Month: April 2009

Apparently it takes 100,000 visitors a month on average to make $75,000 a year from blogging ($6,250 p/month)! Not so sure how realistic this is based on a piece I wrote about how much bloggers make, but I would put the number more at $20,000 or less per year for…

Cash for Clunkers program Update: Dealers must submit any pending Clunker deals, including any necessary paperwork, by 8 p.m on Monday to get refunded for the CARS subsidy. To date, the program has recorded more than 457,000 dealer transactions worth $1.9 billion in rebates. "With a date certain, NADA is…

We have all thought about being wealthy and rich, and what we would do if we had enough money to fund all our desires and take care of loved ones. In reality however there are only a few ways to truly get rich. Discussed below are the main paths on…

Sometimes its just plain hard for people meet ones tax obligations. This could be because they have a tax liability and due to a drastic change in their financial or personal circumstances over the year, they cannot afford to file their taxes. You can get a good idea of your…

I got stuck in a major traffic jam again last week, a trend that seems to be getting worse. However this was no traffic jam on the freeway, highway or any kind of road. It was a lunch time traffic jam to the one microwave in our office as more…

The internet and it's evolution is synonymous with the leadership in American technology. However, like every thing else, the world is catching up and over taking the US. One clear example of this is internet usage, which is now the highest in China as shown in the graphic from a…

Under the Biden administration’s nearly $2 trillion stimulus package, also known as the American Rescue Plan (ARP), provisions have been added to provide relief for many Americans to save on private health Insurance if they are out of a job, and on COBRA benefit from their employer or getting insurance via…

As the stock market booms, many new and sidelined investors are getting tempted to jump back into the market. After all, you don’t want to look back in a few years and say, “If only, I had bought stocks then….” However, as past years have shown, the market can fall just…