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| Sunday, March 30, 2008 |
| Weekend Quote - Excuses |
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
- Benjamin Franklin |
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| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
| Wall Street Survivor's $50,000 Fantasy Stock Trading Contest |
Wall Street Survivor is currently holding a $50,000 Fantasy Stock Trading Contest through April 25, 2008. As part of this free tournament, you are provided a fictitious cash portfolio of $100,000 with which you can trade any common stocks, preferred stock, or ETF listed on NYSE, NASDAQ, or AMEX exchange. You can also short-sell stocks. The commission for each trade is $10. The tournament offers cash, daily and other prizes.
For details, see:
Play to Win $50,000 - Fantasy Stock Trading Game
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| posted by Ruby @ 7:28 AM
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| Melissa and Emily McIntire sisters - The art of creativity |
I always enjoy reading about the creativity and success stories of people. Today's post is dedicated to the two McIntire sisters who managed to auction an Illinois-shaped corn flake off on eBay for $1,350. That's $1,350 for a single corn-flake! Initially, when they listed their item, eBay took it off saying that it violated their policy of banning listing of food items. While many other people would have given up after that objection, the McIntire sisters responded by auctioning off a coupon instead of the cereal directly. The catch? The coupon was redeemable for their Illinois-shaped corn flake. All they had to do then was to hold off their excitement as they watched their listing to completion. "We were biting our nails all the way up to the finish, seeing what would happen," said Melissa McIntire, 23. "There's a lot of relief involved." The coupon was redeemed by a Texan named Monty Kerr who owns the "TriviaMania" web site. Am sure by purchasing the coupon, he must have generated lot of visitors to his Web site. "We're starting a collection of pop culture and Americana items," said Monty Kerr of Austin, Texas. "We thought this was a fantastic one." While the media is currently inundating everyone with the news and fear about recession, people like te McIntires show that smart, creative people will always be able to make money - recession or no recession.
For complete article, see:
CNNMoney.com: Sold! Cornflake goes for $1,350 |
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| Saturday, March 22, 2008 |
| Paid College Internship Opportunities |
The Family First is offering paid internship opportunities for Summer, Fall and Spring semesters. Positions are available in the field of Events, Websites, Creative & Design, Public Relations, Sales & Marketing, Accounting & Administrative. Stipend ranges from $600 per semester for the part time interns to $1,200 per semester for the full time interns.
For details, see:
Family First: Internship Opportunities
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| posted by Ruby @ 7:27 AM
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| Play free PC golf game for a chance to win over $2,000 cash and more |
From Mar 20 through Mar 24, UtourGolf is running its 2nd Annual Big Money Bunny Bash free PC golf tournament for a chance to win over $2,000 in cash, shirts and game credits.
For details, see:
The world's first free online golf game. Play for free or cash |
| posted by Ruby @ 7:26 AM
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| Tuesday, March 18, 2008 |
| The "V" day |
The much anticipated, and the largest-ever US IPO of Visa Inc will finally be happening this week. The expected listing date is Mar 19 under the ticker symbol "V". Lots of people have been waiting for this IPO because of prior success of MasterCard Inc which had its IPO around $39 but is currently trading around $200 a share. However, others feel that Visa's stock won't grow as fast as Mastercard's."There are people who think it is going to in short order match MasterCard's price," said Gaskins. "But I don't think that is logical."
He sees Visa growing at a less dramatic clip given its much-larger size, which is likely to be expressed in Visa tracking a steady, but less dramatic stock rise. As Visa is owned by banks like Bank of America, Citigroup etc, these bankers collectively are expected to get around $10.2 billion from the IPO.
For the complete article, see:
Reuters: Bank owners counting on big payday from Visa IPO
Related articles:
SchaeffersResearch.com: Have Expectations Gotten Too Frothy for the Visa IPO?
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| Monday, March 17, 2008 |
| Justice FCU Annual Scholarship Contest - Deadline: April 1, 2008, 3 PM EST |
The Justice Federal Credit Union is currently inviting entries for its Annual Scholarship Competition.
As part of this program, JFCU will grant $2,000 each to 10 JFCU scholars for educational expenses. The program is open to both high school seniors and JFCU members who have completed a minimum of 12 college credit hours.
You can download the applications from JFCU's site or pick it up at a local branch beginning February 1, 2008. Deadline is 3:00PM EDT on Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Results will be declared in June 2008.
