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Have you heard that a computer worm could attack millions of computers already being infected by the Conficker worm on Wednesday, April Fool’s Day? The virus, also known as Downadup, explores a loophole in the Windows “Server” Service to control of infected computers. Lifehacker.com today has an article on what Conficker worm is and how [...]

Don’t have a GPS unit yet? Get one for free.
KeyBank, which used to offer free iPod in the past for its checking accounts, now gives Garmin nüvi GPS for free if you open an new account April 24, 2009.
Two models of Garmin GPS are offered in this deal: nüvi 205W GPS ($159 value) for either [...]

Yesterday, the Obama administration issued an ultimatum to GM and Chrysler, asking Detroit’s troubled auto makers to restructure immediately or they will face other options including bankruptcy. Unlike last December when the Bush administration gave GM and Chrysler $17.4 bailout to keep them operating, this time the government decided to take a hard line on [...]

IRS today announced a special tax break for new car purchases (the tax break was actually approved by the congress as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). If you are planning to buy a new car, then you may get a break on state and local sales taxes and deduct taxes [...]

Discover is offering a $50 bonus for every new, approved application for its More Card after spending $500 in the first 3 months.
The More Card lets cardholder earn unlimited cash rewards on all purchases. Benefits of the More Card include:

5% cashback on purchases on travel, home improvement stores, department stores, gas stations, groceries, and restaurants, [...]

Early this year, I compared performance of actively managed funds in my portfolio against some Vanguard index funds. In addition to the fund returns in 2008, which are all quite different between the two group of funds (four out ten funds beat Vanguard while the other six lagged), another thing I noticed from the comparison [...]

Last weekend, I shared a video from INO which examined the rally of the Dow Jones Industrial Average occurred in the past couple of weeks and concluded that it was just a temporary bounce in a down market.

This week, INO released another educational video for its take on the recent gains of the S&P 500, [...]

If you have a good credit score, then you won’t need these credit cards because the Orchard Bank Classic MasterCard credit cards are for those who have poor credit but are hoping to improve their credit by using a credit card that fits their credit profile. The Orchard Bank Classic MasterCards, coming with four different [...]

A little over a year ago, the TrueEarnings Card from American Express and Costco started to offer 3% cashback on gasoline purchases with no limit on how much rebate on gas a cardholder can earn. It seemed to be a pretty good deal back then when gas prices were still on the rise. With gas [...]

Have you read The Intelligent Investor and Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham? These two books are considered as must read for value investing, but they are all pretty heavy books, especially the Security Analysis. If you just want to grab the essentials of the books, then  there’s on article on Forbes about Graham’s three timeless [...]