Bank Credit Card Guide & Banking News

GM, Chrysler scale back glitz at LA auto show - AOL
LOS ANGELES -Chrysler and General Motors are still showing off their newest vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show, but their displays were noticeably quiet Wednesday while Asian and European companies unveiled new models that will likely chip away at ...
Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:00 GMT

Top 5 Money Mistakes Parents Can Make - CNBC
All of you parents out there know that there are several talks that are always difficult have with your children, and trust me – a serious talk about money is no different. Deciding how and when to talk about money with your children can be very ...
Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT

Money Manager Peter Schiff Had It Right In 2006 - CNBC
While the markets staged a modest rally in the last hour, financials and commodity stocks showed no signs of life. Not so with energy: many big names were up 2-6 percent; this is one of the only sectors that has not had a disastrous November. [ HPQ ...
Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:00 GMT

Guarantee for money-market funds facing renewal question - New York Daily News
After The Reserve Primary Fund broke the buck as its share value fell to 97 cents from $1 two months ago, investors began to question the safety of all money market funds. Many pulled their cash out. What got them to return is the U.S. Treasury 's ...
Posted: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Money market funds protected - Daily Local News
Newspaper Enterprise Assn. DEAR BRUCE: I have $100,000 in a bank account and $30,000 in a mutual fund from the same bank. The bank is FDIC insured. What happens if the bank goes under? -- Janice, via e-mail DEAR JANICE: Your $100,000 is perfectly ...
Posted: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Money 70: The best mutual funds you can buy - CNN Money
Twentysomething: Start out strong A thirtysomething's search for financial security Mid-career: Reduce retirement plan risk The home stretch to retirement Retired - and ready to play it safe Money Magazine's list of recommended funds is not about ...
Posted: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:54:00 GMT

The week in money - Guardian Unlimited
While we wait on tenterhooks to see what the chancellor really plans to do with our taxes, the financial press is still digesting the fallout from this month's base rate cut and the impact of the financial downturn on consumers. Many of this week's ...
Posted: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:56:00 GMT

Pirates in Somalia live the high life - Taipei Times
Dhows rest on a white sand beach in front of a few dozen ramshackle homes. A creek cuts inland, traced by a dirt road that runs to a craggy fishing settlement 3km away. Until recently Eyl was a remote and rundown Somali fishing outpost of 7,000 ...
Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:00 GMT

Raises in line for DuPage sheriff's office - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
It finally may pay a little more to be a DuPage County deputy sheriff. After years of going without raises - including this year when Sheriff John Zaruba was given money by the county board to boost his deputies' salaries but didn't - the 370-plus ...
Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:00 GMT

Cook Co. board not buying $260 million "scare tactic" - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, county CFO Donna Dunnings and Comptroller John Morales can jump up and down, hold their breath and claim the sky is falling all they want. But so far, county commissioners aren't buying it. The county board ...
Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:00 GMT