By: Roshawn Watson
In preparing to write my posts, I often come across noteworthy and sometimes bizarre financial and business news. Below are links to some of these sites. Enjoy!
Recently, I participated in the the Carnival of Financial Planning #129 hosted at the Skilled Investor. The featured posts were: Thoughts On Escaping the Rat Race and Is Bigger Better? Scaling Down The American Dream. Thanks for including my posts in your carnivals. Please check out other posts on these sites.
Posts of the Week
Unionized Rhode Island Teachers Refuse To Work 25 Minutes More Per Day, So Town Fires All Of Them
Top Earners Averaged $345 Million in 2007, IRS Says
The $555,000 Student-Loan Burden
Business
Credit card relief is here, but watch out for new traps
Guys makes 100k per year for purchasing the World’s Most Expensive Island online for $26,500
Unionized Rhode Island Teachers Refuse To Work 25 Minutes More Per Day, So Town Fires All Of Them (POW)
Ousted GM CEO Fritz Henderson Rehired As Consultant, Earns $60K A Month
URL typos could earn Google $497 million per year
9 Poorly Conceived Marketing Campaigns
Valentine’s Day: By the Numbers
Economy
Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs
Health-care shocker: Policy-holder’s premium goes up 69%
Top Earners Averaged $345 Million in 2007, IRS Says (POW)
Entertainment
Valentine’s Day conquers the box office
‘Shutter Island’ Thrills at Weekend Box Office
Shutter to Think: Leo Bigger Than Ever
IRS Remove $33 Million Tax Lien on Joe Francis
Beyonce’s Dad Ordered to Pay Child Support
Ving Rhames to Producer: Do I Look Like a Punk?
Frank & Jamie McCourt Divorce – So Rich!
Hilary Duff’s $1 Million Engagement Ring
Offbeat Money News