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Staying put in your house? You are not alone

Gorgeous | Money and Finances,Top Stories | Wednesday, 08 July 2009

David and Linda Barnes outside the Stockton, Calif., home they took off the market because of competition from foreclosures sales. The decision forced them to postpone their move south to be with their family. The weak economy and a sour housing marketing have meant that many more people in this ordinarily footloose nation are staying put. It’s a trend that reverses a decades-old pattern. Click on the picture for the full story

$60,000 in debt, and nothing to show

Gorgeous | Money and Finances,Top Stories,women | Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Mary Uhazi counting cash earned during a Saturday morning garage sale at a friend's home in East Sacramento on June 13. Uhazi, 43, gradually built a mountain of credit card debt over 20 years.Mary Uhazi is drowning in a sea of debt that she built up slowly over more than two decades of easy credit, but now worries she won’t be able to pay off because of the recession.

Mary Uhazi has more than $60,000 in credit card debt and, by her own account, “nothing to show for it.”

“You have some clothes, you have some dinner, you have a handbag, you have whatever, but it’s not $11,000 worth or it’s not $60,000 worth,” Uhazi said.

Uhazi is drowning in a sea of debt. And, like millions of other Americans, it is a debt load that she built up slowly over more than two decades of easy credit that made it all too simple to spend. Now she worries she won’t be able to pay it off because of the recession, which has led to a reduction in her salary and an increase in her credit card bills. …Click on picture for full story

In downturn, federal work force grows

Gorgeous | Main,Money and Finances,Top Stories | Sunday, 01 February 2009

Then President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by Timothy Geithner, left, and Christina Romer, meets with members of his economic team at his transition office in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5. Companies are cutting jobs by the tens of thousands. State and local governments are penny-pinching, too. So what about Uncle Sam? They will employ more workers! I hopefully  they will actually get workers and not just employees earning a pay check

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Retail sales plunge by a record amount

Gorgeous | Holidays,Money and Finances,Top Stories | Saturday, 15 November 2008

Shoppers look at a jewelry shop advertising holiday sales in New York. U.S. retailers reported the worst October sales results in more than three decades Friday as consumers cut spending sharply.Retail sales plunged by the largest amount on record in October as the financial crisis and the slumping economy caused consumers to sharply cut back on their spending.

It just might be that we are spending our money in a WISER WAY. Click on picture for full story

World’s largest airline adds $15 first-bag fee

Gorgeous | Holidays,Keeping organized,Money and Finances,Top Stories | Saturday, 08 November 2008

Delta Air Lines said that effective immediately, for traffic on or after Dec. 5, customers flying within the U.S. will be charged $15 for the first checked bag and $25 for the second checked bag when traveling domestically. Traveling for the Holidays? Get ready to pay a little extra on your bags! Delta Air Lines Inc., the world’s biggest airline, said Wednesday it will impose a $15 fee to check a first bag, becoming the last of the six legacy airlines to impose such a fee. Delta will also charge $25 for a second checked bag

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Move Over, My Pretty, Ugly Is Here

Gorgeous | Beauty,Money and Finances,Movies and TV,women | Wednesday, 29 October 2008

30ugly 75 Move Over, My Pretty, Ugly Is Here

The new newness: ugliness is in???? 

The repulsive and the simply unattractive are getting a philosophical and political makeover.

 

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What to make for dinner: RESERVATIONS!

Gorgeous | Money and Finances | Monday, 27 October 2008

Yes, I know, Wall Street is on the fritz and everyone is going bonkers! The financial situation of the US may be touchy, but the economy is still strong. With all this pandemonium , we still have to eat. So how about dinner out?  

WHAT????????….. Arent we supposed to SAVE money?. Yes, but just as you, we are tired of hearing doomsday predictions and want to relax, take some pressure off, regain sanity and enjoy the weekend.

We work hard all week so  we all deserve it!

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 What to make for dinner: RESERVATIONS!

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So , relax, get your mind off the Dow Jones, put on your gorgeous wear and when you’re asked : what are you making tonight? say : Reservations!