If you assume an 8 percent to 10 percent annual return in your 401(k)…” before they go on to tell you how much you’ll have when you retire. All the 401(k)s I’ve ever participated in have hovered around the 1 percent to 2 percent range if not negative territory. As far as I can tell, the numbers are fantasy. Am I missing something? - Jordan P., Cincinnati, Ohio

Unfriendly Skies
I don’t share the recent enthusiasm over the prospects for the airline sector.

The End of Easy Money

26 August 2006

It’s been easy to be a fixed-income investor. That, though, could soon change.

What to do about freeloading co-workers
QUESTION: Ten of us go out to dinner after work once or twice a week, always splitting the tab equally.

Time to stop playing it safe
When Kim and Gil Kerkbashian think about investing for the future, they can’t stop worrying about the past.

After the Pause
The Fed has never resumed rate hikes after pausing. Prepare your portfolio accordingly.

Your car, the black box and Big Brother

25 August 2006

Everyone’s familiar with the idea of “black boxes” in commercial airliners. They keep a record of everything the aircraft does so that, in the event of an accident, investigators can reconstruct what happened in the minutes leading up to the crash.

Taming Inflation
The Federal Reserve has put the brakes on inflation without harming the economy.

Rethinking Timeshares
Timeshares aren’t always a bad deal. Here’s how to get one at a good price.

Undue Worry
The sharp drop in stocks because of the Mideast violence seems overdone.

5 Myths About Debt Consolidation

24 August 2006

There are many myths floating around about debt consolidation and related matters. These myths are spread all the over the USA. This article is supposed to explode a few myths, which can help the reader to understand better what they need to seek when shopping for debt consolidation.

Myth no 1 ? debt management and credit counseling are one and the same: this can never be further from truth. One is advice to handle debt and the other is a tool used to effectively use your payments for fastest repayment possible. Hence, these terms though they sound so similar are not interchangeable. While debt management is action, credit counseling is generally speaking, theory.

Earnings Jitters

23 August 2006

Companies are getting crushed when they miss numbers. That’s making me nervous.

A New Yahoo Strategy
Round two of my eBay/Yahoo experiment ended badly. Time for a new approach.

Art of the Deal
There are less risky ways to capitalize on the recent energy and commodities mergers.

Dodging Your Lease
New web sites allow you do what was once impossible: get out of your auto lease.

Pension reform: Boon for 401(k)s

22 August 2006

One of the most sweeping reforms of the retirement plan universe was signed into law by President Bush on Thursday afternoon, promising to bolster pension plan funding and increase workers’ retirement savings.

The high life: Vacationing in a tree house
People always talk about returning to their roots, but some take that to the extreme, emulating their simian ancestors by living, however temporarily, in the trees.