Daily Archives: September 8, 2010

Why more investors are buying dividend-paying stocks, not bonds

Current market conditions make dividend-paying stocks a cheap long-term investment, but the end of Bush tax cuts could spoil the party...
looking for dividend paying stocks

Mortgage applications increase; loan modification falls

Mortgage applications are down 40 percent from a year ago, but they are starting to raise slightly. Most applications are for refinancing.
Desert landscape

Switchflops: A high school art project turned big business

Lindsay Phillips of Tampa, Fla., had an idea in school that became a $30 million fashion business: Switchflops. It's all about being unique.
A foot model displaying one of Lindsay Phillips' Switchflops products.

Payday Loans and How You Can Protect Your Personal Information From Identity Theft

Encryption of your data is just the basic level of protection you need to look for. You can also check to see if the page has HTTPS in the address bar when on application page.
Encryption of your data is just the basic level of protection you need to look for. You can also check to see if the page has HTTPS in the address bar when on application page.

Many tourists must now pay a tourist tax to enter the U.S.

Foreign air and sea tourists wishing to enter the U.S. now must pay a tourist tax to enter, per Homeland Security. Fly the friendly skies...
An angry tourist is shouting at the person on the other end of the line during a heated pay phone conversation.