Archive for February, 2007

Nation’s Top 10 Places with Heaviest Income Tax Burdens

Posted by Sun on February 15, 2007 (1) Comment

Paying too much income taxes?
When it comes to income taxes, not just how much you earn matters, your location also plays a role, a big role. So instead of trying to squeeze a few bucks from various deductions, you may want to consider relocation if you are living in one of the cities in [...]

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Categories : Articles, Personal finance, Tax Tags: No Tags

Hello, 您好, Nín Hâo!

Posted by Sun on February 14, 2007 (9) Comment

Interested in learning some Chinese? Here’s a chance.
The Times is having a ChinaWeek, featuring some good articles and videos about China, as well as short lessons to learn Mandarin Chinese. For example, the first lesson is about Greeting People:
In Chiese (to view Chinese, set your browser character encoding to Chinese Simplified (GB2312)
Wang Nín hâo! (您好!)
Brown [...]

Popularity: 8% [?]

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eBay 50% off Auction-style Listings Today only

Posted by Sun on February 14, 2007 (0) Comment

eBay is offering 50% off insertion fees for auction-style listings for today, February 14, only, “starting Wednesday, February 14, 2007 between 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second on Wednesday, February 14, 2007) and ending and ending that same day Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 23:59:59 PT(11:59 PM plus 59 seconds)”. Check their website for [...]

Popularity: 6% [?]

Categories : Deals Tags: No Tags

Planned Investments: ShareBuilder, SogoInvest, and MyStockFund

Posted by Sun on February 13, 2007 (6) Comment

The first planned investment service I have heard of and used was ShareBuilder, which was also the only brokerage other than Scottrade I used back in March 2006. The reasons I decided to open an ShareBuilder account (eventually, I got three of them for both me and my wife) were:

Promotion bonuses: I collected a total [...]

Popularity: 15% [?]

Categories : Brokerage, Investing Tags: No Tags

Amazon.com Instant $10 Groceries Coupon

Posted by Sun on February 12, 2007 (0) Comment

Amzon.com is offering a $10 instant coupon on selected groceries items such as Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa Mix and Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping Corn [Amazon.com affiliate links] for purchase of $29 or more. The offer will expire on Feburary 28, 2007. Click here for more details.
Popularity: 5% [?]

Popularity: 5% [?]

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