December, 2009
5 Strategies to Make Serious CPA Cash
Are You Ready to Join the Masses?
It isn't surprising to learn that the multitudes of people flock to the internet to get a cash advance, but many are looking to find how to make the internet into a gold mine. But you have to have a game plan for trying to garner online revenue. A ...
Loan Modifications Get in Trouble in Under a Year
A Big Push for Little Results
Last year, the federal government pushed lenders very hard to rework deals for thousands of mortgage holders. The drop in home prices almost collapsed the market. The feds wanted to do something for the individual homeowner and developed the loan modification program. Under this program, lenders were supposed to re-work ...
TeacherMate Improves Students’ Reading Scores
TeacherMate excites donors
TeacherMate means schools don't have to rely on old, bulky computers anymore. Image from Flickr.
Despite the rough economy and the overall drop in charitable donations, Innovations for Learning, a nonprofit that supplies schools with the TeacherMate system, is doing quite well. The foundation has only been around for 18 months, but thanks ...
Parents Rely on Personal Loans As Adult Kids Return Home
New trend
Parents are relying on personal loans for expenses as their adult children return home. The recession has brought about many necessary changes in the lives of Americans, and one of the most common trends is for adult children to move back home with their parents. Studies are showing that this is a growing trend ...
Plastic Surgery: Dissecting Barbie Packaging
If you spent most of your Christmas morning tearing and swearing as you tried to get the packages open, you may be wondering if all of this wasteful packaging is really necessary. Consider these facts about the role of packaging in our consumer economy. One third of our waste comes from packaging from the 430 ...