Insurance tips for storm battered Florida (CNNMoney.com)
As Tropical Storm Fay churns through Florida, residents there are boarding up and battening down their homes. Here’s a look at Florida’s homeowner insurance situation.
Asking the Wrong Questions About Debt (Motley Fool)
When did too much debt become a good thing?
Mich. man decades-old Cadillac-a-year tradition (AP)
There are loyal customers, and then there’s Joseph Macko. The 84-year-old Flint man has bought or leased a new Cadillac every year since 1955, the year Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Calif., and Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus.
Raw Deal: Overdraft fees and overdraft protection plans (CNNMoney.com)
Terry Read transferred $400 into his wife’s checking account on a Friday. Over the weekend, his wife used her debit card to make some small purchases, and on Monday she was slammed with a $35 overdraft fee because his cash transfer hadn’t cleared yet.
Businesses’ steps to save on energy turn permanent (AP)
As the cost of gasoline soared over the past year, many small businesses took steps to mitigate the damage to their cash flow and profits. Now, even though gas has fallen from the record levels it hit in mid-July, companies are making those money-saving strategies permanent.
Top Tips: Qualifying for a student loan (CNNMoney.com)
The student loan market is rejecting more applicants because of too-low credit scores, but the market is still advancing money, even as colleges prepare to resume classes. Some tips from CNN’s Gerri Willis on how to nab a loan.
Big Oil’s lobby machine (CNNMoney.com)
As angry voters spark a barrage of energy bills in Congress, the oil industry is spending record amounts of money protecting its interests.
Making Up for Missed Payments (Motley Fool)
Take steps fast to fix these financial foul-ups.
Column: How to ensure online shopping is safe (AP)
Q: With so much talk about Internet security problems and credit card fraud, how do I protect myself while shopping online?
U.S. Bank buys ATM unit from Palm Desert Bank (AP)
A subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp on Tuesday agreed to purchase certain electronic banking assets from Palm Desert National Bank.
Even the best borrowers will feel the brunt of the credit crisis (at MarketWatch)
The credit crunch is the one area that many consumers think they can sidestep if their financial situation is not perilous. After all, the term credit crunch was just put into the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, defined as a severe shortage of money or credit, so anyone with decent credit or stable cash flow is likely to believe that credit headlines represent someone elses problems.
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