Personal Finance
How Much is Minimum Wage?
The labor laws in the United States can be, at times, very confusing. Ever wonder why waiters at a restaurant can be paid as little as $2.13 while the federal minimum wage is over three times higher? How much is the minimum wage? Why is overtime pay 1.5x regular pay for nonexempt employees but not [...]
Revamped Federal Loan Program Is Good News For College Students
College students get a break from Uncle Sam with a revamped federal student loan program to kick-off July 1st. As part of the historical healthcare bill passed in March, the program will streamline the federally-backed loan program and aid borrowers to make higher education more affordable for low-income families. Whereas federal student loans have previously [...]
How To Organize Electronic Financial Documents
It’s always tricky remembering how long I should keep financial documents so recently I began cheating by electronically scanning all my documents to my hard drive. I was able to save all the documents I really didn’t need, but was apprehensive about shredding forever, and created electronic backups for the documents I knew I should [...]
Do Resume Blasting, Resume Distribution Services Work?
For a hundred bucks, you can pay a company like ResumeBlaster to send your resume and cover letter to 3000+ recruiters in up to 6 of “your disciplines.” I know nothing about their particular service but I know that they are one of several out there that will bulk mail out your resume and cover [...]
Bank of America Helps Troubled Borrowers With Underwater Homes
Bank of America extends a hand to homeowners drowning in mortgage payments on underwater homes with a loan forgiveness program that could cut the principal owed as much as 30 percent. This is a step in the right direction after BofA’s embarrassing repossession of a woman’s home and parrot. President Obama’s “Making Home Affordable” program [...]
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