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...gs for soundness are weak 2 stars problematic at bauerfinancial and 1 star lowest at bankrate.com. both are based on 63008 data. the bank has been fdic insured since 1982 fdic certificate 24156. htt pbankdeals .blogspot. com200810m oneymarket accountand cdspecials at.html bookmark it hi de sites d iv.d1708.e ach functione e....
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...on to open these accounts. as i reported last year these accounts must be opened online. they are not available at bank of america branches. credit for this cd find goes to this bestcashcow post. http bankdeals. blogspot.c om20081042 53monthcda nd386money market.htm l bookma rk it hi de sites d iv.d1549.e ach functione e.visua...
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while ing direct and washington mutual are dropping the interest rates on their online savings accounts the dollar savings direct account from emigrant is going up via interesting money. the account now has a 4.00 apy up from 3.75 putting it at the top of highest online savings accounts. when we first heard about dollar saving direct we wondered why emigrant bank was introducing a new account to c...
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...ged please leave a comment in the post reviewing the account links to the posts are on the right side of the table. ill update the post with the rate. the tables are updated once or twice a week. http bankdeals. blogspot.c om200810re wardchecki ngaccountr atesfall.h tml book mark it hi de sites d iv.d1448.e ach functione e.vis...
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weekend reading is a roundup of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week international central banks team up governement planning to transfer all bad bank debt to taxpayers sec plans to temporarily ban shortselling government buying bad debt money market accounts not so safe bernanke we have lost control a year of heavy losses need a jo...
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bank deals recently posted a hot new checking promotion from provident bank its a 100 checking account bonus when you open a checking account by november 21st 2008 and meet some other conditions. you will also need a direct deposit and a mastermoney debit card by 1231 and the money is yours. your best bet is to use their totally free checking minimum deposit to open is 25 and there is no balance ...
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bank deals found another gem of an account bonus this time its a hundred bones for a checking account. bank of the west has a checking account promotion in which you can earn up to 100. as is typical with these bonuses there are a few hoops to jump through to earn the full 100 25 for opening a new free checking account 25 for using your debit card 10 times 25 for signing up for direct deposit 25...
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edward harrison submitsi was recently called out on missing the details of the fdics list of 117 problem banks. in a post on the ots agreement for regulatory supervision of washington mutual wm i incorrectly stated that national city ncc was on that list and inferred that wamu was as well. this is not the case. the total asset base of the banks on that list is only 78 billion combined.both ncc an...
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with the recent bank failures of indy mac and bear sterns many people have wondered how safe their money is. others such as citibank and bank of america have also been hit pretty hard by the falling out of the subprime mortgage market and many are wondering if their savings with these banks are safe. fortunately your money is insured up to 100000 in savings and for those with more than that there ...
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i received the following email from a reader any suggestions on what to do with money that id like to have earning at least a little interest but need to be able to access quickly im thinking perhaps a money market but im not sure where to find a good one. this kind of money which commonly is an emergency fund is what is called chicken money a term i credit to terry savage of the chicago suntimes...
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the big picture the nonguidebook version of what to do and not do in nyc tags travel usa nyc why microsoft wont extend windows xps lifespan compiler from wired.com thus when microsoft shows its sales reports it looks like you bought a copy of vista. even if dell reports the number of downgrading customers all microsoft has to do is point to the sales records to show that vista is the customer ...
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for fixed income investors who dont think much of bonds finding decent returns has become more and more challenging. money market and high yield savings accounts have rates that have plunged in recent months and certificates of deposit have not done much better. its become a real challenge to find decent returns but since this question came up yet again this week i thought i would go through some ...
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those of you who have been using high yield savings or money market accounts have found out that the definition of high is getting rather low. i have accounts at ing direct capital one direct igobanking and virtual bank they all started the year with greater than 4 interest yields and now are hanging around between 3 and 4. interestingly many people spooked by the subprime credit debacle and the v...
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ghostface vs mf doom album underway japanese wendys is so tasty its called wendies. grab yourself a wendys set today oh dear lord. neun live has gone over the top. i cant even believe it. watch the traumainducing video german but it doesnt matter. the best interest rates and lowentry checking accounts over at bank deals.......
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