CREDIT SCORE REALITY CHECK: IS 760 THE NEW 680?
Read Published Article in USAA.com The bar has been raised for the three-digit number lenders use to determine your worthiness to borrow money. “Three years ago, a creditworthy borrower was…
FORCED TO MOVE, FORCED TO STAY
In a topsy-turvy housing market, it’s more important than ever to know the facts before buying or selling. By Kerry Hannon Read Published Article From California to the Carolinas, homebuyers…
BOOK REVIEW: JEAN CHATZKY’S ‘MONEY 911’ IS A GREAT TOOL
Read Published Article Buy this book on Amazon.com To be a standout in the pack of personal finance books on the market today is no easy task. Jean Chatzky, author…
BE YOUR OWN BOSS: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Read Published Article As a child, Belinda Stubblefield loved playing the banker in Monopoly. She resold the gum her mother bought for her to classmates for a nickel a piece.…
5 STEPS TO AVOID FORECLOSURE
Want to stay in your home and sleep better at night? Read this. Read Published article on USAA.com After RealtyTrac® logged a record-breaking 2.8 million foreclosures in 2009, the real…
HAITI DONATIONS: NEW RULES FOR GETTING A TAX BREAK
Donate to a charity helping Haiti earthquake victims before March 1, and the Internal Revenue Service has some relief for you. Read Published Article on CBSMoneyWatch.com Under a new law,…
BOOK REVIEW: “SHOPTIMISM: WHY THE AMERICAN CONSUMER WILL KEEP ON BUYING NO MATTER WHAT
You are what you buy Read Published Article by Kerry Hannon, Special for Reading Shoptimism (Free Press, $26) is a bit like wandering haphazardly through a large department store with…
APPLIANCE REBATE PROGRAM: HOW TO CASH IN
by Kerry Hannon for CBSMoneyWatch.com Can an appliance rebate program do for dishwashers what the 2009 version did for the Ford Focus? In shopping malls and hardware stores across the…
HOW TO SAFELY COMBAT MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS WITH HORMONE THERAPY
Younger women tormented by hot flashes are coming back for an ultralow dose By Kerry Hannon Posted: December 15, 2009 Read Published Article Video: The Life Change of Menopause For…
‘VIRAL LOOP’ SHOWS HOW VIRAL MARKETING BOOSTS START-UPS
By Kerry Hannon, Special for Adam Penenberg’s latest book, Viral Loop, is catching. Penenberg, a professor of journalism at New York University, dizzily taps into the energy of the entrepreneurs…