Craigslist, the online classified giant, has recently received pressure from numerous states, once again asking the website to remove the “adult services” area, in order to prevent and stop the exploitation of innocent people.
So far, attorney generals from 17 states have sent Craigslist a letter asking for “immediate action to end the misery for the [...]
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 [...]
Nadja Benaissa is a member of the German girl-band ‘No Angels’. The singer was recently tried and convicted of grevious bodily harm because she was HIV-positive and failed to inform two men of that fact before exposing them to the disease.
Benaissa was given a two-year suspended sentence, although she could have faced up to 10 [...]
A study recently took place at Kyushu University in Japan that looked at any links between Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. The researchers studied insulin resistance, type two diabetes, and neurofibrillary tangles or plaque deposits which are commonly found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s.
There are 135 people studied, with a median age of 67. [...]
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 [...]
Dr. Laura Schlessinger stirred up a load of trouble for herself after controversially using the N-word on her radio show last week. The host was talking to an African-American about her Caucasian husband and his friends making racially charged jokes. The caller then asked about the appropriateness of using the N-word, to which Dr. Laura [...]
IBM has announced its plans to purchase Unica.com, a marketing software maker, for around $480 million. IBM is purchasing Unica in an effort to improve their customer loyalty and satisfaction. Unica has over 1,500 customers including Best Buy and US Cellular.
IBM recently purchased Coremetrics, a Web analytics vendor. The software produced by Unica will work [...]
The Internet phone company known as Skype has officially filed for a public offering to raise $100 million dollars. Thirty percent of Skype’s stock is owned by eBay, who owned the all of the company until a 2007 sale.
Unfortunately for Skype, Wall Street investors were unwilling to put a value on the company, as it [...]
