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 [...]
General Motors is set to release its electric car, the Volt, at the end of 2010. It has a purchase price around $33,500, after a $7,500 federal tax credit. However, the lease price is probably what will draw consumers in. For a 36-month lease, consumers can expect to pay about $350 a month, with $2,500 [...]
The three coastal counties of Mississippi are preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Bonnie and perhaps an abundance of oil that may be pushed towards their white sands beaches.
Mississippi governor Haley Barbour declared a state of emergency in the area early Friday. There is a growing fear that the pending storm surge may push [...]
