Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Making money - Teaching kids about finance: more reader tips


Teaching kids about finance: more reader tips
Contra Costa Times - The beginnings of teaching my children about money is differentiating between your wants and your needs. There will always be something to buy, but what is the motive behind the purchase. I also teach them that it is my or your money and you have a

Overstock.com tries to cork critics
Salt Lake Tribune - ''I am just sitting here with a glass of wine in my hands, reflecting on what a really bad week you and your friends have had,'' read the e-mail message to Herb Greenberg, a well-known columnist for MarketWatch.com. It was Friday, Feb. 10, just after

An early look into the 109th congressional session
Indian Country Today - WASHINGTON - Early in the second session of the current 109th Congress, bills to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and ''reform'' lobbying practices at the expense of tribes still dominate the legislative calendar as far as tribes are concerned

Alterman: Slacker Friday
MSNBC - Not a joke: Later today, the Pentagon expects to release its quarterly Iraq Progress Report entitled "Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq." Tom Tomorrow explains to me why I should be genuinely, rather than pretend-concerned about Dubai

States pursuing online sales tax
Bergen Record - Probably not, at least in the immediate future. But taxes have to come eventually. Budgets are tight, and elected officials are anxious to get sales tax revenue that is owed but not being paid. Many online shoppers think that buying over the Internet