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Using Credit Card Sensibly

Credit Cards have played a definite role in increasing the monthly spend of people. It sounds so good with presumable 0% finance; incentive points on shopping; and no money changing hands that you end up with feeling of getting every thing virtually for free.

If used sensibly, credit cards are a very useful tool for modern day life, but these Credit Cards are double-edged sword too. No doubt that they do help you improve your living standards, allow you the comfort of carrying minimum cash; but these cards need to be used responsibly, else you can become an out-of-control impulsive buyer.

Halt on Car Lease - Chrysler

In a sign that the woes afflicting Detroit and Wall Street are starting to feed on one another, Chrysler LLC said Friday it will no longer offer auto leases through its lending arm, a move that could further crimp the car maker's sales.

Powerhouse Of Body Pedals Autism-Linked Genes

A recent study suggests that Autism results from defects in genetic activity which can be activated or deactivated by the brain signals.

Microsoft Sets Pricing, Fret Partners

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday unveiled pricing for its hosted business productivity services and introduced the revenue-sharing plan wherein partners would be able to resell the software giant’s products.

Adobe on a roll as it posts 41% gain

For the three months ended May 30, Adobe, the company which makes Photoshop design software and the Acrobat publishing tool, reported net income of $214.9 million, or 40 cents a share, compared with $152.5 million, or 25 cents a share, in the same quarter a year ago.

Bank of America Determined to take over Countrywide

In a conference call on Monday with investors, Kenneth D. Lewis, the chief executive of Bank of America, confirmed his commitment to the Countrywide buyout, which is expected to close by the end of September.

Weaker Yen seems to shoot up Nikkei

Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.6 percent on Friday, with exporters such as Canon Inc buoyed by a weaker Yen and optimism over the U.S. economy after surprisingly strong figures on jobs and retail sales.

Oil prices go easy on pocket

Oil prices dropped below $124 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as demand concerns deepened and after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that more U.S. interest rate cuts are unlikely.

Yahoo gearing up to say no to Microsoft bid

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Jerry Yang said that a potential deal with Microsoft has tremendous power, but the software giant appears no longer interested in a full merger. He ordered up a draft press release rejecting a Microsoft Corp takeover bid months before January's unsolicited bid, company documents unsealed on Monday show.

Bear Stearns Marks End Of An Era

JP Morgan Chase completed its historic bid for Bear Stearns , effectively closing one of the more dismal chapters in the annals of Wall Street.
Now, the Street's attention turns to what JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will do for an encore.

I Turned $3,000 Into $210,000

This article's swaggering headline smacks of exaggeration -- but it's true.

How it happened
Picture it: New Jersey, 1995. Although not then a Motley Fool employee, I was, perhaps like you, an avid reader of Fool.com. Founding brothers David and Tom Gardner occasionally recommended stocks, and one of their recommendations was an online service provider, America Online.

The One-Year $1 Million Challenge

It's true what they say: Youth is wasted on the young.

I'm not going to get all sentimental about how responsibilities are nil and possibilities are endless. No, the real waste is the time young folks have to compound their money.

My Money Is Better Than Yours
My nine-year-old car has banged-up hubcaps. Whenever I pass some spiffy new car with gleaming, fancy wheels that must have cost the owner at least $4,000, I think to myself: "That's enough for a Roth IRA contribution. I wonder whether that person made one."
Love and Credit Don't Mix

There's no arguing that, financially, twosomes have a leg up on their single competition.

Couples get price breaks on insurance premiums, save money by splitting the cable and electric bills, and have built-in justification for buying the family-sized bag of chips. Scoring the best interest rates on big loans (to buy homes and cars) is more of a snap, too, since dynamic duos have two credit scores from which to choose.

3 Ways to Yield Wealth From Dividends
Sorry to disappoint you, Fools: However much you may imagine it, dividend checks don't make a ka-ching sound when they land in your account. There's no jackpot siren or shower of rainbow confetti, either.
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