By Bankrate.com When you’re drowning in debt and dodging creditors, a debt settlement plan with one low monthly payment to a single creditor sounds like a dream solution. But some debts won’t go into that settlement bucket. Here are some of those debts and what you can do about them. Utility bills: Are you behind [...]
April 30, 2010, 2:19 PM EDT (Adds Obama comments in second paragraph. See {EXT4 <GO>} for more on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.) By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Jim Polson April 30 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Interior Department inspectors began boarding deep-water platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana mobilized the National Guard as an [...]
On March 23, the Associated Press published a story dealing with sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church to little fanfare. It noted that allegations of sexual abuse involving the Catholic Church in the United States dropped in 2009, and that most of the alleged offenders “are dead, no longer in the priesthood, removed [...]
By Michael Brush In 1994, “Forrest Gump” was the movie of the year, health care stocks were as cheap and unloved as they are today, and the reason was exactly the same: Washington was considering health care reform. But then the Clinton administration’s proposals died, and stocks in the sector roared upward, enriching investors who’d [...]
Why it’s a buy: With proper care, a good mechanical watch — the kind that needs to be wound — lasts virtually forever. (Not so the typical quartz.) Buy used, and you can save 20% or more off the retail price. Plus, the downturn has pushed prices on secondhand watches about 20% lower than they [...]
By James B. Stewart, SmartMoney Higher interest rates are coming. That was the unmistakable message from the Federal Reserve recently when it increased the discount rate, the rate it charges banks for borrowing reserves. Although the move came sooner than many had expected, it was a healthy step toward more-normal conditions and a sign the [...]
The search giant’s former individual=> specific=> distinct personnel are seeding tech startups‟our;and shaping yet another wave of innovation Infographic by Ronald Plyman By Spencer E. Ante and Kimberly Weisul Browse problems=> problems=> issuess Browse the BusinessWeek Archive in the course of the holidays last year, Aydin Senkut and Elad Gil gathered [...]
A successful marketing or PR campaign involves a lot of components, and chief among them is great content. Part of that content is, obviously, text. Searchability guides much of marketing today, and properly written text means better search results. But another key component is multimedia. Compelling product demonstrations, captivating commercials, videos that go viral . [...]
JetBlue founder David Neeleman is taking his dirt-cheap airline model to South America. Will it fly? By Diane Brady and Adriana Brasileiro Browse Issues Browse the BusinessWeek Archive David Neeleman is in a good mood. Fresh off a flight from São Paulo and gearing up for a round of TV interviews, [...]
Timing is everything, especially when press releases go global, says Marianne Pohl, an editor in Business Wire’s London newsroom. All Things Press Release launches a “Going Global with Your Press Release” podcast series today with an episode on timing. Marianne shares tips on what to consider when sending press releases across time zones around the world. [...]