In an effort to curb anticipated shortfalls, the U.S. Postal Service may discontinue Saturday delivery service, cut down on overtime, raise postal rates, and layoff about 30,000 of its 596,000 employees. According to a new article on Reuters.com highlighted an announcement on precisely that subject by USPS CFO Joseph Corbet. The recent proliferation of private delivery ...

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One of the hottest asset classes in 2009 by far was Emerging Markets, which includes stocks from developing markets like China, Brazil, Korea, Taiwan, India, and South Africa. Two of the most popular ETFs in this category are the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) and the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO). Which one should ...

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Will the tough budget deficit decisions be made? It turns out "agnostic definition" is something Google searchers want to know. My guess is that it doesn’t have all that much to do with religion, which is typically how the word is applied. It does have other uses, though. Courtesy of the New York Times‘ “Word of ...

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Can car title loans benefit me? Emergency Funds What do you do in a situation when you need funds urgently? In many cases, people get loans from banks, after approaching them. Banks however have lengthy paperwork, which they will be required to complete. They will even be rejected for the loan if they don’t qualify. Applying for ...

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In the process of trying to minimize junk, I sold off some pretty old textbooks this week. It’s been over ten years since I first bought any of these books, and the last time I used them was probably about 7 years ago. I had saved them initially for the qualifying exams that ...

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