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Financial Planners — Where to Find One
Mike called the Clark Howard show today wondering whether he should use a free financial planner from Vanguard or Fidelity or if he should hire his ow...
Today on the Clark Howard Show, September 5, 2008
Today on the Clark Howard Show we discussed the following: * Delinquency and Foreclosure Rate Increase in Latest MBA Survey. The delinquency rate, wh...
Information From Today’s Ilyce Glink Show – August 31, 2008
Today on the Ilyce Glink Show, we talked about Integrity Bank, the Alpharetta, Ga.-based bank that failed on Friday. It was the 10th bank to fail this...
Today on the Ilyce Glink Show August 31, 2008
Think it's expensive to live in the U.S.? Try living abroad. I'm just back from a 12-day trip to Italy and the UK and I can tell you that it is fright...
Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Rise By Nearly 30 Percent
During the first half of 2008, ending June 30, the number of consumer bankruptcies filed rose by 28.8 percent compared with the first half of 2007, re...
12 States Accept Transfer On Death Deeds For Real Estate
We've recently been working on several stories about transfer on death deeds for real estate. A TOD deed allows you to transfer the title of a propert...
Is Probate Expensive? Maybe Not in Your State
I received this letter about my show on August 17th, which featured John Ventura, an author and attorney in Texas, and director of the Texas Consumer ...
Commuters Persist in Driving Alone
For a while it seemed that commuters were changing their driving habits in response to high gas prices. Apparently, the change was less dramatic than ...
Labor Day Facts From The Census Bureau
The first unofficial Labor Day was September 5, 1882. President Grover Cleveland signed it into law in 1894, designating the first Monday in September...
Mortgage Fraud Reports Increase
The number of cases of mortgage fraud reported to a mortgage fraud tracking database increased by 42 percent during the first quarter of 2008 from the...