Entries Categorized as 'Life'

Logging on for love: What’s the catch with online dating sites?

Date January 31, 2011

By Peter Andrew Time was when it was, “In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Nowadays, young and old, male and female seem pretty focused on the subject year-round, although Valentine’s Day may well trigger many to seek out their perfect partner through an online dating site. But at [...]

Frugal ways to be sexy on Valentine’s Day

Date January 31, 2011

By Jim Sloan Here’s my annual Valentine’s Day dilemma: If I go with the traditional gifts – chocolates and roses or dinner at a fancy restaurant – will my wife think I’m unimaginative? She loves roses and fine chocolate, but won’t she be somewhat offended that I didn’t put more thought into it? And then [...]

6 signs your date is a financial dud

Date January 27, 2011

By MoneyBlueBook contributor Dating is like walking on a minefield: You never know what your next step will bring. Now to make it even harder, dating experts are adding a new twist. It used to be as easy as intuition, dinner and a movie, but now experts say that financial compatibility is an important factor [...]

Investing tips for today: Q&A with money expert Saly Glassman

Date August 9, 2010

by Barbara Marquand In the wake of the financial meltdown, top money expert Saly Glassman says investors need to take responsibility of their finances and get their investments back on track. Glassman, ranked the nation’s No. 1 woman financial advisor by Barron’s, is author of “It’s About More Than the Money: Investment Wisdom for Building [...]

Overcoming Spending Anxiety: When Financial Planning for Retirement Isn’t Enough

Date July 14, 2010

This is a guest post from Marc Pearlman. Back in the early to mid-1990s I made my living by sitting in front of computer monitor with green and red glowing pixels that flashed stock and commodity prices. I was an off-the-floor stock and commodity trader, and in my world, green and red meant everything. Green [...]

How To Request USPS Hold Mail Service Online

Date September 6, 2009

Although we are now living in the computer (Internet) age and everything seems to be going paperless, certain people still insist on doing things the old fashioned way. But if you want to do a better job of saving precious time and money, you might want to start taking better advantage of the more efficient [...]

Buying A House Near PowerLines: Do Power Lines Cause Cancer?

Date August 28, 2009

The Internet is quite a mixed bag of information – a wild, wild west cornucopia of unfiltered and unadulterated questions and answers. Among the nuggets of knowledge, there’s an endless supply of trashy material and unsubstantiated half truths. For every debatable issue imaginable, there are legions of supporters and oppositions on both sides of the [...]