Archive for January, 2007

Key 2006 Tax Law Changes

Posted by Sun on January 24, 2007 (2) Comment

As the tax season quickly approaches, there are some key changes in the tax law in 2006 that will affect your 2006 tax returns. The following are what I collected from IRS website:

Earned Income for Additional Child Tax Credit: The minimum earned income amount used to figure the additional child tax credit is $11,300.
Alternative Minimum [...]

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Free Samples from Walmart: Gillette Fusion Shaver and More

Posted by Sun on January 24, 2007 (3) Comment

If you haven't visited Walmart website for a while, there may be something you missed: free samples.

Click In Stores Now button and you will see the FREE Samples section. Today, Walmart is giving away free samples of Gillette Fusion 5 Blade Shaver [Expired]. All of a sudden, there seems to be a lot of free [...]

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Free Schick Quattro Titanium Razor

Posted by Sun on January 23, 2007 (3) Comment

According to Dealsea.com, Schick is giving away free samples of Schick Quattro Titanium Razor. I participated their previous give-aways last year and received two razors. To claim yours, click here. All you need to provide are your name and address, plus date of birth. It will take 8 to 12 weeks before you receive the [...]

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Understanding M*’s Total Return and Investor Return

Posted by Sun on January 23, 2007 (2) Comment

Back in last October, Morningstar started to offer a new gauge to measure how average investors fared over a certain period of time when investing in open-end mutual funds or ETFs. The new gauge is called Investor Return, also known as dollar-weighted return, which takes into account the total cash inflows and outflows. Before, Morningstar [...]

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Deals: Free 512MB Secure Digital Card and Cheap Fax Machine

Posted by Sun on January 22, 2007 (0) Comment

Buy.com has Kingston 512MB Secure Digital Card [Buy.com affiliate link] for free after $27 mail-in-rebate (expires January 27, 2006) with free shipping. The capacity is a little small, but since it's free, I won't complain too much. 
Staples have Sharp UX-P115 Plain-Paper Fax for $14.95 after $55 mail-in-rebate which can be submitted online. The shipping for [...]

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