How To Pay Off $14,330 In 20 Months

Stuck in a $14,300 debt hole, reader Trixare4kids was able to dig herself out using tips she learned about on Consumerist.com. Let’s learn how she attacked her personal finances and learned to live frugally, and did it all in just 20 months. “As of today I am debt free…My spirit feels lighter. I am free. [...]

Sony selling DRM-free music for 66 cents per song

How do you outmaneuver Apple’s iTunes: By selling DRM-free music for less money than what you charge Apple. Sony is now selling its own and Universal’s music on Dada.net, for 66-cents (15 songs for $10). Yeah, there is a footnote, but Apple can’t be happy about this one. Do I smell a lawsuit?read more | [...]

Understand the Financial Crisis

Freddie and Fannie, Bernanke, Bush, mortgages, loans, foreclosure, $700 billion bailout, recession, crisis. These are the words filling the headlines and being tossed around in Washington and on Wall Street in worry and, yes, panic. What does it all mean? read more | digg story