Archive for the ‘News’ Category

A minor setback with(out) income

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

My wife received a call Friday morning from the family she nannies for. One of their parents passed away. They are from India so they had to fly out that day to go there. They'll be gone for at least two weeks. This means my wife will be ...

Interesting Black Friday Stat

Friday, December 21st, 2007

I ran across this stat about one credit card company's transactions on the infamous day after Thanksgiving , Black Friday. Now keep in mind this is for one day and only one of the credit card companies. Number of transactions: 17.8 million Amount spent: over $2.6 billion And yet I wonder how we're in ...

Paying Rent or Mortgage with a credit card

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Interesting article over at The New York Times that I found via The Consumerist. Discusses how credit card companies are allowing customers to pay their mortgages with their credit card so that they can earn rewards. I've often thought about doing that with my rent, but rather pay it with my debit ...