Debt priorities
Putting extra cash towards your debts is admirable, but Bruce Sellery warns doing so without a proper plan can cost you money.
The credit cards that reward spending
Get more for your money with these reward credit cards.
Biz Brain: Refinance mortgage after bankruptcy
Unfortunately, while a refinance could save you money each month, it could have an impact on your bankruptcy.
Debt ceiling and your money: Now it’s getting personal
With less than a week to go before the nation’s borrowing limit must be lifted, the debate over the debt ceiling rages on, with your money hanging in the balance. (27 mins ago)
Small business loans help hundreds of Lawrence businesses flourish
When Eangee Inc. co-owner Chris Godfrey and his business partners wanted to expand their downtown home furnishing store into a wholesale distributor, they needed money. We were desperate to get inventory in,? said Godfrey. But as a small business, they didn’t have the capital. That’s when Godfrey received help from a SBA7a loan through the U.S. Small Business Loan Administration, or SBA. (11 mins ago)
Fox Business: A Second Housing Crisis?
With little fanfare, the U.S. government has rapidly become the nation’s top backer of mortgages that require little or no money down, with taxpayer guarantees on them surpassing $1 trillion earlier this year, a FOX Business analysis shows. (14 mins ago)
Cyber victims
CONMEN are getting IT-savvy these days. And they appear to be very good in their modus operandi. Their latest job is to hack into email accounts. Complaints have been received about unauthorised people gaining access to email accounts to steal money. (29 mins ago)
Authority takes another look at marketing, branding
Marketing and branding Woodland Park and finding money for start-up companies were at the top of the Woodland Park Downtown Development Authority board’s first 2010 meeting. (3 mins ago)
FHA pushing for loan changes that will require borrowers to spend more money upfront
Skeptics worry moves could hurt fragile housing market, unfairly affect minority borrowers Homebuyers will have to dig deeper into their pockets next year if they want a mortgage backed by the Federal Housing Administration. (3 mins ago)
Stimulus projects were shovel ready?
The Faulkner County projects chosen for economic stimulus package funding have been decided, many based on how quickly the money could be spent rather than how badly the projects were needed. Below are descriptions of the larger stimulus projects in Faulkner County and, if applicable, what other needed projects are still on hold because they weren’t shovel ready.? (27 mins ago)