Business post-recession Businesses are still looking to short term loans as a way to fund debt. Debt has always been around and most likely, always will be. Just ask John Paulson—he’s a hedge fund manager in New York. Back in 2006 his company was like a lot of other investment companies. It was mired in debt ...

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The open enrollment period for my company’s 2010 benefits came to a close yesterday. My procrastination came to an end when I logged into our benefits management website, reviewed the options one last time, and decided to stick with the same plan I’ve had since I joined the company, an HMO plan offered by Aetna ...

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This post is part of the one day blog event “The Spectrum of Personal Finance.” In this event, comic book nerd Brian of My Next Buck, will discuss 8 different emotions (taken from the Green Lantern comic series) and relate them to personal finance. Here at Consumerism Commentary we will be looking at ...

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Show you the money? No problem Making all this extra cash was almost as easy as figuring out how to spend it. If you're like me, you're suspicious or perhaps even downright dismissive when you read about ways to make extra cash online. But I am so happy (and richer) because I gave the Affiliate Article ...

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Bad reviews, great cash haul Critics say "New Moon" is built on Taylor Lautner's sex appeal, and apparently that foundation is enough to earn big box office bucks. Image from Wikimedia. On Rotten Tomatoes, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" reviews were 70 percent "rotten." As of now 10 a.m. Friday morning, it has gotten 86 bad reviews. ...

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