Budgeting woes: Where did all the money go? – A couple discovers they “lost” $10,000 this year. What Americans are buying – The 2008 Statistical Abstract of the United States, compiled by the Census Bureau. Changes coming to credit scores […]

Today was an unusual day on AOL’s consumer finance blog WalletPop. We’ve got almost 20 people writing for the site, but today it seemed that no one was writing. I wrote several posts last night, and they ended up all […]

Abusive debt collectors sent a loud (and expensive) message – A collection agency using illegal threats and racial slurs is handed a huge judgment against it by a court. A new and improved ‘Do Not Call’ coming soon to a […]

I recently recorded a podcast for AllBusiness on fraud prevention in small businesses. Chris Bjorklund and I sat down and talked about some of the risks and ways to prevent fraud in small companies. The podcast covers these issues, in […]

The Government Accountability Office has issued its 2007 report on the U.S. Government. In short, it appears that the government isn’t doing real well at keeping track of its assets nor of the money it spends. Just imagine if the […]

A millionaire couple in New York has been convicted on charges related to keeping two slaves in their home. Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani and Varsha Mahender Sabhnani were both convicted of 12 federal counts of forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude, and […]

Ummm… NO. It’s not in your contract. Buh-bye. But unfortunately, the school board is actually entertaining her request. Karen Petric, the 54 year-old superintendent of Witnall Schools wants to retire early. Her contract says that if she stays until summer […]

Equifax, one of the three big credit bureaus thought they could mess with Angela P. Williams. She said she spent over ten years trying to fix her credit records after her identity was confused with someone else. Williams took Equifax […]

Over on WalletPop, I posted about the story of Trig’s Minocqua Shell. This week, an employee made a mistake when closing the store. He was supposed to change the price of gas to $3.30. Instead, he changed it to 33 […]

While doing some random internet research, I came across some amusing videos of Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO. The guy tends to get a little excited at Microsoft events, especially when they involve the developers. Enjoy. Steve Ballmer a little sweaty: […]