January, 2010

Car Title Loans for Emergencies

Car title Loans: What are they and how can I use them? Emergency Funds What do you do in a situation when you need funds urgently? Cases are mostly seen, where people approach banks for a loan, and are successful at it. However, they will have to complete the lengthy paperwork that the bank requires. They may ...

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IRS Will Force Businesses to Disclose Borderline Tax Shelters

Starting in 2011 or later, the IRS will be requiring businesses to volunteer more information about their tax avoidance practices and transactions. I use the word “volunteer” loosely. Currently, businesses and even savvy individual taxpayers do all that is possible to reduce the amount of tax owed to the government, even to the point at ...

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The Cost Of Housing Inmates Who Can’t Make Bail

Thousands of inmates are sitting in America's jails because they can't make bail, which sometimes is set at as little as $50. Housing them while they await trial is estimated to cost taxpayers $9 billion this year alone. NPR's Crime and Punishment Correspondent, Laura Sullivan, joins Talk of the Nation to discuss the business of ...

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Drink Great Wine on a Budget

Unless you’re a real wine aficionado, you probably lack the confidence to know which of those bottles of wine on-sale at the local BevMo are a bargain and which deserve the appellation, two-buck-chuck. That’s why we’ve asked two Master Sommeliers to suggest some wines that can stand-in for more well-known (and expensive) bottles. With the ...

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The 3 Ms to Paying Down Debt

You’ve resolved, yet again, to pay down some debt this year. Want to increase your odds of success? Then make sure your plan includes all three of these key ingredients: motivation, money and method. Here are the Cliff notes. Motivation Losing weight, losing debt, spending more time with your family: If you want to change your ...

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