I just ran across an article that talks about how much money Howard Stern makes from his gig with Sirius Satellite Radio… $93,000 per hour! But do you want to know what’s really amazing? That’s just a tiny fraction of the $705,000 that Oprah Winfrey will take home for an hour of work under her [...]
Archive for February 2006
Howard Stern is Underpaid
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The Least Safe Cars of 2006
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the least crashworthy cars of 2006 are:
– Hyundai Elantra
– Nissan Sentra
– Kia Optima
– Suzuki Forenza
– Mazda6
– Toyota Corolla
These cars, which sport an average base price of just $15,323, received ratings of ‘poor’ for both side and rear impact tests. But that’s not to say that pricey cars [...]
Filed under: Automotive
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Money Poll #2: Coupons
After a successful first week with the budgeting poll (results here), I’m pleased to announce Money Poll #2. This week’s topic is coupons. As before, I thought I’d say a few words about how we do things around here before jumping into the poll.
Filed under: Polls
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Five Tips for Fighting an Audit
In case you’re not able to avoid an audit by avoiding the red flags that I talked about earlier, CNN/Money has some tips for dealing with an audit once it happens.
Choose your battles — Before you decide to fight back, make sure it’s worth it.
Don’t delay — If you receive a notice form the IRS [...]
Filed under: Taxes
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Carnival of Personal Finance at MoneyBlogNetwork
The Carnival of Personal Finance is up at the MoneyBlogNetwork. Lots of good stuff this week, so go check it out.
Filed under: Carnivals
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Weekly Roundup – 02/24/06
It’s that time again… Here’s a look at what caught my eye over the past week on the MoneyBlogNetwork and beyond…
Jim over at Blueprint has a great summary of how long you should plan on keeping various finance-related documents. Also, I thought y’all might be interested in a new site called Grill Maestro that he [...]
Filed under: Link Love
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HSBC Direct Account Opening Bonus Received
A commenter on my post summarizing the HSBC account opening process mentioned that he got started about a week after we did, and that he had already received his $25 account opening bonus. Thus, I logged in and checked our account… Sure enough, the bonus was credited to our account shortly after I wrote that [...]
Filed under: Banking
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Budgeting Poll Results
Well, the first Money Poll was a great success with 187 responses as of this writing. Thanks to all who participated. The question of the week was “Do you make/follow a budget?” As I stated in the original poll post, we tend to pay ourselves first and then let the chips fall where they may. [...]
Filed under: Polls
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Online Bank Contact and Routing Information
I often find myself digging around for custmer service contact information, ABA routing numbers, etc. for the various online savings banks, so I thought that I would try to consolidate that information here, in a single post. For starters, I’ve pulled together the information for Emigrant Direct, ING Direct ($25 account opening bonus) and HSBC [...]
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Five Red Flags That Might Trigger an IRS Audit
Just in the nick of time… Last night I ran across an article that details five supposed red flags for triggering an IRS audit. The truth is, the formula for identifying which returns to audit remains a mystery, so it’s hard to say what the most important factors really are. But it’s still worth a [...]
Filed under: Taxes
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