Dow goes below 8000 and then recovers

Maybe the stock market has bottomed out and we’re now on a road to recovery.  The Dow went below 8000 today and then rallied to finish up 580 points.  Apparently, investors assumed that all of the negative news about the economy was already factored into the market and bargain hunters started buying. 
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Grim discovery in Caylee Anthony case

Authorities are trying to determine if bones found are those of missing three year old Caylee Anthony.  I’ve been watching this story unfold on Nancy Grace’s show on CNN.  It’s a deeply disturbng and horrible tragedy. 
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What’s with this packaging

Investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan did a story yesterday that beat me to the punch.  I recently bought a product at Best Buy and had a terrible time opening it.  I was so frustrated trying to open this package, I wanted to scream. 
We’re not talking about a big TV here, but a little lithium battery [...]

Watch your credit card rates

Randy Wilburn posted this interesting article on Facebook.  The piece discusses why banks may arbitrarily raise interest rates on consumer credit cards even when consumers keep up with their payments. 
Much of this debt is securitized and by raising fees and interest rates, banks can get the best of both worlds.  They can spread the risk of [...]