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No matter how large or small a company might be, it needs to make sure it is always on top of its accounting processes. This matters for several reasons. For instance, businesses need to know basic things such as how much money they’ve spent, how much they’ve bought in and whether this is balanced. They also need accurate [...]

The Cash for Clunkers program is now dead. There is no more money left for the program. Dealers will have until tonight to file any claims for deals made and many dealers have already stopped doing Clunker deals since last Thursday and Friday. The controversial program offered rebates of up to $4,500 to those people [...]

Did you know that today is Earth Day? In honor of today, I’m going to outline some ways to go green and save some green, too! I believe that going green is biblical. Yes, you heard that right. The Bible talks about being good stewards on this earth. That means making sure that we’re not [...]

Happy President’s Day and happy Christian Finance Blog Inauguration Day! This day is finally upon us! This marks a new beginning for the blog! It’s a brand new theme, a brand new url (www.christianfinanceblog.com) and a whole new feed! Christian Finance Blog is now on a dedicated host and not on WordPress.com. And what perfect [...]

The transition from WordPress.com to my dedicated host was a success for the most part. Some comments were lost during the switch. I’m hoping to be able to transfer them, but I’ve been having some problems with it. Also, the email subscriptions on the top right are not working right now. The feeds are also [...]

Did you know that the world’s richest man’s credit score is only 718? How can a billionaire like Warren Buffet have an average credit score? Even my credit score is higher than his! He really doesn’t need to even borrow money since his net worth is “only” about $62 billion. He can just pay with [...]

On February 17, 2009, television will only be broadcast in digital rather than analog signals. What does this mean for you? You will need to buy a converter box only if you currently use an antenna to receive your television signal. If you currently use cable, satellite, or have a built-in digital TV tuner, you [...]

The IRS will begin to send approximately 130 million tax rebate payments to boost the economy starting on May 2. Most people will receive their rebates by July 11 if tax returns are filed by the April 15th deadline. The IRS takes about two weeks to process a return. Here’s a full schedule for the [...]

The proposed $150 billion “economic stimulus package” by President Bush is promising rebates of between $300 and $1200 or more to the low and middle class people of the United States to help kickstart the economy by giving money to those who are most likely to spend it. Why don’t you go against the current [...]

I hope that everyone had a happy holiday season and is ready to tackle another new year! I believe this year can be your turnaround year! Let this be your year of new beginnings! With a new year brings new goals, new life situations, and a fresh outlook on life. Don’t let this year be [...]

$571 billion: The aggregate value of adjustable-rate home mortgages that will reset, or switch from a low fixed rate to a higher variable rate, through the end of 2008. After living large off introductory rates as low as 1% (or zero, in the case of interest-only ARMs), Americans will pay an extra $42 billion in [...]

Want to know where you rank as far as your annual income or salary? Many people just don’t realize how well off and blessed we are in the United States compared to many of the the world’s poor. Even if you were making the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour (which equates to about [...]

It’s very interesting to look at some financial norms or habits in different cultures around the world. I recently ran across this: “Terms of mortgages are an interesting area of cross-cultural differences in financial services. The typical mortgage in the United States is for 30 years, whereas in Canada mortgages are issued for five years, [...]

Remember those massive yellow books that you used to find on your doorstep one morning? Does anyone still use those things anymore? I know I don’t. Usually I go to www.superpages.com to find phone numbers and addresses for the places that I need. But what if you need to find a number on the road? [...]