August, 2010
BP spends more than $ 1 million a week on advertising
America wants revenge on BP after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill occurred. The average citizen wants to know that the corporate oil giant is employing its resources to repair the catastrophic damage done to jobs, tourism and also the ecological balance. BP's TV advertising is costing them $ 1 million a week, reports the ...
A good credit score is money in the financial institution with regard to borrowers
Everybody wants a good credit rating. These days, it pays to do something about it. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, lenders have raised their standards for credit scores. It is getting hard to qualify for a loan, let alone a loan at a reasonable rate of interest these days. To do so, most ...
Fewer jobless claims imply a modest increase for Wall Street
The number of new jobless claims dropped for the first time in a while. The last six months have been somewhat dismal for employment, though temporary boosts were provided by seasonal employment around the holidays and the United States census. The housing market is still in the basement; nevertheless some good news about employment is ...
Facebook tries, although it is hard with location based networking, to stop privacy from being taken away
Facebook Places gets a new location-based networking program to start working with. This should be great for the social site. The program, Facebook Places, is used on smartphones with GPS to help discover friends that are pretty close. Friends with each other can use Facebook Places to tag each other. Some people simply need ...
Credit card debt becoming less than student loan debt
Students loans have become more of a problem when it comes to debt than credit card debt. While people are paying down their credit card balances in the aftermath of the financial crisis, college costs continue to rise. Many think this is happening because there has been less consumer protection. Numerous think that colleges have ...
