The Sun’s Financial Diary

I have four credit cards from Chase: PerfectCard, Rewards, Sony (from Bank one), and Amazon. Except the Amazon card, all the other three sent me balance transfer offers almost every month and I never hesitated to write myself a convenient check and deposit the money into my bank when the terms were right: 0% APR [...]

The nine items I bought on Buy.com last month were all gone (I bought ten and one was returned later after I found their rebate has conditions that I have to sign up their service to get the rebate). I sold six of them till last Saturday, and three more this week: a 4-port USB [...]

I have been reading posts on Pfblogs for almost four months and the Carnival of Personal Finance is no stranger to me. However, so far my only participation (if I can call it “participation” at all) was reading posts selected by the editor. I never attempted to submit any entry to the carnival, though I [...]

Over at CNet, they have a list of 10 best extensions for Firefox 2.0. Actually, some of the bests are very popular addons. So if Firefox is your default browser, chances are you are using some, if not all, the extensions already. If not, then you should download the lastest Firefox 2.0 (yes, it’s 2.0!) [...]

Apparently, chocolate milk not only tastes good, it can also speed up your recovery from strenuous exercises, at least that the conclusion of a study conducted by some scientists at Indiana University (the study, however, was supported in part by Dairy and Nutrition Council).
According to AP Health news, athletes who drank chocolate milk had [...]

If you are looking for software/spreadsheet to track your spending, Jonathan has a list of tools you can try for free.
Thinking about saving money on your lunch? What else could be better than making your own food under more light?
As 2006 approaches its final month, you may want to maximize your 2006 IRA contributions (though [...]

Some you may have already known and used, some may be new, but here's a list of 20 websits where you can find online coupons and bargains (including Black Friday 2006 sales) from Kiplinger. I am a regular visitor at SleakDeals.net, FatWallet.com, Dealsea.com, Ableshoppers.com, and DealUniversity.com.

When MBNA and Bank of America merged their online access last month, my MBNA AAA credit card has been moved to BoA and I can access the credit card using the same login as my BoA bank account. But my Fidelity 529 College Rewards card, which was also issued by MBNA was left out. What [...]

If you are looking for a booster for your 802.11b/g wireless router, an antenna may meet your needs. Now Buy.com has a D-Link 7DBI Omni-Directional Indoor Antenna [Buy.com affiliate] that works for both 802.11b and g wireless router. The listed price is $34.98. After $20 MIR and $10 Google Checkout coupon, the actually cost for [...]

And the suspension is indeed related to the acquisition of 20% stake of Guangdong Development Bank. According to announcement, China Life will pay about $730 million in cash for the acquisition. Trading of LFC will resume tomorrow at 9:30 am in NYSE.
The announcement can be found here.