July, 2009

Free Wireless Internet Access at Barnes and Noble

Barnes & Noble bookstores and AT&T are now offering free wireless internet access to everyone. You can use this storefinder to see which ones have free Wi-Fi. Seems like they are now promoting their own e-Books as well through the service. Via Lifehacker. You can still get 2 hours of ...

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How Much Is Your 401(k) Costing You?

This is a guest post from Robert Brokamp of The Motley Fool. Robert is a Certified Financial Planner and the advisor for The Motley Fool’s Rule Your Retirement service. He contributes one new article to Get Rich Slowly every two weeks. I don’t want to dump on your boss. She/he/it gives you a job (assuming you ...

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Pete Rose to Be Pardoned by Baseball Soon?

Balls to the wall when Pete hit the field They called him "Charlie Hustle" (Photo: redmarketer.wordpress.com) I am an insatiable baseball fanatic. Long after the final pitch of the World Series, months before pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training in Arizona and Florida for Cactus and Grapefruit League games, I am thinking about the game, reading ...

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The Color of Money: When Target-Date Funds Miss the Mark

As dark as this recession has been, there's been an upside in that it has exposed myriad problems in the investing industry. Read more about The Color of Money: When Target-Date Funds Miss the Mark...

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Maximum Weekly Unemployment Benefits

On my post about adjusting to a financial crisis such as losing one's job, a commenter notedIt doesn't sound like you figure unemployment into your emergency plan which makes the scenario that much more stressful! It's true-- when I visualize losing my job and how I'd adjust, I think first of all about what it ...

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