By Carla Fried, Money Magazine contributing writer Last Updated: June 12, 2008 (Money Magazine) — For families with children heading off to college, this has been the year from hell. First, a record number of applicants made 2008 the most… Continue Reading
For Richer: A gift from the Beltway By Allan Sloan, senior editor at large High-income folks like me don’t qualify for rebate checks. But we’re getting so much more. (Fortune Magazine) — I won’t be getting an economic-stimulus tax rebate… Continue Reading
By KELLY K. SPORS For small businesses, credit cards offer tremendous value — from helping finance big purchases and keeping better tabs on expenses to giving a little extra time to pay the bills. Now comes the challenge — picking… Continue Reading
by Parija B. Kavilanz Wednesday, April 30, 2008 You may have to get used to paying more for your groceries for another two years or more. Experts say an increase in global food consumption combined with increasing use of crops… Continue Reading
By EDWARD KOSNER June 11, 2008 How to Get Rich By Felix Dennis (Portfolio, 291 pages, $25.95) If Machiavelli sat down at his iMac to confect “The Billionaire Prince,” it might sound remarkably like Felix Dennis’s “How to Get Rich”… Continue Reading
By Peter Y. Hong, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 8, 2008 When Sean O’Toole decided to make his fortune in foreclosures, he figured he would have five “partners”: death, disease, divorce, drugs and denial. The “five Ds of foreclosure,”… Continue Reading
By GERALDINE FABRIKANT Published: June 7, 2008 According to the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics, there were 76,849 private foundations — of all sizes — at the end of 2005, the latest year for which data is available.… Continue Reading
By JEREMY CAPLAN Fredric Baur dreamed up the original Pringles can. Now he’s buried in one. In 1966, Baur came up with a clever way for Proctor and Gamble to stack chips uniformly rather than tossing them in a bag.… Continue Reading
William Pentland 05.14.08, 6:00 AM ET In 2001, a water shortage in America’s Pacific Northwest wiped out nearly a third of the U.S. aluminum industry. Low precipitation levels in the Cascade Mountains during the preceding winter robbed local reservoirs of… Continue Reading
by Catherine Holahan Bruce Hershenson, who auctions vintage posters online, is hanging up his eBay gavel. For almost a decade, Hershenson’s business epitomized the e-commerce that made eBay (EBAY) famous. He sold rare, collectible, sometimes kitschy memorabilia in online auctions… Continue Reading
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