Just wanted to take a moment to welcome the newest addition to the 2 Minute Finance family, Christina Huh. She will be posting about her finances and other musings in the “C-Note” area of blurb section on a weekly basis. I had chance to interview Christina over e-mail about her new C-Note series. Here’s what [...]
(Image courtesy of TheApprovedCard.com) MEMORANDUM To: Personal Finance Bloggers From: Bobby Lee – Host, 2 Minute Finance Date: January 12, 2012 Re: #OrmanGate2012 & Disclosing Profits (Call to Action) What a week it’s been so far in the Personal Finance (PF) blogsophere! Suze Orman vs. our #FinFam…what an interesting series of tweets. (If you missed [...]
Every year, it seems like Lexus buys up every available ad space on television to run its holiday spots. You remember these ads, right? They try to get you to buy a car and gift it with a pretty red bow on top. Like this one: (Courtesy Lexus on YouTube) While buying a car may [...]
(Courtesy rinkjustice on Flickr) On a cold October morning at a suburban hotel ballroom in Chicago, a representative from payday lender ACE Cash Express took to the stage to give a carefully worded presentation about payday loans and how they could be used responsibly as part of a customer’s financial toolkit. As a sponsor of [...]
It’s no secret that the cost of flying has skyrocketed. Fliers see it in their ticket prices, increased fees and a lowered level of service. But when one of the nation’s largest airlines decides to file for bankruptcy, it raises a lot of eyebrows about the state of industry. Let’s break down American Airlines’ bankruptcy [...]
Screengrab from dchadd427′s video on YouTube. Incident showing a man being taken down by police in a Buckeye, Arizona Wal-Mart. Another year, another Black Friday marred with violence. The shopping stories that surfaced these past few days sounded like they were written for a bad horror movie. A grandfather bloodied by an off-duty police officer, [...]
(Courtesy Tshien on Flickr) In just a matter of days, tens of millions of Americans will descend on America’s malls and shopping centers for the kick off to the holiday shopping season. “Black Friday” is the designated name for this day, but where did the term originate? According to the not-so-reliable source, Wikipedia, the earliest [...]
(Courtesy of Republic Wireless) A little-known communications company rolled out a $19 unlimited everything monthly smartphone plan yesterday. You read that correctly, unlimited minutes, texting and data for $19 month with no contract. Republic Wireless is hoping to blow the competition out of the water by dropping the price of smartphone service 50% below the [...]
(Courtesy USPS) What’s Going On? Last week, the U.S. Postal Service announced that it would raise first-class stamp prices to 45 cents on January 22, 2012, a one-cent increase. It’s the first rate increase in over two and a half years. Prices on other mailed items will increase as well: • Letters (1 oz.) – [...]