Archive for January, 2009
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Circuit City is preparing to close its 567 remaining stores as efforts to find a buyer have failed. Liquidation of the remaining inventory will be part of this closure.
Like most other things in business, a problem for one person is an opportunity for another. All-sales-final, everything-must-go sales can bring monster ...
Posted in Business, Deals and Steals, Making Money | 10 Comments »
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Five Cent Nickel posted on how to calculate the payback period for a potential mortgage refinance. It's indeed important to figure this out before paying for a refinance that might never save any money. (There are plenty of ways to blow money that are more fun than going through a ...
Posted in Banking, Debt Reduction | 8 Comments »
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
A week ago I was able to get twenty-three $2 bills at our credit union. They had been in my wallet but I asked my wife if she wanted one. Once she found out that I had 23 of them, she wanted them for tips. Then she noticed that I ...
Posted in Roundups | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
I stopped by Borders while I was in town tonight and read part of Larry Winget's People Are Idiots And I Can Prove It! It took me a little hunting to find it, though. I started by heading over to the personal finance section -- his last book was You're ...
Posted in Book Reviews, Business, Debt Reduction, Personal Finance | 6 Comments »
