Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Sunday, September 11, 2016

Wells Fargo Scam Is Ugly Look Inside Big Banks

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Wells Fargo bank got fined big time for widespread corruption and hijinks, including opening bank accounts with fees for customers who did...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

DEA, Like Other Law Enforcement Shakes Down Airline, Train Passengers

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Is the DEA enforcing drug laws, or or they just shaking down people for cash. USAToday raised the question.   Asset forfeiture, the habi...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

I Finally Figured Out That Donald Trump Is Like An Evil Rip Taylor

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Rip Taylor portrayed an angry clown is his comedy schtick. Is Donald Trump a mean version of this?   I'm going to start this post ...
Thursday, March 3, 2016

Some Employers Still Nickel And Diming Employees In Wage Theft Moves

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A Hormel plant in Wisconsin. A judge there ruled, reasonably, if you must put on protective gear to do your job at Hormel, they must pay y...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Watch Another Company Move Jobs To Mexico; Turn Employees Into Sanders Supporters

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Carrier/United Technologies hamhandedly announces their firing 1,400 workers so they can get cheaper labor in Mexico and then wonders w...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

One More "Pharma Bro" Post As He Gets His Comeuppance, Again!

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Maybe Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli won't make as many ill-gotten dollars off his overpriced meds after a competitor stepped in Friday w...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Why Picking Up An Old Rusty Can On Your Property Can Be A $10 Million Good Idea

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A middle aged couple somewhere in California were walking along a path on their rural property not long ago. A lucky California couple fo...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Airlines Shrinking Seats To Grow Bottom Line

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Your bottom is getting an extra tight squeeze in smaller airline seats to fatten airliners' bottom line. Chalk it up to the good old q...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Man Denied Lifesaving Treatment Over 26 Cent Payment Error

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A New Jersey man's life is apparently not worth 26 cents. Especially if that life affects the bottom line of his former employer and a...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Bank That Foreclosed On Wrong Ohio House, Took Stuff And Just Shrugged Is Now About To Regret It

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The news hit this week that a bank in Ohio which was foreclosing on a house sent a team to the wrong building and h auled out all the owner...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Employer Would Pay Workers Via Debit Card With Lots of Fees To Eat Up Workers' Earnings

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A woman in Pennsylvania, Natalie Gunshannon, was just about to start working at a local McDonald's.  She was going to earn just $7.44 an...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

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If you needed any more proof that a lot of people will do anything to save a buck, we take you to Sacramento, and other areas. Why? Well, ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Health Care Costs: Bill For Clipping One Toenail: $1,206

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Ezra Klein had an illuminating, scary piece on the Washington Post's Wonkblog recently. There's been much discussion about how h...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Not Buying At The Store Or Blowing Off Dinner Reservation? You're Screwed.

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Two items from Consumerist over the past day or two seem to indicate some retailers and business owners are beginning to up the ante when d...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

When Two Lives Combine Into One: My Happy But Tricky Story..

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My husband Jeff and I had a fight about money the other night. It wasn't even a fight, really, at least not a conventional one. We do ...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

Money: Another Reason Why I'm Happy I'm Not in the Dating Pool

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I'm so glad I'm married already and don't need to date to find a mate. That's true now so more than ever, given the higher...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

$3,000 For a 75-Foot Ambulance Ride?

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An 84 year old guy in California went to the doctor, saying he had a dizzy spell. His doctor figured the man needed an MRI, which was availa...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

A $100,000 Chicken Coop. Buy Now!

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Seems everybody these days is getting back to the farm, growing vegetables in their yard, keeping chickens for fresh eggs in a shed out back...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Make Money, Lose Friends With These Bets

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A hot new video on YouTube (2 million hits!) shows you how to make ten simple bets with people that you are guaranteed to win. Your friend...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Magical Lottery Thinking

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A little gem making the rounds on line today is a survey that shows that 21 percent of Americans think that winning the lottery is the most ...