For info on the qualifications for the competition and other details, see
Justice FCU Annual Scholarship
JFCU Scholarship Application
Other Scholarship-Related Posts:
Scholarship-Related Posts
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| posted by Ruby @ 4:29 AM
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| Sunday, March 16, 2008 |
| Weekend Quote - Obstacles |
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
- Orison Swett Marden |
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| Friday, March 14, 2008 |
| Motley Fool and MSN Money's Stock Challenge |
Motley Fool and MSN Money are holding Create Fantasy Stock Challenge for a chance to win $15,000 in grand prize, and the title of MSN CAPS Champ. The first runner-up will receive a four-day, three-night trip to New York, while the second runner-up will receive a four-day, three-night trip to Las Vegas. In addition, all participants will be entered into a weekly sweepstakes to have a chance to win prizes such as gift cards, flat-panel TVs, etc.
For complete details, check out:
Motley Fool and MSN Money's Stock ChallengeLabels: ss |
| posted by Ruby @ 9:01 AM
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
| Making taxes more rewarding |
With the April 15 deadline for filing taxes around the corner, the Fool.com article talks about potentially making the chore of filing taxes more rewarding. How? By charging your tax payments to a cash rewards credit card. However, as the tax payments with the credit cards are processed through third-party service providers who usually tack on additional fee of over 2%, you need to ensure that the cash rewards you get from your credit card exceed that additional fee. Earning 5% can get you $250 on a $5,000 tax bill. But be careful -- there's a catch. When we pay our taxes with plastic, we do so through third-party service providers, and they typically charge a 2.49% fee. That's not chicken feed. If you owe $5,000, for example, you'll fork over an extra $125 -- just for the privilege of not writing a check. Is that really worth it?
If you make $250 via your credit card cash-back program and pay the $125, you'll still come out ahead. But if your cash back is just 1%, giving you $50, you'll end up in the red. Better to opt for a dollar or so in postage. For complete article, see:
Yahoo/Fool.com: Can You Make Money Paying Your Taxes?
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| posted by Ruby @ 7:39 AM
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| Monday, March 10, 2008 |
| Day light saving - energy savings or just hocus-pocus? |
Most of the US switched to day light savings time yesterday, one month ahead of the usual April switch. Reason? Supposedly, the switch allows us to save energy. However, the Wall Street Journal article cites a study which says that daylight saving waste energy.They conclude that the reduced cost of lighting in afternoons during daylight-saving time is more than offset by the higher air-conditioning costs on hot afternoons and increased heating costs on cool mornings. As per another report, switching to the day light savings ahead by almost one month in the US while the rest of world is still on a different time schedule will cause international airlines several million dollars in order to it to manage their schedules.
I personally don't have feelings either way towards the back and forth switching of times in March and November. However, I don't like changing times in the numerous clocks and watches, from microwaves, to wall clock to clock in the car etc. Worst, I feel that this switching is simply fooling around with nature rather than finding a reliable, long term solution to the energy problems. But than that's what the government is good at - fooling around the problem rather than finding reliable and concrete ways to solve the myriads of problems that we are currently facing.
For the complete article, see:
The Wall Street Journal: Daylight Saving Wastes Energy, Study Says
Related articles, see:
InformationWeek: Daylight Saving Time Extension Vexes Airlines
Environmental Economics: Costs and benefits of extending daylight savings time
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| Saturday, March 08, 2008 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $100,000 grants towards innovation in global health research |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has set aside $100 million in grants to encourage innovation in global health research. The grants are being offered for innovative ideas on the following four topics: tuberculosis, HIV, infectious diseases and drug resistance.
Under its new Grand Challenges Explorations program, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is planning to give $100,000 each to about 60 projects in the first round of what is expected to be a five-year program.
To apply for these grants, you need to submit a 2-page long proposal application. You can start submitting applications beginning March 31, 2008.
For details, see:
Yahoo: Gates Foundation Sets Aside $100 Million for Unorthodox New Global Health Projects
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: For Grant Seekers
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Home Page
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| Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
| Warren Buffett's Letters to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders |
Warren Buffett released his much awaited annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders last week. Here's an online version of his most recent as well as previous letters:
Warren Buffett's Letters to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders |
| posted by Ruby @ 5:54 AM
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"If you look at what you have in life, you will always have more. If you look at what you do not have in life, you will
never have enough".
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