Uncommon Money News (Vol 8)

By: Roshawn Watson

In preparing to write my posts, I often come across noteworthy and sometimes bizarre financial and business news. Here are links to some of these sites. Enjoy!

Additionally, Taking Control of Your Finances post got accepted into the Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness and the Carnival of Financial Planning . Thank you so much for including my post in your carnivals.

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This was a pretty interesting slide show about the world’s richest college drop outs.

This article is sad. It highlights how free drug samples go to wealthy and insured but not to the poorest individuals that need the drugs.

Once again, the prosperity doctrine and the and preachers come under fire in the gospel of money.

Although I am not a fan of getting a tax return, here is an article that discusses whether the IRS owes you money.

GM just scrapped a $300 million program to develop advanced V8 engines for luxury vehicles. Apparently, GM is trying to “shed its reputation for gas-guzzling vehicles.”

Did you know by some accounts, ID theft was up 40% last year. Please get insurance