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| Monday, November 24, 2008 |
| A foreclosure story and a chance to help |
It's gut wrenching to hear all the sad stories that are playing out daily these days due to hard economic times. Just came across a story of a guy, Mark Ninmag, from Virginia who lost his job about 18 months ago and is now facing foreclosure while having to take care of his wife who is suffering with colon cancer.First, Ninmag was laid off from his job of 18 years. He takes a new job. He then finds out his wife has colon cancer that has spread to her liver.
He gives up his new job to take care of her and their two children.
"I just don't have a heart to tell them, to explain that their mother may not make it," Ninmag says.
But because Ninmag isn't working, the mortgage isn't getting paid, and his wife's work benefits are just about depleted.
The family in Herndon could lose its home to foreclosure. Ninmag has already received a second foreclosure notice.
"At the same time losing my job, losing the house, losing my wife, it's hard," he says. While the governments around the world will always find money for war, to bail out AIGs, FannieMaes, FreddieMacs etc of these world, chances are ordinary folks like Ninmag won't see much help from government. If any one wants to make any donation, Mark Ninmag's contact info is provided below as well as listed in the article link provided at the end of this post. Of course, even if donation is not possible, a prayer for the family will help.If you'd like to help the Ninmag family, send donations in care of the Valarkon Mark Ninmag family to the following address:
Wat Yarnna Rangsee Buddhist Monastery
c/o Valarkon Mark Ninmag Family
21950 Shaw Rd.
Sterling, VA 20164 For full article, see:
WTOPNews.com: Heartbreaker: Wife Has Cancer; Family May Lose Home |
posted by Ruby @ 11:03 PM
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| SuzeOrman.com: Free worksheet for tracking expenses |
Well-known financial planner and TV diva, Suze Orman is offering a free Excel worksheet for tracking expenses. According to Suze Orman, this is the same worksheet that she uses when analyzing the expenses of her viewers.
To download, check out:
SuzeOrman.com: Suze's Expense Sheet |
| posted by Ruby @ 8:09 AM
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| Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
| Weekend quote - Citibank's stock price and its ATM fee |
Among the more stunning developments this week was the collapse in Citigroup's (C) stock price. To be exact, Citigroup plummeted 60% to $3.77 per share, or nearly the equivalent of its ATM fee.
- Yahoo! Finance/Briefing.com Market Update: Weekly Recap - Week ending 21-Nov-08 |
| posted by Ruby @ 8:44 AM
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| Sunday, November 16, 2008 |
| Weekend Quote - Persistence |
When God sees someone who doesn't quit, he looks down and says "Now there is someone I can use".
- Anonymous |
| posted by Ruby @ 7:36 AM
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| Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| Comcast adds another nuisance fee for bill payments |
It seems to be getting tougher and tougher these days for the consumers. More and more companies seems to be tacking fee after fee, especially in this environment where people are losing jobs, prices are high and there’s lot of uncertainty. Earlier, it was the airlines which started imposing checking baggage fee. Now, just called Comcast to pay my bill via its automated bill payment option over the phone. However, found out that starting this month, Comcast will start charging $2 "convenience fee" for using its automated bill payment service.
The company was already charging additional fee if paying bill through its live customer service reps over the phone but automated bill payment service used to be free. However, I was surprised by additional this nuisance fee. And to think of it, they call it "convenience fee"! What convenience is it providing? Especially since you are listening to an automatic system which is extremely slow and requires considerable time and patience to enter credit card, zip code other info! In addition, regardless of whether you are calling from your home phone number or not, you still have to enter your Comcast account number even though the instructions say that if calling from home number, you don’t need to have your account number.
Fortunately, I went to Comcast’s Web site and found out that it now accepts credit card payments over the Web in our area – there was no mention about any convenience fee, so am assuming its free. I didn’t realize that they offered this option. A while back when I had logged in to my Comcast account, it only allowed me to make payment via debit from my bank account. However, I prefer using credit cards and this new option of making credit card payments over the Web is definitely better than paying over the phone.
Comcast.com: Bill Payment FAQs |
| posted by Ruby @ 10:16 AM
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| Sunday, November 09, 2008 |
| Weekend quote - the right time |
The time is always right to do what is right.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| posted by Ruby @ 10:35 AM
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| Favorite Quote |
"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".
- Author Unknown
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