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A new survey from UBS has shown that the French continue to work the least amount of hours per year in the world. Once again, the French have blown away the competition.
People work an average of 1,902 hours per year in the surveyed cities but they work much longer in Asian and Middle Eastern cities… [...]
Archive for August, 2009
French: The Most Productive People In The World
Posted by lorenzo on August 22nd, 2009
Austan Goolsbee – Credit Card Bill Kicks in August 20, 2009
Posted by lorenzo on August 21st, 2009
Austan Goolsbee of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers talks about the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 – also known as the Credit Card Bill of Rights – which he worked hard on and which kicks in today. Watch the video to get a taste of [...]
Posted in Credit Cards 
Tags: CARD, Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act 
No Comments »Using A CARS Rebate? Know Your Rights First
Posted by lorenzo on August 15th, 2009
Jim decided to take advantage of the Cash For Clunkers program and trade his Crown Victoria in on something a little more fuel-efficient. Unfortunately, the dealership where he bought the car wasn’t quite ready to handle one of the most frightening of all creatures: an informed consumer. They counted on their customers to not fully [...]
Posted in Personal Finance Tags: Budgeting, CARS.gov, Cash for Clunkers, Saving Money, TipLine No Comments »Best Coupons Sites for Online Shopping
Posted by lorenzo on August 9th, 2009
So you’ve got to have the latest and greatest gadget, or item for your significant one’s birthday, or you’re treating yourself.
This is the strategy that we suggest in order to find the best bargain around:
Decide WHAT you want, brand, model # etc. . .
Find the 3 BEST prices around, make sure to include:
Google Shopping
eBay
Amazon.com
Look for [...]
Top 10 Recession-Related Scams
Posted by lorenzo on August 3rd, 2009
Learn to Recognize the Scams and Share Them With Vulnerable Friends and Relatives
The National Consumers League is warning that recession-related scams continue to flourish, as desperate consumers look for ways to make a buck.
The most worrisome schemes are those that promise people an easy way to make some extra money. NCL says the [...]
Top 10 Most (& Least) Prestigious Jobs in America: How Much They Earn and How to Land Them
Posted by lorenzo on August 3rd, 2009
Though most people probably don’t grow up wanting to be a farmer, a minister, and especially a caterpillar — a farmer and a minister are in fact considered by many people to be some of the most prestigious occupation in America. On the other hand, while occupations such as being an actor and entertainer may [...]
Fake ATM Doesn’t Last Long at Hacker Meet
Posted by lorenzo on August 2nd, 2009
Criminals running an ATM card-skimming scam made a big mistake this week: They tried to hit the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas.
As the conference was kicking off a few days ago, attendees noticed that at ATM placed in the Riviera Hotel, which plays host to the annual event, didn’t quite look right, according to [...]
DefCon: ‘Credit Hackers’ Win the Credit Card Game … Legally
Posted by lorenzo on August 2nd, 2009
Hundreds of “credit hackers” are legally gaming financial institutions by taking advantage of loopholes in the U.S. credit-reporting system, a security researcher says — warning that identity thieves could follow suit.
Christopher Soghoian, a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center, took a security expert’s eye to the tricks already in use by a healthy subculture of clever [...]
