Archive for January, 2009

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The Best Companies To Work For in 2009.

The Fortune Best Companies list is out for 2009, and even in this economy some of them are even hiring. If you are looking for a job, this list might be a good place to start seeing as how they are on the list of the best companies to work for in 2009. What makes a best company? The rankings take into account pay, benefits, work-life programs, diversity, availability of training, among some other items. Take a look at the top 10 for this year, and then click through to see the rest of the list. If I ever had to go back to a corporate gig, I would definitely check some of these out first in my job search!

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Ask The M-Network: Make Multiple Small Payments On Monthly Bills?

My Two Dollars reader Jaimie sent in the following question to the M-Network’s new feature “Ask The M-Network“:

“I have always lived paycheck to paycheck. I am paid weekly and in extreme desire to enable financial security I have instituted a new budget plan. I pay a portion of every bill I have (utilities, car payments, credit cards, insurance, etc.) each and every week. I have worked this forward for a few months and it seems that if I stick to it strictly I will be doing very well. Is there any reason I should not do this?”

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Where To Find Money To Start Your Own Business.

When looking for money to start a business, you have plenty of options to check out. Of course, not all of them will pan out, but if you open up your search to as many places as possible, chances are that you will be able to get some funding from somewhere. In this economic climate it can be difficult to secure the money you need, but there is definitely money out there to be had. The key is to having a solid plan that you can present to possible lenders; making them feel as though your idea will succeed goes a long way towards getting them to release the purse strings. I am writing this post from some personal experience of late, as my wife is finishing up her business plan for a small private Montessori School she wants to open here and will soon be presenting it in order to get some funding. Over the course of our discussion about this and in putting together her plan of action, here are the places she is going to look for money, in the order she is going to look.

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Sunday Money Roundup – New (Old) Jeep Edition.

OK, so it’s new to me, but still…last week I took delivery of my new ride, a 1995 Jeep YJ Rio Grande Edition. It has been totally rebuilt and restored and is in amazing condition for Jeep this old. I had an older CJ years ago that was a piece of garbage, but this thing is practically brand new. After going back and forth on buying a new car or buying used, I decided on used for 2 reason – 1. cost (paid cash) and 2. less environmental impact of used versus new. I certainly didn’t need a new car as I work from home, so I bought myself a good, solid Jeep to get me around and to have some fun this summer with. Cannot wait to take the top off of it in a few months! On to the roundup…

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Don’t Forget To Ask M-Network Your Financial Questions!

Don’t forget to take advantage of the new feature from all of us at the M-Network called “Ask The M-Network“. This new feature allows our readers to submit personal finance questions to any of the M-Network members using our contact forms. (Here is my contact form) Your question will be answered by several M-Network members behind the scenes and then published within a few days as a post on the blog where you submitted the question. So you ask a question via my contact form, I talk it over with the other members, and I post the answer here a few days later…Pretty cool, right?

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