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Motorbike and motorcycle insurance – important factors to consider
Motorbike insurance – You hear a lot about car insurance but not that much about motorcycle insurance. Maybe it has to do with cars being more expensive and more popular. But there are several motorbike users in this world who are looking to get insurance for their motorbikes.
If you have …
Google in trouble over privacy concerns
As you probably already know, Facebook has been in the news lately over privacy issues. The new changes to the privacy policy have stirred several protests.
Now it’s Google’s turn. As you know, Google offers a service called Street View which provides street pictures around the world on Google Maps. Google’s …
Why you should not delete your Facebook account!
Whether or not you are a Facebook user, you probably know the main reason why Facebook has been in the news lately. Facebook, the most popular social networking site as of now, likes to makes changes on a regular basis. Recently, it altered its Privacy Policy quite a bit and …
US economy – 3.2% growth in the first quarter
Several months ago, some of the world’s most trusted and stable banks went bankrupt around the world. Most of these banks such as Lehman Brothers were located in America. Several companies and businesses such as Circuit City, Chrysler, General Motors and Samsonite also suffered from the recession. However, months later, …
Listing of bankrupt companies
Listing bankrupt companies – 2009: Ever since the recession hit US and the economy started to tumble, a lot of popular companies have filed for bankrupt. Some survived while others did not. Many popular companies hit the front page when they decided to file for bankruptcy such as General Motors, …
What is an individual savings account (ISA)?
Recently, I was having a conversation with one of my British friends and we were talking about the poor economy and current recession that is going on in America. During the conversation, my friend mentioned ISAs and I found myself a little lost. So I asked him and he explained …
Twitter down due to Denial of Service (Dos) attacks
If you are a Twitter addict, you may have noticed that Twitter was down today (Thursday) morning. The reason for downtime was a DoS (Denial of Service) attack.
A DoS attack consists of sending more amount of traffic to a website or server than it can handle. Usually, such attacks are …
Picking the right credit card
Some time back, when I was about to get my first credit card, I was really perplexed. There are so many options nowadays. A while back, most people had not even heard of it and now credit cards are everywhere. They have several benefits. They are easy to use, safe …
Finding best rates for loans
In such hard and unreliable financial times, you will find numerous people taking loans and seeking other forms of financial help. The most difficult part about getting loans is finding a source that provides good rates. Once that step is completed, you can save a lot of money and it …
How to create your own website with worthy design
Design really matters if you want to achieve success in the Internet.
You should know that the first impression is very important in business. For example, you pay much attention to business cards because they are not only the source of information, but also your company’s face. You also dress up …
Another source for financial information
Business and Finance are two very grand niches and it is very difficult to stay up-to-date with them together by just considering few sources. To know most of the latest information in the business and finance fields, you need to consider more than just one source. In fact, you need …
How to recover from debt
There is no point in arguing that these are one of the worst days for economy and we do not know how long it will take for the economy to recover. Businesses continue to go bankrupt and employees continue to get laid off. In times like these, when people run …
CIT Group avoids bankruptcy
A deal was struck between the directors of CIT Group and its important bondholders to avoid bankruptcy. CIT Group is a major lender to small businesses. Presently, CIT is in tremendous amount of debt and hopefully, this deal will provide them with some time to manage their business model.
CIT Group …
The importance of accepting credit cards
Credit cards have become a very important part of our economy these days. If you were to go back few years in time, you would see hardly anyone using them and now everyone seems to be using them to pay for food from Burger King, clothes from Old Navy, baseball …
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