Money Whatnot

"Always try to rub against money, for if you rub against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you." (from Damon Runyon's "Very Honorable Guy"). Greenbacks, dough, moolah, rhino, jack, buck, bread, c-note, dead presidents are just a few names for our American dollar. No matter what you call it, money is necessary and money is wanted. But the question is, “how do I get it”. Lets see, you could have inherited it, i.e. Kennedy, Romney, Bush, and other billionaires in the United States. Or...Read Full Story

I have been in a debate with myself whether to post about my earnings with Big Crumbs here or not. I think I’m going to start a post monthly regarding this, I have seen other people do something similar with their Squidoo results for the month so I’m going to go for it. I would like to point out that my results may not be typical, but I do want to make sure that anyone interested in Big Crumbs knows that results like these are possible. You’ll see that I’m not filthy stinking rich from this...Read Full Story

Circuit City Stores Inc. filed for bankruptcy amid rising competition from Best Buy Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and online electronics retailers. The petition for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia, listed $3.4 billion in assets and $2.32 billion in liabilities, driving the shares down 56 percent before the New York Stock Exchange halted trading. The company said it is entering court protection owing Hewlett-Packard Co. $119 million and Samsung Electronics Co...Read Full Story

Citigroup (NYSE:C) the second largest bank by assets in America has said on Monday that due to the credit crisis plaguing Wall Street that they will be reducing employee levels down to 300,000 from the 352,000 workforce it has at the moment, shedding 52,000 jobs in the process. The reports came as Citigroup posted an investors presentation on their website stating the move, it was only September that 23,000 employee’s of Citigroup lost their jobs. It has been highly speculated that the job...Read Full Story

Mint is fresh, intelligent online money management . Not only is Mint free, it saves you money. While existing personal finance software packages require hours to set up, a passion for accounting (is that possible?) and hours of weekly maintenance, Mint is virtually effortless. With Mint , you can achieve better online financial management in less than five minutes. After that, revolutionary, patent–pending Mint money management software does the rest, with virtually no more work required...Read Full Story