I Can Bank It
You don't need an accountant to tell you you're going to have to cut back even more on your burger trips if you're trying to save up for that new computer. But for some of us finances might as well…
Continue Reading →Greedy People
Money makes the world go round, and as such, people will do anything to get it, even if it means degrading themselves to the point where they're on a VH1 reality show. If you're one of those who'd make a…
Continue Reading →Kidult Piggy Banks
I've had a mild obsession over piggy banks lately. Being without a car, I don't have an unused cigarette tray to throw in my extra change, and my coins usually wind up on the dinner table or stuck to my…
Continue Reading →Money Band
Wallets have a habit of getting filled up with a year's worth of receipts that make your pants look as though you're attempting to "compensate for something down there." If being conspicuous about the location of your funds has more…
Continue Reading →How I Spent My Stimulus
Once upon a time, Barry and Levon had $240, and that bought...a lot of puddin'. But, what if they had $600? That would just be too ridiculous to comprehend. How I Spent My Stimulus takes a look at what Americans…
Continue Reading →VCWear
There's some venture capitalists who're ready, willing and able to throw their money at whatever crackpot idea that comes their way. Then, there's the kids with the crackpot ideas who think it's okay to pitch anyone, anywhere, anytime for their…
Continue Reading →(Auction) Red
Despite our past mixed feelings on the success of the (red) campaign, we've remained supportive of its effect on the proliferation awesome artistic collaborations and solo efforts as a means of raising money for a good cause. This time around…
Continue Reading →Money in the Oink
If your New Year's resolution involves saving money, but the prospect of opening a savings account doesn't sound at all appealing; perhaps you just need to start small. May we suggest a piggy bank? Ah yes, remember when you were…
Continue Reading →SpearTalks: Crowdfunder
Among my contemporaries, there seems to reside a belief that it is hard to make a good thing happen; good ideas exist by the bucketful, but the initiative to turn those ideas into something graspable exists in far smaller quantities.…
Continue Reading →Kiva.org
Micro-lending has been in the news a lot lately, since Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in the field and wrote a book about it, called Banker to the Poor: Micro-lending and the Battle Against World…
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