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Summary: Ilyce Glink Show Notes – January 10, 2010 – Unemployment and Michelle Singletary. Today on the Ilyce Glink Show, we discussed the dismal unemployment numbers released by the department of labor last week. Another 85,000 jobs were lost, and in an even more surprising turn, some 660,000 Americans left the job force, obviously fed up by their inability to get a job. We discuss the unemployment numbers in today’s show. Award-winning, nationally-syndicated columnist Michelle Singletary joins us for a live discussion on personal finances and her new book, The Power To Prosper: 21 Days To Financial Freedom.

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(http://cdrates.monitorbankrates.com) As we start the year of 2010 bank CD rates head down again this week, it will be nice when we can start writing about CD rates increasing, hopefully we will sometime later in the year. The average 3 month bank CD rate is at 0.514 percent this week, down from last week’s average 3 month CD rate of 0.522 percent.

Looking for the Current CD Rates? Use our bank CD rates table to find the best CD rates. Best CD Rates

Using our bank CD rate tables, UFB Direct tops the list of 3 month CD rates at banks. UFB Direct

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Most people in this country have at least one subscription that they pay for regularly, be it a magazine or newspaper. For newspapers, It’s a waste of money under the best of circumstances because news is fresher online. I mean, even small, local papers have an online edition. For magazines, even if you really read them, can still be bought using creative ways for a cheaper cost.

Gifting

I only get one magazine myself, but each of my three kids get one too. We have the grandparents pay for them. Each of us get a magazine we want and it’s a good way to kill two birds with one stone since grandparents always want to buy our kids gifts. Peo

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Tax season’s going to be upon us all too soon. We all have our ways of managing and preparing our taxes, and I’ve always wondered what approach to tax preparation could be both economical and headache-free at the same time. For instance, there are those of us who take the DIY approach by using software such as TurboTax (see our TurboTax review). There are others who use a tax preparation service, while others hire accountants or enrolled agents. I thought to provide a quick review of one popular tax service provider that a lot of folks use.

Get Ready For Tax Season With H&R Block Tax Services

The H&R Block office in my part of town gets a good amount of traffic, particularly early in the year. I’v

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ETF trading is not an easy task especially for those who are new to it. The inexperienced trader sometimes does not know what to do and sometimes makes mistakes and ends up in failure.

Here are some of the tips that will help you with your ETF trading strategies and make some profit.

Having short term plans or strategies plays an important and crucial role if you are trading markets on a daily basis.

Short term trading has its benefits and rewards if you have an investment plan or strategy. On the other hand, if a trader does not have his own line of attack, there is such a broad path for the new comer to go to and may be thrown off course. < Read more…

If you have a less than perfect credit record then take heart, you most certainly are not alone. You may also find it difficult to get credit cards bad credit will do that. There are, however, options available to you and we are going to explain what those are.

There are several reasons why people may experience difficulty getting approved for credit. First and foremost, many people are experiencing difficulties paying their bills because they are unemployed. As of this writing the unemployment rate nationwide is above 10%.

Perhaps you are facing catastrophic medical bills or other expenses that are stretching your resources to their limits.

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