LifeLock will pay $12,000,000 in a settlement with the FTC and 35 states. The states and the FTC claim that LifeLock’s Identity theft and data security claims were not true.
In one of the largest FTC-state coordinated settlements on record, LifeLock and its principals will be barred from making deceptive claims and required to take more [...]
I’ve long been a fan of ING Direct. The ease of use of their accounts is unbeatable in any other bank that I’ve tried. I’ve never had to use it, but I’ve been told that the customer service there is top-notch as well. Now, today, I’ve read from Consumerism Commentary that the ING Direct branch [...]
The Mint.com personal finance service that took the webs by storm is being picked up by online rival Intuit. Techcrunch is reporting the price to be $170 Million.
I can only imagine that Intuit will be melting the Mint service into it’s line of Quicken software. Maybe making it an advanced version of the Quicken online [...]
J.D. at Get Rich Slowly has a great review up of a new exhibit at the Epcot center at Disney World, Orlando. He and his wife went down to Orlando and gave “The Great Piggy Bank Adventure” a test drive.
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure features five stations, each of which allows kids to play on [...]
There’s been all kinds of buzz bouncing around on Twitter over the last few days about a big announcement that Dave Ramsey is going to make on his show this coming Thursday (3/26/2009). At the moment, nobody is saying what it is, and I’ve only been able to figure out that the name for the [...]
With the passage of the huge “stimulus” bill a couple weeks ago, one of the things that has been talked quite a bit about by both the media and the President is the reduction in the taxes that are taken out of our paychecks. Some $13 or so dollars on average will be left in [...]
e-Trade, where I have my emergency fund, just announced that as of the end of the day on 12/19/08 the rate on their savings account will be dropping from 3.30% to 3.01%.
I can’t say that I’m all that surprised, and I expect several other announcements like this one in the next few days. With the [...]
It’s officially official. We’re in a recession. And it started almost a year ago. Way back in December of 2007 in fact. But how much of the recession is in current perception?
How would you or I know that we were in a recession? Well, most likely, we’d learn by being told. Of course, it’s possible [...]
Up until now, we’ve all heard about the various ramifications of one Presidential candidate over the other. We’ve heard about what differences will be made to the tax system and how it will affect you. And sometime after midnight tonight, we’ll know which set of changes might take effect.
So, now what? Regardless of who wins, [...]
If you’re a customer of ING Direct, you’ve likely received an email about this, but for those of you who aren’t or haven’t, I thought I’d share it. They’ve put together a Declaration of Financial Independence that they suggest we read and, if we like, sign on. It’s a pretty good document really.
1. We will [...]
