Archive for August, 2006

Save Money By Delivering Lay Off Notice Via Email

Posted by Sun on August 30, 2006 (0) Comment

“The workforce reduction notification is currently in progress. Unfortunately your position is one that has been eliminated.”

This was part of the lay off notice sent to RadioShack employees by email Tuesday, reported USAToday.
Have employers really become cold-blooded when they drop their hardworking workers? Or they are so desperate in cutting expenses that they can’t afford [...]

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Free Magazine From TradePub

Posted by Sun on August 30, 2006 (0) Comment

Ever since I subscribed a free magazine from TradePub.com (I had to make up some stories of what I do as the publications are supposed for professionals), I get email from them almost every day with offers for other magazines that they say I quality. So far I haven’t responded to any offer because I [...]

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Did You Notice

Posted by Sun on August 30, 2006 (0) Comment

how much gas price had come down in your area in the past two weeks? For me, that’s 20 cents, from $2.99/galon regular to $2.79/galon. Nearly a 7% drop. You can check your local gas prices at GasBuddy.com.
BTW, I’m living in New Jersey.
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File Backup: How I Do It

Posted by Sun on August 30, 2006 (0) Comment

Jonathan of MyMoneyBlog is having an interesting discussion on online file backup. It seems that while nobody doubts the importance of backing up files periodically, it’s hard to put everybody in the same boat when it comes to how important files should be stored, especially those files that you don’t want anybody else to access. [...]

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Attention Shoppers, AT&T Is Hacked!

Posted by Sun on August 29, 2006 (0) Comment

If you are an AT&T customer, by now you probably have already been informed. Otherwise, here’s the story.
USAToday reported that hackers accessed credit cards and other personal information of AT&T’s nearly 19,000 customers over the weekend. As a result, AT&T shut down its online store and notified credit card companies of those customers being affected. [...]

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