Are you drooling over the new iPhone 3G S, anxious to get your hands on Apple’s latest creation this Friday? If you plunk your money down for the shiny new toy, maybe you need to take another look at your finances.
At least that’s what suggested by the blogger who runs Free From Broke, which he [...]
The sweeping financial reforms President Obama announced today would bring about one important victory for consumers — a new financial product safety commission.
As described in a Treasury Department white paper, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) would have jurisdiction over credit cards, mortgages and other payment products, which were previously regulated by various banking agencies. [...]
Nostalgia for the 1950s started kicking in even before the next decade had drawn to a close: Sha Na Na, you may recall, was one of the headline acts at Woodstock. But most of those who pine for those particular good old days–besides retro designers and fans of Grease–have tended to come from the conservative end [...]
Even as President Barack Obama unveils his financial regulatory reform proposals, critics are hammering the weaknesses in his plan — everything from lack of consolidation of ineffective federal agencies to setting up a dubious council of regulators to the continuing too-big-to-fail bank problem.
Still, there is some praise for one of Obama’s proposed reforms — the creation of [...]
If the economic meltdown has forced you into a budget-friendly staycation this summer, you can treat yourself to some cheap and potentially cathartic entertainment. For a mere $5.95, just buy a deck of Financial Crisis Most Wanted Playing Cards.
Not to be outdone by the Iraqi most-wanted deck of cards from a few years ago, budding entrepreneur Jason [...]
