http://www.wealthtodayblog.com Personal Finance Advice On Being Rich, Investing Wisely, Reducing Debt, Repairing Credit, Budgeting, Taxes, Savings Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:50:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Forbes wrote that as banks are grappling in their battlefield, they may have civilian casualties. Expect to be bled when banks are given the opportunity to offer a premium service such as overdraft fees and ATM fees for a hefty rate, and that those fees will be increasing and less ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/forbes-warns-of-banks-retaliating-through-fees The AP reported on a rough day on another rough day in Wall Street. It is one of the best articles I have read in awhile. Having dropped 800 points during the day, it finished at 370 less than last closing. Indeed it was rough. The article has an interesting ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/wall-street-whacked-in-its-pants-today The house legislative body has just taken action to save 22 million tax payers thousands of dollars by making adjustments to the alternative minimum tax law. This law, from the end of the 1960's was originally intended to guaruntee that no one, especially the wealthy, escaped paying any tax. When ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/house-takes-action-on-alternative-minimum-tax Today, the Dow Jones dropped 340 points as the US government released its poor report on the employment status of Americans, revealing a further weakening economy. The Department of Labor's report showed a reversal of continued decline in unemployment, with an increase of 15,000 applications for unemployment during August. Also reported ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/wall-street-battered-by-brutal-reports Google's launching into the browser wars head on with the announcement of Chrome. It's a web browser that boasts some nice features. sandbox tabs for security, meaning each tab will run in its own process in the operating system. integrated with existing web based apps like Google Docs, Calendar, Gmail, etc. The Windows ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/google-drops-the-chrome-bomb Today, Yahoo gave Icahn 3 seats on the board of directors, bringing the total to eleven. Icahn takes a seat as the second largest institutional shareholder. While Icahn has failed to get a majority of seats, the situation continues to be a disruption to their business. Icahn's unable to negotiate ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/icahn-gets-a-seat-on-yahoos-board For the second month in a row, Chemical magnate Dow increased prices. This time by as much as 25 percent, compared to last month's increase of 20 percent. Interestingly enough, they uncover a plan of surcharges for each truck delivery and railcar delivery. They offer consumers the same reason so ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/dow-jacks-up-prices-again Carl Icahn, an ambitious investor and significant stockholder of Yahoo shares, expects to win a vote by the board to remove current CEO, Jerry Yang from his title. Icahn is disappointed with Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's takeover bid, and with just cause. The company's shares continue to deteriorate, falling 32 ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/icahn-stirs-muck-for-yahoo-on-the-tails-of-the-microsoft-bid Dow's CEO, Andrew Liveris, blames the US Government's long-standing policy of inaction towards the rising energy crisis for the company's recent hike in prices on all products across the globe by up to 20%. Dow claims a 42 percent increase in cost of their energy and "feedstock" (the raw petroleum ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/dow-chemical-increases-prices-by-twenty-percenty This time, though, AMD will let the battle be decided by the clout-swinging suits instead of the cutting-edge Samurai-style technology touting ninja-neers. AMD has filed suit against Intel in a statement of anti-trust, alleging that Intel intervened and was able to sway decisions against AMD's favor in many attempted business ... http://www.wealthtodayblog.com/amd-goes-head-to-head-against-intel