Uncommon Money News (Vol. 73)


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!

This week, I participated in the Carnival of Financial Planning – Edition #109 hosted by: Military Finance Network. We have the following posts included in this carnival: Should You Buy A House Outright? and The Rich Get Poorer.

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Business News

Another U.S. Bank–One of the “Good Ones”–Ready to Blow?

What Professionals Make (image)

Rupert Murdoch to Internet: It’s War!

Bye Bye Shamu – SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Sold For $2.3 Bill

Studios struggle to rein in movie marketing costs

Goldman Sachs Scandal

This company with $8B in debt and thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in revenue lost in 2008, is set to pay its highest bonuses in its history, on the rationale that its managers will find other work otherwise. Is this a bank? No, it’s a newspaper company.

Comcast may become a partner in Hulu.

Economy

47% will pay no federal income tax?

Detroit: Too broke to bury their dead

Clearly you did not represent the will of the people

Gold sets record high above $1,040 per ounce

Personal bankruptcies hits a 4-year high

Entertainment Money News
Michael Jordan’s $7.5 Million pad

Nicolas Cage Owes $6.3 Million in Back Taxes

Other

21 ways to get something for nothing

Image Credit: Kirk W