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Reader Mailbag: Dog Days

July 21st, 2011

What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. Dealing with no credit 2. Handling changing mindsets 3. Spousal disagreements over budgeting 4. Car loan payoff 5. High pay, hate my job 6. House financing question 7. Running for school board 8. Career choices 9. Starting a side business 10. The future of the penny

The dog days of summer are here. That means sun tea, getting really sweaty outside, dry grass, occasional big and noisy thunderstorms, wonderful trips to the pool and to the lake, and falling to sleep with the noise of the ceiling fan.

Q1: Dealing with no credit Bad credit due to bankruptcy 10 years ago (gone from credit report now). I h

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Boomer sees business in discarded mannequins

July 20th, 2011

Judi Henderson-Town felt trapped. For years she was unhappy as an account executive at such industry giants as Johnson & Johnson and United Airlines. She found corporate life soul-destroying.

I wanted something more entrepreneurial, said the 53-year-old Henderson-Town. But I didnt know it was an option no one I knew growing up owned their own business.

In the past decade shes carved out her own eco-friendly niche and launched a San Francisco Bay Area business that recycles and then resells old mannequins. Henderson-Town has become a clearinghouse for businesses looking to dump old displays that previously ended up in landfills.

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Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB, Vítor Constâncio, Vice President of the ECB 5 August 2010

July 20th, 2011

Interest rates at: 1.00%

Trcihet’s Speech Cloud with the 150 main words of the conference

Introductory statement with Q&A

Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-President and I are very pleased to welcome you to our press conference. We will now report on the outcome of today’s meeting.

Based on its regular economic and monetary analyses, the Governing Council views the current key ECB interest rates as appropriate. It therefore decided to leave them unchanged. Considering all the new information which has become available since our meeting on 8 July 2010, we continue to expect price developments to remain moderate over the policy-relevant medium-term horizon, benefiting from low domestic price pressures. T Read more…

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Rabine Group Earns Better Business Bureau Accreditation

July 19th, 2011

Schaumburg, IL, July 20, 2011 Becoming an Accredited Business with the Better Business Bureau is an honor not accorded to all business; because not all businesses meet eligibility standards. The Rabine Group is pleased to announce today that it has met all BBB standards and is now an Accredited Business.

Accreditation in the BBB is by invitation only, says Steve J. Bernas, president & CEO of the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois. And only those businesses that meet our high standards, and pass the review process are approved by our Board of Directors.

As with all businesses that are Accredited by the BBB, the Rabine Group has committed to the BBB Code of Business Practices.

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Dry Beans or Canned Beans: A Cost-Effective Comparison

July 19th, 2011

A few weeks ago, I put out a call on Twitter and on Facebook for detailed posts that people would like to see. I got enough great responses that I’m going to fill the entire month of July – one post per day – addressing these ideas.

On Facebook, Meena asks about “Cost comparison between canned beans and cooking from dry – is it really worth the extra time?”

We use a lot of beans in our cooking. Generally, our solution is that if we’re planning ahead enough, we cook our own beans, not necessarily because it’s a winner in terms of cost or time, but because freshly-cooked beans taste a lot better (at least to me). I’m able to sea

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Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB, Vítor Constâncio, Vice President of the ECB 4 November 2010

July 19th, 2011

Interest rates at: 1.00%

Trcihet’s Speech Cloud with the 150 main words of the conference

Introductory statement with Q&A

Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-President and I are very pleased to welcome you to our press conference. We will now report on the outcome of today’s meeting.

Based on its regular economic and monetary analyses, the Governing Council continues to view the current key ECB interest rates as appropriate. It therefore decided to leave them unchanged. Taking into account all the new information and analyses which have become available since our meeting on 7 October 2010, we continue to expect price developments to remain moderate over the policy-relevant medium-term horizon. R Read more…

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