End Daylight Saving Time in Florida?

" When homeowners' insurance and property taxes are out of sight, people are losing their homes, crime is on the rise and the State Economy is in crisis, our elected officials are worried about an earth-shattering problem - Daylight Savings Time. Not that it does not merit...

Vodafone Germany to reduce energy consumption

      I think it's interesting that a lot of energy can be saved just by finetuning mobilephone backbone equipment. There must a lot of other devices (devices supporting the internet routing) that can be optimized to reduce energy...

Plan Now to Get Full Benefit of Saver’s Credit

" Tax Break Helps Low- and Moderate-Income Workers Save for Retirement WASHINGTON — Low- and moderate-income workers can take steps now to save for retirement and earn a special tax credit in 2007 and the years ahead, according to the Internal Revenue Service. The...

Tuesday is 'Green Day': Walk to Fresh Beats with 'Green Thing'

Starting today Tuesday will be Green Day. I will use it to mention simple ways to be eco-friendly and my suggestions might even save you some green. Not all Tuesday stories will be on this topic of course. Today, I uncovered Green Thing, an online community that each month...

Canadian Tire Rolls Into Mortgage Business

Does Canadian Tire still sell tires? This Canadian success story has gradually broadened its merchandise base over the years to cover a wide assortment of products.  Last year it began offering high-interest savings accounts. Now it has announced that its financial...

Sticker ShocK: First-Ever Drop in U.S. Housing Prices Predicted

Traditionally, home equity is seen as the most solid and reliable nest egg that consumers can build.  Now, in the fallout from the credit crunch, homeowners may face a national first in the U.S.--the value of their house may be falling instead of rising."The already...

Being Charged for Things you Did Not Buy via Mqube (Cell Phone Scams?)

When we get a bill that run a few pages long, we tend to check the main numbers and not the details unless there is a big change from month to month. It happened to me with my Cell Phone bill until I noticed a suspicious charge last month for something we did not order.

Water protests in Melbourne

"A crowd has marched to Parliament House in Melbourne to protest against the Victorian Government's $5 billion water plan.  Around 200 country Victorians are at the Alexandra Gardens.  They will march through the city to Parliament to protest against the plans to...

Single Adult's Life Savings - Targets Of Dating Fraudsters

"A new type of fraudster is sapping many single adult’s life savings, and even driving them into insolvency. These insidious fraudsters hit their victims from dating sites. They earn their victim’s confidence and learn whether they own a nice house, discover their...

'Tumpang'...Pooling resources to get good deals...in Malaysia

Before the web, we had cooperatives and the like, now group buying is moving online and giving power back to the consumers. Good ideas happen in many places besides the US and Europe. Bonne chance 'Tumpang'!