Emergency Loans and Stress Relief

Twenty-four hours ago . . .
Yesterday afternoon I was suddenly put out of commission by an excruciating lower backache. It was so bad I could barely move, and for the next 24 hours I couldn’t focus on my work at all.
Had I gone to a doctor, I would have had [...]

Back aches (and hair pulling) may be signs of financial stress (photo: flickr.com)

Students Use Personal Loans to Fund College as Admission Changes

College Admission Policies Changing
More students are using personal loans to fund their college costs due to changes in financial aid policies. Along with the rest of the world, colleges and universities are feeling the financial strain of the recessionary economy. They are cutting spending, putting off new projects and programs [...]

Williams College in Massachusetts is facing financial aid cutbacks. More students will resort to personal loans as a result. (Photo: flickr.com)

Cash Advance Loans Becoming More Popular

A Real Recession Buster
Cash advance loans are becoming increasingly popular as the recession hangs on. Strap-cashed consumers are looking for more options when it comes to paying their bills and making it through to their next payday. When the monthly check doesn’t stretch far enough, there are few options. Personal [...]

Cash advance loans are a quick and convenient way to cover emergency expenses when the recession is nipping at your heels! (Photo: picasaweb.google.com)

Do Credit Repair Companies Really Work?

Credit repair companies
The credit repair industry has gotten a bad rap. Many companies have claimed to help consumers, only to charge them high prices for things the consumer could do for themselves, for free. Other companies have offered high-quality misleading services as “bringing your credit score up 100 points within [...]

Unhappy with your credit score?

Jodie Sweetin’s Memoir | Will She Make a Comeback?

Book by Jodie Sweetin comes out soon
Jodie Sweetin, the actress who played middle child Stephanie on “Full House,” has written a memoir. The book, “UnSweetined,” hits shelves Nov. 3, and it details her childhood on TV and her drug addiction.
Amazon.com has a pretty extensive excerpt from the book. In it, [...]

Image from Flickr.

Living Sensibly Is the Key to Credit Repair

Stop throwing your hard-earned money away!
Credit repair services are on the rise as people figure out ways to save money and build wealth so they can pay down debt.   Paying down debt is a key element of credit repair, and obviously, it takes money to pay down debt.
But do you realize [...]

Learning to cook can help improve your credit score! (photo: flickr.com)

Can Unsecured Loans Really Provide Instant Cash?

Borrowing Money, Made Easy
Most people want to find a way to borrow money easily; unsecured loans could be the ideal solution to this problem. Almost everybody needs to borrow money at some time in their life. Borrowing money is seen as a very normal thing to do. This is because [...]

She's looking for instant cash without the hassle. She's looking for unsecured loans. (Photo: picasaweb.google.com)

Morehouse College New Dress Code Policy Stirs Controversy

Morehouse College
Morehouse College is an historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia. According to Wikipedia, it is one of four remaining traditional men’s colleges in the United States. Like any other college, it’s a place for learning and future leadership preparation. Ambitious individuals from across the nation have secured personal loans [...]

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Should Personal Loans be Used to Fund Retirement or College?

The Future: Retirement or College?
One key question Americans are asking themselves is whether to use personal loans as a means of funding retirement or college funds. There is a careful balance between choosing to put hard-earned money into a person’s long-term future, or their children’s. Senior financial advisor Evelyn Dinkins recently reported [...]

Personal loans for funding college or retirement? Think carefully. (Photo: flickr.com)

Yovanna Guzman: Love and Luxuries with Columbian Drug Lords

How Far Will You Go?
How far will some women go to get the luxurious materials in life? Would they go through great sacrifice just to get dazzling diamonds and fancy cars? In this tale of love and money, a woman shares her story after living the past eight years of [...]

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Consumers Use Personal Loans as G-8 Nations Brace for Recovery

Will the G-8 Solve the Economic Crisis?
Consumers are still looking to personal loans for financial aid as the world recovers from the recession.  Later this week, the G-8 nations are gathering to discuss the economic recovery.  Despite anticipating change, they warn that it is too soon to announce the end [...]

Consumers look to personal loans to help with finances during this recession. Will gains made at the G-8 conference trickle down and help their finances? (Photo: wikipedia.org)

Using Personal Loans to Fund Car Leasing

Leasing a car
Many consumers are using personal loans to fund car leasing. But do they really understand the terms?  It’s important to understand what car leasing is, as opposed to purchasing.
Leasing a car is to buying a car what renting an apartment is to owning a property.  For a certain [...]

Would it be smart to lease a SmartCar? Image from Flikr.

Americans Look to Personal Loans as Airlines Lose Big

The post-recession numbers
Americans are still looking to personal loans for funding due to the struggling economy. The latest study showing that the country is still reeling from the recession involves the airline industry. The world’s airline industry stands to lose approximately $9 billion in 2009, which is almost double [...]

Rio de Janeiro Gets 2016 Olympic Summer Games

It Will Be South America’s First Olympic Berth
After a heated battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has selected Rio de Janeiro as the home for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Brazil’s former capital city and hot tourist spot beat out Madrid in [...]

Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful city, so long as you don't wander into the wrong part of town. But I suppose the same thing can be said for Chicago (minus perhaps the beautiful part) (Photo: 02varvara.wordpress.com)

Claire Elizabeth Fields Cruise at Michael Jackson Estate Hearing

Claire Elizabeth Fields Cruise says she’s mom
Where do these random women who claim to have mothered Michael Jackson’s children come from? And why do they always have so many names? For years, Nona Paris Lola Ankhesenamun Jackson tried to claim she was Michael Jackson’s “secret wife.” Another woman, Billie Jean [...]

This image of Claire Elizabeth Fields Cruise is from her MySpace page, where she writes that she's married to MJ.

Harvey Mudd College Graduates Make Bank!

Harvey Mudd College among the greats
It should come as no surprise that graduates from Dartmouth and MIT end up in very high-paying careers. However, some people are surprised that fourth on the pay-scale list, right after Harvard, is a liberal arts university called Harvey Mudd College.
The New York Times reports [...]

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C Street House | Weeds Choking American Freedom (Pt. 2)

C Street Band plays discordant music
(Aka, we should have listened to Jefferson. CLICK HERE if you missed part one of this article)
Morality? No time. The Family says I’m going to Argentina on taxpayer bucks. Ta ta!
Yes, they reject the kind of morality that is the basis of a citizen’s trust [...]

Huh! Im gonna be a disciple. Huh! (Photo: earthhopenetwork.net)

C Street House | Your Officials at Mischievous Work (Pt. 1)

In case you missed it, you should be worried
Do you feel comfortable with your elected officials belonging to a secret society that “rejects morality as a secular construct of man?” Do you find it troubling that the same officials then take it upon themselves to “moralize” on the topic of [...]

Wait, Coburns a deacon, not a Congressman. C Street confessions are protected!

The Hugging Saint Sees a Need, Fills It and Profits

You can find love.
Can’t give up actin’ tough,
it’s all that I’m made of.
Can’t scrape together quite enough
to ride the bus to the outskirts
of the fact that I need love.
- From “Middle Cyclone” by Neko Case
Get there, my friend. Get there.
I need love. You need love. We need love. Without the [...]