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Personal finance

WaMu Promotion: 5.00% APY for 12-Month Online CD

Posted by Sun on August 23, 2008 (3) Comment

I am not a fan of Certificate of Deposit (CD). In fact, the only CD I ever had was a 1-year $5,000 CD about 10 years ago with my local Summit Bank (which later became Fleet Bank, then Bank of America). Back then, there was no high-yield online savings accounts as we have now. So [...]

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Suze Orman FICO Kit 20% off Sale

Posted by Sun on August 19, 2008 (0) Comment

myFICO is having a 20% off sale of Suze Orman FICO kit from now till the end of this month. The kit includes the following features:

Debt Eliminator: Learn how to get out of credit card debt with your own personalized debt analysis and repayment plan;
Day-to-Pay Bill Reminders: Paying your bills on time is easy with [...]

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It’s Not Easy to Live in New Jersey

Posted by Sun on August 16, 2008 (5) Comment

tax wise.
Sure, we enjoy full service at the pump while paying probably the lowest gas price in the nation, but other than that, there isn’t much for us to cheer about.
New Jersey is notorious for its high property taxes (see how many NJ counties are paying the highest property taxes) because, among many other reasons, [...]

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Discover More Card $50 Bonus Promotion

Posted by Sun on August 15, 2008 (3) Comment

Discover More Card is having a promotion with $50 bonus. The More card is one of the cards that was featured in my best cash back credit cards post (check out that post for features of this card). If you apply and are approved for a new account and make $500 purchase in the first [...]

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IGoChecking Gives $50 Gas Cards for New Accounts

Posted by Sun on August 10, 2008 (1) Comment

I first talked about IGoChecking, the interest checking account from IGoBanking, a couple of weeks ago (check out that post for details). Now IGoChecking is giving a free $50 gas card for the first 400 applicants when opening a new account:
Open an iGOchecking account, use our free Bill Pay and Presentment service to pay [...]

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