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Another $25 Citibank e-Savings Account Offer Code

Posted by Sun on December 7, 2006 (0) Comment

Got this in the email.
Use this link to open a Citibank e-Savings account (which currently pays 5.00% APY) before December 31, 2006 and get $25 in your account within 90 days. The fine print in the email says:
$25 offer is only available for first-time Citibank deposit (checking or savings product) account customers, and will be [...]

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Captial One’s Dirty Trick

Posted by Sun on December 6, 2006 (13) Comment

Capital One's "What's in your wallet?" commercial already made me sick (that's why I don't have any their no-hassle card), this story on MSN Money about Capital One's dirty trick to collect more fees disgusted me even more.
When Brad Kehn received his first credit card from Capital One Financial in 2004, it took him only [...]

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Identity-Theft Insurance: Why You Don’t Need It

Posted by Sun on December 6, 2006 (4) Comment

Actually, I never knew such thing as identity-theft insurance till today when I read an article on MarketWatch.com, which named ID theft insurance "Stupid Investment of the Week." Though a little surprised, it isn't that hard to imagine why such products exist: there must be demands. After all, we insure everything deemed valuable: life, health, [...]

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Five Ways to Get out of Debt from Kiplinger

Posted by Sun on December 5, 2006 (2) Comment

Kiplinger yesterday has an article which offers five simple ways to reduce debt. What’s new in the article is that the author categorized student loan as “good debt” because the money you borrowed was used for a good endeavor: getting a higher education and a good-pay job, which eventually will help you build your personal [...]

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Are You Living in a Healthy State? Find out Here

Posted by Sun on December 5, 2006 (1) Comment

United Health Foundation released its 2006 edition of America's Health Rankings, a state-by-state ranking combines "the result of our personal behaviors, the environment of the community in which we live, the clinical care we receive and the policies and practices of our health care and prevention systems".  According to United Health Foundation, the [...]

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