| Protect yourself from phishing scams
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 10:55 a.m. We've told you to keep an eye on your email for a scam known as phishing -- when it appears a reputable company you're doing business with, asks you to submit personal information to confirm an account. We got one last week, claiming that an online account with a local bank had expired and that the bank needed the person's current information. We did some checking and found two things that didn't add up. First of all, the bank says its employees will never ask people for this type of information and second. The person who received this email doesn't even have an account with the bank. If you ever get these emails, experts say the best defense is to call the company yourself to see if they do business this way.
Four rules of financial control
In a lecture Tuesday evening on the Southeast Missouri State University campus, financial author and television commentator Jean Chatzky offered four rules for keeping control over personal finances:1. Make a decent living. When negotiating the pay for any job, research what that position is worth in the market and seek the highest possible salary. If in the first negotiation, the company offers 5 percent more than what others receive, over time the gap will widen and "you will have $300,000 more in your bank account when you retire," she said. 2. Spend less than you make. "How do you spend less than you make? You do it by tracking where your money is going. ... The fact that your money is gone is the symptom, not the problem," Chatzky said. After understanding where money is going, Chatzky said it is important to reduce spending on items that are desires rather than essentials.
'Racetrack Girls' founder says stock scheme sank video venture
NOTE: Click on numbered footnotes to view sourcing for this report. KEMP, Texas – In this Kaufman County ranching town between Gun Barrel City and Styx, up a gravel driveway at a baseball field, amid the flies and the July heat, John Eckerd digs through a burnt orange Dumpster. 1 .
Standard Bank to up fees by 4.65%
Standard Bank will raise its transaction fees by an average of 4.65 percent in 2008, the bank said on Monday. Increasing competitive pressure, rising interest rates and inflation were some of the reasons for the increase, said the bank's CEO for personal and business banking Sim Tshabalala. He said the bank had to strike a balance between keeping its customers happy and providing a return for its shareholders. A "veritable slew" of competitors had entered the field, offering basic banking services, such as Woolworths, Shoprite Checkers and Bidvest. The bank's director of banking products Keith Fuller said: "There's a relatively healthy gap between inflation and the price increases." The gap had been decreasing Since 2006, this gap had however been decreasing.
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Webroot(R) Research Finding: Convenience Outweighs Caution for Online Holiday Shopping -- Lack of Concern for Internet ...
Webroot Software, Inc., a leading provider of Internet security software for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today reported the results of its latest research, "State of Internet Security: Protecting Consumers Online." According to the report, shopping online is expected to increase worldwide this holiday season along with the threats to online shoppers. The report revealed that a surprisingly large number of Internet users are not taking the steps necessary to ensure their privacy and personal information while online shopping. This lack of precaution will put them at risk of becoming a victim of cyber crime. The report further discusses specific risks, how to identify them and how to protect against cyber threats. .
The Whole Truth - Christ Claims Torture Illegal - Get The Enemies of Man
Torture IS illegal, yet, the TV threat is trying to teach America that We, The People, haven't spoken on this issue since Law came to be. Please, I beg, please fight back for Humanity by not excepting a zionist's betrayal to G-D on this subject. .
Decade of upheaval: Brokaw's new book looks back at history-making 1960s
Newsman Tom Brokaw has retired a different generation -- the 1960s -- in his new book now on the shelves at Henderson County Public Library. Here are some details about "Boom! Personal Reflections on the Sixties and Today" and other new books at the library: .
Crime reports
A $600 car stereo and other items were stolen from a vehicle on the first block of Philmont Avenue between 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 a.m. Monday. A garage was broken into and several tools, valued at $370, were stolen from the first block of Philmont Avenue between 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 a.m. Monday. .
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Cato Institute 25th Annual Monetary Conference, Washington, D.C. November 14, 2007 Federal Reserve Communications The more fully the public understands what the function of the Federal Reserve System is, and on what grounds its policies and actions are based, the simpler and easier will be the problems of credit administration in the U.S.
� Federal Reserve Board, Annual Report, 1923, p. 95. Montagu Norman, the Governor of the Bank of England from 1921 to 1944, reputedly took as his personal motto, "Never explain, never excuse." Norman's aphorism exemplified how he and many of his contemporaries viewed the making of monetary policy--as an arcane and esoteric art, best practiced out of public view. Many central bankers of Norman's time (and, indeed, well into the postwar period) believed that a certain mystique attached to their activities and that allowing the public a glimpse of the inner workings would only usurp the prerogatives of insiders and reduce, if not grievously damage, the effectiveness of policy.
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