Grammar and Your Finances
Written by admin on January 28, 2010 – 10:56 pmI had an interesting exchange with my two sons yesterday (separately). I am trying to motivate my elder son to speak more articulately and with a greater awareness of proper grammar. He retorted that I do not know how to communicate and that as long as information is conveyed effectively, it does not matter how it is conveyed. I tried to explain that words are very much the doors to perception and that the words we use (or even think) very much influence not only how we are perceived, but how we actually perceive. He scoffed.
Fast forward a couple of hours. My younger son and I were talking in the car and he made a statement. I politely corrected his grammar.
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Using a Bad Credit Auto Loan to Raise Your Credit Score
Written by admin on January 27, 2010 – 3:28 pmA bad credit car loan can enable consumers with bad credit to drive a reliable vehicle while reestablishing their car credit and improving their credit scores.
It’s what we do
At Auto Credit Express we’ve spent close to 20 years working with consumers who have bad credit and helping many of these same individuals improve their FICO scores and reestablish their automobile credit by financing a vehicle with a bad credit car loan. During this time, we’ve worked in retail dealerships as car finance managers, trained car dealers in special finance and developed web sites that match up applicants with car dealers in the U.S. and C
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Britney Spears Uses Her Bodyguard’s Credit Card
Written by admin on January 27, 2010 – 3:58 am
Why would a millionaire pop star have to use her bodyguard’s credit card? Because she’s reached the limit on her own. Britney Spears proved that she couldn’t handle her own finances, so her money is controlled by a conservatorship. According to TMZ, Britney has a weekly spending limit on her credit card of $1500. When she maxed out her spending limit, she just used her bodyguard’s credit card.
It’s certainly not okay that the sales clerk allowed the celebrity to use a credit card that didn’t include her name just because she’s Britney Spears. The real owne
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Government Grants for College
Written by admin on January 25, 2010 – 8:00 pmA grant is a type of funding for students given by the federal government to future students. These grants will allow a student to study without paying the money back. Do not think that this is something given to a few people in the whole world. There are many grants available and you too can get one.
Grants are given taking the financial need into consideration. This means that a federal aid program will evaluate your situation. Some criteria will be taken into consideration. What you will need to do is fill out an application that is called FAFSA. The difference between the grant and the loan is that the latter must be returned approximately 9 months after the graduation. Full Article…
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Four Steps To A Debt Free Life
Written by admin on January 24, 2010 – 7:47 amAustralians pay billions of dollars in interest on their debt every day. Instead of letting the banks profit from our debt, all of us should be looking to make our debt burden as cheap as possible. Here are four steps to do that.
1. Set A Goal
Obviously we would all love to be out of debt and in the clear, sooner, rather than later. The first step towards a debt free life is the stated goal of destroying your debt.
There are a number of really simple things that can be done to achieve that goal such as budgeting your expenses and keeping a diary of your spending habits.
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