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Stories for July 2007
Stories for Tuesday, July 31
Stockbrokers no longer have free reign
Awhile back, Clark talked about the "Merrill Lynch" rule. The financial industry had gotten the SEC to adopt a rule that basically lets brokerage firms and financial houses off the hook for putting you into risky investments. Well, that is about to change. Clark has great news regarding this long-standing ...
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babymint.com - saving for kids' college craigslist.org - now charging in some cities tiaacref.com - low-cost mutual funds vanguard.com - low cost mutual funds portero.com - luxury auction site with seller verification Today's topics are "Best Of Clark" repeats from recent shows
AutoNation heralding fuel efficiency
AutoNation, the largest owner of new car dealerships, has come up with a great new program, whereby "green leaf" logos will be put on cars that get good fuel economy. The owner of AutoNation, Mike Jackson, knows how our dependence on oil from foreign countries is weakening our position in ...
Spy on your home while you're away
What if you could see what was going on in your house no matter where you are? A digital camera in your burglar alarm would capture any suspicious activity and you could see it all. It's happening, according to the Dallas Morning News. Companies are now selling digital cameras with ...
Long commutes cause medical problems
Long commutes have been proven to cause health problems, a new report states. University of California Irvine has been compiling data for three decades and has found that those who drive in long commutes for several years will suffer from higher blood pressure and more illnesses. The longer the commute, ...
Stories for Monday, July 30
The latest coveted X-Prize
Have you heard of the X prize? It's an attempt by scientists to get people to take science and inventions to the next level. The belief is that if we depend on government to oversee space travel, everything will take way too long and cost way too much. Individuals are ...
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organdonor.gov - liver transplants get more efficient Today's topics are "Best Of Clark" repeats from recent shows
Consider becoming an organ donor
Clark recently bought a vanity license plate for the car he keeps in Florida. There are so many in Florida that it's hard to choose. But Clark selected the "organ donation" tag because he believes in it so strongly. Each day, 77 people get an organ transplant but 19 die ...
Debt collection business growing - ugh!
The debt collection industry has been a steady source of complaints to Clark's show. That's due, in part, to the fact that the debt collection industry is in a major growth phase right now. They have new tactics in buying up obsolete and uncollectible debt from banks. They offer those ...
Six Flags new 'elite' park pass
Six Flags, the amusement park company, is now offering a special deal for elite fun-seekers. You can now pay four times the price of a regular ticket and you don't have to wait in any lines. In addition, you have your own designated parking space and an park concierge for ...
Stories for Friday, July 27
Banks purposely ripping you off with overdraft fees
Some bank accounts charge you a fee just to check your account. A call years ago spoke of getting hit with an overdraft fee, even though they knew they had a good balance; was this a clerical error? No, it's a new strategy in banking that tricks people into overdrafting ...
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grandcentral.com - one number that rings all your phones ooma.com - $399 internet phone service for life skype.com - internet phone service vanguard.com - investment management service myspace.com - social networking site
Travel agents come back into style
Back in the dinosaur days, Clark used to be a travel agent. For a while it looked like travel agents themselves were going the way of the dinosaur, but recently Clark was surprised to read in the NY Times that travel agencies are starting to grow again. When airlines stopped ...
Internet phone services are cheap, but risky
Sunrocket, the internet phone service provider, is dead. People really let Clark have it on the Clark Stinks board for recommending them. Clark believed in them, but he lost money too when they suddenly folded. After a few days Sunrocket put up some referrals to new companies that will take ...
Web Radio is dead
It's strange how much power is concentrated in Washington D.C. D.C usually ends up being the referee between two feuding types of businesses -- and the one with the most money and lobbying power wins. And it's not always what's best for the free market. An example is internet radio. ...
Stories for Thursday, July 26
Aldi is shaking up the supermarket industry
The U.S. Government has an annoying habit of ignoring the rising costs of food and energy when they calculate and issue inflation reports. But we consumers can't ignore them! Food costs have been accelerating at a pretty significant clip lately. But there are some trends in the supermarket industry that ...
Websites/phone numbers mentioned:
kijiji.com - a free online classified site craigslist.org - a free online classified site zipcar.com - shared cars you can rent by the hour flexcar.com - shared cars you can rent by the hour
Kijiji going head to head with Craigslist
Craigslist, the free classified website, has decimated the newspaper classified industry. Several years ago Ebay bought 25% of Craigslist. They didn't do anything with it, they just let it sit there as an investment. But now, Ebay is going into direct competition with a company they partially own by launching ...
Could you survive a sudden shift in income?
Salaries change much more these days than they used to. Think about how yours may have fluctuated. It's three times more likely you'll have up to a 50% swing in income year-to-year than it was a generation ago. Also, the debt rate per person is way up from last generation. ...
Shared-car services are really taking off
Clark made a prediction in January that ended up wrong. He said gas prices would be a lot lower by this summer. He says he really blew it on that one. However, he made another prediction several years ago that may just be turning out to be true. He predicted ...
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