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Stories for Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Dangers of Facebook's new privacy policy
Are you on Facebook? A new change to the popular social networking site's privacy policy may be making your private photos and information very public. Even Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself had private pictures leaked into cyberspace! Among the new info that's available is city, gender and a list of ...
Cruise deals coming as older ships are forced to discount
A lot of recent media attention has been dedicated to the new mega-cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas. This behemoth has room for 6,000 people! All of the cruise lines try to "one up" each other with the launch of increasingly fancier ships. The launches are planned years in ...
Ireland tightens belt drastically to deal with budget deficit
When is it best to take short-term pain for long-term gain? As a country, we're running a shocking budget deficit with massive new spending coming. Some economists think it's perfectly reasonable for the federal government to act as a booster shot of last resort by pumping money into the economy ...
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OCC.gov - File a consumer complaint against your bank Landlord.com - Resources for landlords NFCC.org - Free credit counseling, including hardship debt-management plans Ed.gov - Info on income-based repayment plans for federal student loans ClarkHoward.com - Clark's investing guide
Consumer debt reduced for a record nine consecutive months
CLARKONOMICS: The Federal Reserve reports that Americans have reduced the amount of money they're borrowing for a record nine consecutive months. If you go back a little over a generation ago, we borrowed around 60 cents on every dollar relative to our income. Yet just two years ago, at the ...
