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13 Mar 08
Spending down debt: The ideal way to pay depends on your goals
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Filed under: Cards, Debt
This is part of our series on strategies you can adopt to free yourself from burdensome debt.
There is no doubt that the hardest part about getting out of debt is finding the extra cash to do it with. Most of our posts here on ... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-13
11 Mar 08
I uses Poodz. Srsly. ‘Scuse mah French, plz.
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Filed under: World wide web, Video, Blogging, Social Software, Beta, web 2.0
Forgive us, great Ceiling Cat. We discovered the only way you can even attempt to introduce a service called Poodz is to use LOLspeak. And even then… we’re totally... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-11
10 Mar 08
Homeownership ain’t what it used to be
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Filed under: Banks, Debt
The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) The National Association of Realtors reports that 45% of first-time home buyers opted for 100% financing between July 2006 and June 2007. The median percentage that first-... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-10
Connect with your community with SezWho
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Filed under: World wide web, Features, Blogging, Social Software, web 2.0
One of the more difficult aspects of reading websites with an active reader or user community is separating the useful comments from, well, the cruft. Oftentimes the really inte... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-10
08 Mar 08
Me.dium among early web apps optimized for IE8
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Filed under: Microsoft, Social Software, Beta
The huge announcement at this week’s MIX08 conference was undoubtedly Microsoft’s latest version of Internet Explorer, IE8. With all the questions flying around about standards support and what... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-08
05 Mar 08
Automattic acquires BuddyPress social networking plugins
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Filed under: Design, Blogging, Social Software
Automattic, the company behind the WordPress blogging platform, is becoming known for buying up some of the most creative WordPress hacks out there. They’ve already snapped up the global avatar serv... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-05
04 Mar 08
Big money still flowing into private equity
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Filed under: The Blackstone Group, KKR, Raising money, Texas Pacific Group, Apollo Management, Bain Capital, Private equity industry
With the severe credit crunch, the private equity world has come to a screeching halt. Sure, there’s some dealmak... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-04
Sobule turns to fans to finance making new CD
- Sobule turns to fans to finance making new CDJohnson City Press - NEW YORK — In making six CDs, singer Jill Sobule has worked for two major record companies that dumped her and two indie labels that went bankrupt beneath her. Now she’s turning to p... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-04
Profilactic: centralize your social sites
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Filed under: Web services, Social Software, web 2.0
Fatigued of visiting tons of sites to keep tabs on your friends (or vice versa)? Sign up for a Profilactic profile and link over 140 social sites (like Facebook, Flickr, Digg, etc.) and let your frie... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-04
03 Mar 08
Simkl: instant message archiving now open to public
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Filed under: Text, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0
Simkl is a web service that saves your instant message history to its servers so that you can access that searchable history from any computer with World wide web access. You’ll need a Si... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-03
01 Mar 08
Say to finance womens’ trade plans, states PS - Daily Nation
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State to finance womens’ trade plans, says PS - Daily Nation
State to finance womens’ trade plans, states PSDaily Nation,
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29 Feb 08
Toronto-Dominion Profit Rises on Consumer Banking (Update2) - Bloomberg
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Toronto-Dominion Profit Rises on Consumer Banking (Update2) - Bloomberg
Toronto-Dominion Profit Rises on Consumer Banking (Update2)Bloomberg
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- schmoe0 on 2008-02-29
Made in America: The success of China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea
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Filed under: Debt, Saving, Shopping, Recession
Is it any wonder that the economies of the Asian manufacturing behemoths are beginning to wilt? Should we be surprised by the downwardly revised economic outlook for Japan? Does China’s burgeoning in... - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29
JP Morgan raises $750 million for Asia-focused private equity fund
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Filed under: Management, Raising money
The private equity scene in the US continues its freeze. So many firms are looking for opportunities overseas, especially in Asia. For example, according to a piece in The Wall Street Journal, TPG is finishing up ... - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29
M&A update: EchoStar shares near 18-month low on reduced buyout chatter
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Filed under: Rumors, Raising money, Shareholders, Public or private?
EchoStar (NASDAQ: DISH) closed at $28.64. Smith Barney says, “three ‘anti-M&A’ events have removed any take-out premium - Tax-free spin SATS, insider selling, a... - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29
28 Feb 08
Egypt’s Citaldel Capital may pursue an IPO… speak about decoupling
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Filed under: Raising money, Private equity industry, Investments
Egyptian buyout firm Citadel Capital may actually be coming public. A report out of DealBook from the New York Times discusses that the firm plans to raise $150 million to $200 million f... - schmoe0 on 2008-02-28
26 Feb 08
White House called on to help student loan market
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Filed under: College, Debt
One of the latest potential victims of the credit crunch to emerge has been the student loan market. Democratic Congressman Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania., chairman of the House Financial Services subcommittee on capit... - schmoe0 on 2008-02-26
Save money in a hurry: Oprah giving away free copies of Suze Orman book
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Filed under: Budgets, Debt
Oprah Winfrey is giving away digital duplicates of Suze Orman’s book, Women & Money, but the deal ends tonight at 7pm Central…. So hurry on over! The book is the real deal without any gimmicks. It is a PDF of... - schmoe0 on 2008-02-26
25 Feb 08
Give Me 7 days, and I’ll Give You $2000!!
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Filed under: Debt, Shopping
In my last post I told you of my problems. About how I love “things.” I also talked about how I would track my spending for a week and post it here, for ALL to see. I have to state I was a tiny hesitant in the be... - schmoe0 on 2008-02-25
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This repost is part of our series on strategies you can adopt to free yourself from burdensome debt.
Do you want to pay down debt, but aren’t sure how to do it? One of the ideal methods out there is called the snow... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-15