The Federal Reserve yesterday approved final rules aimed at protecting consumers by prohibiting certain unfair acts or practices by credit card issuers. The new rules were adopted under the Federal Trade Commission Act, and similar rules were concurrently adopted by the Office of Thrift Supervision and the National Credit Union Administration. The good news for […]
This post comes from good friends of mine who recently designed, manufactured, and are now marketing an educational board game that helps children learn to read. Through this article and a few more to come, they will share with you their experiences running a business. Have you ever had an intriguing business idea? How many […]
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There is only one thing worse than not setting financial goals–setting ineffective financial goals. A perfect example of a worthless goal is, “I want to achieve financial freedom.” While it may sound good, we don’t know what financial freedom is, so how will we know when we have arrived? A slightly better goal is, “I […]
This post is a story about how I made $826.75 in about 10 minutes this morning, and more importantly, how you can, too. This post is also about following the Dough Roller on Twitter, but more about that in a moment. Let’s first get to the money part of this post, which is an example […]