November, 2009
Follow-Up: Google VoiceMail Now Works With Sprint
Just a quick note that Sprint conditional call forwarding is now free of charge. This means that Sprint customers can now forward all busy and unanswered phone calls to Google Voice without incurring the previous $.20/minute for conditional call forwarding – normal minutes usage still applies. Thanks to reader Matt G ...
Links Roundup: No Credit Needed Edition
Work on Your Money: The Missing Manual continues apace. I’ve finished the first seven chapters (happiness, goals, budgets, debt, frugality, income, and banking) and have just begun on chapter eight, which is about credit.
As part of this chapter, I’d love to profile a GRS reader who gets by on minimal credit. Specifically, I’m looking for ...
The Essential Reverse Mortgage Factsheet
At MintLife we strive to make complex financial topics easy-to-understand. Most homeowners are already familiar with the concept of a mortgage. A Reverse Mortgage lets you borrow money against the value of your home without your needing to pay it back until either one of two things happen; either you die or you sell the ...
Can the government fix this deficit problem?
In October, the US Treasury took in $135.3 billion and spent $311.7 billion. President Obama is now promising a deficit-reduction plan that will come with his 2011 budget. I have a question. Has all of this debt been part of a budget, because if it has, someone needs some definite budgeting lesson. ...
Federal Reserve Wants Your Opinion About Gift Card Fees
The Credit CARD Act of 2009 instructed the Federal Reserve to enact new regulations for gift cards. I have a love/hate relationship with gift cards; they’re convenient gifts to give when you know the recipient is a fan of a certain store. Unfortunately, the past few years have seen restrictions added to gift cards which ...
