When it comes to knowledge about long-term care insurance planning, Americans under age 60 received a failing grade.

Individuals between the ages of 55 and 59 paid between $700 and $6,950 for long-term care insurance according to a new report released today by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, the industry's trade organization.

With many people out of work or moms at home looking to earn a little extra income, people are looking to the internet as a possible way to earn a little extra money. If you are also looking to make a little extra cash then one of the options you will find is online surveys for money. The question is are these offers for real or just scams.

News is being reported from the sources in United States to UK that the Obama administration is preparing a Cash for Refrigerators program, a type of cash for appliances after the clunkers' success. The goal of the Cash For Appliances program is to boost sales of energy-efficient home appliances.

You probably have cocaine in your wallet, purse, or pocket. Sound unlikely or outrageous? Think again! In what researchers describe as the largest, most comprehensive analysis to date of cocaine contamination in banknotes, scientists are reporting that cocaine is present in up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, particularly in large cities such as Baltimore, Boston, and Detroit. The scientists found traces of cocaine in 95 percent of the banknotes analyzed from Washington, D.C., alone.

Maybe Congress should scrap their efforts at health care and health insurance reform. Old fashioned bartering for health care is growing in popularity among Americans. Take note President Obama.

Consumers continued to save in June, with consumer debt dropping for the fifth straight month. Unfortunately, the message from economists is that consumers need to spend, spend, spend if the global economy is to recover.

Julie A. Urban, Ph.D. and Marzeih Bolhassani, Ph.D., both of the University of Wisconsin System, released the findings of their recent payday lending survey today at the 2009 Understanding and Overcoming Poverty in Wisconsin Conference.

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It is now widely accepted that payments by cash and cheques could soon be out-of-date. Industry commentators are stating this is good news for credit card companies like MBNA as well as mobile phone companies.

Being a Contrarian can be very lonely. Therefore, all Great Investors find themselves very lonely as only contrarians become Great Investors. Jeremy Grantham has been lonely a very long time, but he is what I consider a Great Investor, along side Warren Buffet, Bill Gross and Julian Robertson.