Virginia emergency management officials are warning residents to be prepared for widespread power outages and wind damage from the oncoming Hurricane Irene.
A state of emergency was declared by Gov. Bob McDonnell as the state waits on the arrival of the storm.
The declaration clears the way for the National Guard and other services to be utilized. [...]
World class Internet marketers Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker and E. Brian Rose have been tapped for keynote speaker roles at StoperNet LIVE 10, a three day marketing and networking event to be held in Las Vegas.
StomperNet is an online membership site for budding and experienced Internet entrepreneurs. The site teaches cutting edge techniques and provides real [...]
Michigan drivers have one more reason to try and go green—the Michigan Supreme court has ruled that the price of car insurance premiums can now be based on a person’s credit score, and the worse the score, the higher the premium. This is unfortunate for many people who may have made a bad decision in [...]
Freddie Mac began surveying the rates of 30-year fixed-rate mortgages in 1971. The survey found that this week has posted the lowest rate since its beginning, with 30-year fixed-rate mortgages now at 4.36 percent, compared to 4.42 percent the previous week and 5.14 percent from last year.
This decline in mortgage rates, along with the declines [...]
The recent egg recall due to feared infection of Salmonella enteritidis, has officially become the largest outbreak of this disease since the federal government began tracking it in 1973.
A new bill is on the table to protect homeowners that take advantage of mortgage loan modification from having their credit scores trashed.
Mortgage loan modification has been touted by financial institutions and the Obama administration as a way for homeowners to save their homes in times of financial difficulties, but those that take advantage of [...]
The latest cover of Rolling Stone Magazine is sporting a controversial photo featuring the stars of show True Blood.
In the cover photo, True Blood stars Stephen Moyer, Anna Pacquin, and Alexander Skarsgard are clotheless and dripping in blood. Moyer is cupping the naked breast of Pacquin.
The HBO show about vampires coming out in the open [...]
Games 2.0 has a new owner. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) recently obtained Slide.com, one of the makers of online entertainment applications for social networks. Many of these applications allow users to create their own “virtual goods” and distribute them as they see fit. Google has not released the financial details of the acquisition, but rumors are circulating [...]
Another drop in the United States unemployment rate could be coming. In fact, many economists feel that the probability of this is higher than was previously predicted. In May, the unemployment rate was at 9.7%. This dropped to 9.5% in June. Robert Shiller, an economics professor at Yale University said that there is a greater [...]
The goals that were set by the Obama Administration to help homeowners use mortgage modification to avoid foreclosure have not been met. Congress offered an assessment of the program, and said that the Treasury Department did not clarify what the program’s objectives should be.
Elizabeth Warren, the chairwoman of the Congressional Oversight Panel, noted that the [...]
