Posted in finance on Jan 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Just received my Chase Credit Card statements today. I have not used their credit cards since my last post a month ago. Those statements were $16 each, all finance charges from a previously 1-day late payment. Well guess what? I just got statements for $1.50 each, all of which are finance [...]
Posted in family stuff, finance, videos on Dec 17th, 2009 2 Comments »
With the current economy and the stress of work, I have not been really feeling the Christmas spirit this holiday season.
Today, this old song played on the radio in the car and it reminded me of what Christmas should be about. It should be about the love of Jesus Christ and remembering [...]
Posted in finance on Dec 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
I’ve been a Chase Bank customer for 25+ years. Today I received my credit card statement and it showed an amount due. I found that odd because I didn’t charge anything since I paid off the statement last month. Looking into it I found that …
late fee $15, posted 11/22.
full payment $49, [...]
Posted in finance on May 26th, 2009 1 Comment »
I cannot believe that I received a letter today via USPS and e-mail (yes, both arrived today) from Advanta Bank Corp. notifying me that they are shutting down ALL Business Credit Card Accounts effective May 30th. That is in 4 days! Are they going bankrupt? I cannot believe a bank gives a cardholder [...]
Posted in finance, news & politics on May 19th, 2009 1 Comment »
In today’s New York Times article Credit Card Industry Aims to Profit From Sterling Payers, it makes you think … why should we continue to use credit cards, if we are charged a fee to use it and get nothing back? … also why should stores accept credit cards, if the cut the credit card [...]
Posted in Internet, blogging, finance, news & politics on Apr 28th, 2009 No Comments »
People needs to be very careful of what they twitter, especially corporate ‘tweets’. According to a Wall Street Journal article, Corporate Blogs and ‘Tweets’ Must Keep SEC in Mind, some regulations may need to be put in place.
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Posted in finance, news & politics on Apr 24th, 2009 No Comments »
According to a New York Times article, the US Treasury pushed Bank of America into closing the merger deal with Merrill Lynch.
What is becoming of America? It seems that this new Presidency and his cabinet is muscling corporations like the mob muscled small businesses for security protection from the mob itself. I just [...]
Posted in family stuff, finance, free stuff on Apr 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Suze Orman is giving away, for FREE, access to her Will & Trust kit (online edition).
According to her website (link):
PLEASE NOTE: This program is an Online Version. You will receive your activation information within your e-mail confirmation. You WILL NOT receive an item in the mail.
To get your own personalized activation code from Suze Orman
Goto:
https://www.suzeormanwillandtrust.com/giftcode/
use [...]
Posted in Internet, computer stuff, finance on Apr 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Came across a PC Magazine article about Why Google Should Buy Twitter.
Just the thought of Google’s search technology and current relevant content (stuff people are Twitter’ng about) could mean a mega-advertising revenue stream for Google. I think if Google buys Twitter, we can possible see Google serving up ads in our Twitter feeds. [...]