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Dec 31, 2009: Welcome back to our rankings of personal finance (pf) blogs for Dec 2009 based on traffic data of Nov 2009. It's the last ranking of this year. And it happens so that it's being presented on the last day of the year :).

It requires a lot of hard and

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Dec 30, 2009: To encourage travel and promote bookings, AirTran Airways is offering a $20 OFF coupon as a gift which is good for a limited time only.

We have to book our flights with this coupon before Friday, Jan 01, 2010, and select travel on AirTran Airways flights through March 07, 2010.


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[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]The LATEST RANKINGS are available HERE.Updated on Aug 31, 2009: Welcome back to our rankings of personal finance (pf) blogs for Aug 2009 based on traffic data of July 2009. It requires a lot of hard and smart work to figure among the best personal finance blogs. Heartiest congratulations to all those who made

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Have you heard of Oreo, a smart cat from Macon, Georgia, who earned a diploma? If your answer is no, don't worry, we didn't either. Well, not until we came across this article (via 10Connects.com) on how Kelvin Collins, a Better Business Bureau employee, helped his cat Oreo receive a high school diploma!

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]The winner has been announced and this contest has ended. Click here for current giveaways.Welcome to our Giveaway of a Kingston 1GB USB Flash Drive - Mini Fun Data Traveler. As the school season gets going this flash drive can prove to be really useful for your presentations and projects. The same is true

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Today we came across a back to school promotion which offers a 20% discount on Zone Alarm products. If you are planning to buy an anti-virus or firewall software, Zone Alarm is a good option. We've been using it for past five years and have no complaints as of date.ZoneAlarm Back To School Sale - 20% OFF -

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Here is an easy way to earn a handy $10 in FREE money by paying our cell phone bills with our Costco True Earnings Amex credit card.Sign Up Link: Deal & DetailsBonus: A $10 Costco Cash CardUse our Amex True Earnings Credit Card to automatically pay our wireless phone plan.To be eligible for this offer we

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Today while shopping for groceries at Whole Foods Market we were delighted to meet John* who is an old friend of ours. After doing our groceries we spent some time to catch up with each other.Life presents challenges to everyone. And sure enough John has had his share too. Change is the most constant thing

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[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Apr 29, 2009: We have loving moms. So this year we're thinking ahead on various gift ideas for Mother's day. We'd love to surprise them with simple gifts which they'd cherish. For those of us with urban moms who love to do gardening, windowboxes seem to be a great option. Gardening and working with plants

Lao Tsu writing the Tao Te Ching on bamboo paper

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Welcome to the 202nd Lao Tzu edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. With each passing day the going is getting tougher for millions. So we felt inspired to theme the Carnival on the quotes from the great master Lao Tzu. He is the author of “Tao Te

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]This contest has ended and the winner has been announced. Click here for current giveaways.Welcome to our Giveaway of You Need A Budget (YNAB) Pro - Personal Finance Software on the eve of Mother's Day :). YNAB Pro software is sold at a price of $49.95. But it could be yours for FREE if you win this

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Franklin Templeton Bank is offering a $50 sign up bonus when we sign up for a classic checking account with direct deposit. Franklin Templeton Bank & Trust Deposit Accounts are FDIC insured.Sign Up Link: Deal & DetailsHere are a list of services that you will receive with a Classic Checking account:

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]April 20, 2009: If stock markets appeal to you and you feel that online investing is fun then you might want to hone your skills with Wall Street Survivor which offers a free platform for a fantasy stock market. The platform simulates real world stock trading with high accuracy. This helps the players to

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]eFirstBank is offering a FREE iPod Shuffle when we sign up for a new personal checking account with at least $50. This offer is specifically for their customers in Arizona, California and Colorado. If you are not from these three states you can quit reading from here on :(.Sign Up Link: Deal &

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If you have lost your job, are unemployed at present and are uninsured, then you along with your family can get FREE health care visits at a Take Care Clinic. Take Care Clinics are part of Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens.
This offer applies to any Take Care Clinic patient

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).] The winner of our giveaway of a cool pack of NURU Personal Finance Cards is the entry with comment #3 - Brynna Morgan. Congrats Brynaa! The cards will be on their way as soon as we receive your mailing address :).Heartfelt thanks to all who participated in this contest and made it such fun. We shall be

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The Wall Street Journal needs no introduction. It's a must read for serious investors as well as those who are keen to learn the ropes of investing. A few notable features are:
Expert insight on the market and economy and how both can impact your everyday finances and personal investments.
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[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Bank of America is offering a $50 signup bonus when we open a business checking account before April 06, 2009. In addition, we also need to maintain an average minimum balance of $125 in our new account for the first 60 days and make one check card purchase.Sign Up Link: Deal & DetailsWe can also open

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]The LATEST RANKINGS are available HERE.Updated on Mar 30, 2009: Welcome back to our rankings of personal finance (pf) blogs for March 2009 based on traffic data of February 2009. The following tables show traffic rankings of individual and group personal finance blogs respectively based on monthly traffic

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]It's the weekend again. A pile of household chores are waiting to be taken care of. Do you ever wonder about how we can get rid of them? Here is a hilarious way of doing away with household chores forever ......Image Source(s): Email from a friend :)

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[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]This contest has ended and the winners have been announced. Click here for current giveaways.Welcome to our Giveaway of NURU Personal Finance Cards on the eve of spring break. We are looking forward to spring in nature as well as into our world of material and spiritual assets :).What are NURU Personal

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Firstrade's Investor Network has launched a promotion that will give away the following:An Apple® iPod nano® to the three members that contribute the largest number of quality posts by April 16, 2009.Additionally, if you are one of the first 150 members who contribute three posts by April 16, 2009 you will

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If you are using AT&T's phone, internet (DSL) or cellular products and services then Citi has a cool deal for you. Citi's AT&T Universal Rewards Card is offering a superb 10% cash back for first 12 months and 5% thereafter on each dollar that we spend on AT&T products and services that matches the amount we spend on other purchases.
There is a 1% cash back on non AT&T purchases. This

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]The LATEST RANKINGS are available HERE.Updated on Jan 22, 2009: We wish you a great new year ahead :). Welcome back to our rankings of personal finance (pf) blogs for January 2009 based on traffic data of December 2008.Jan 24, 2009 (4:00 am): We had to publish this month's rankings three times due to

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]UPromise is Giving Away 500,000 for College Scholarships this year!This move is a part of their mission to make college more accessible. So they've gone ahead and increased their scholarship fund to $500,000, which is twice that of 2008. It implies that 200 of the best and brightest students will receive

Whenever we get some free time or short breaks we use it to earn some extra money by doing paid surveys. This helps us to donate more money to our favorite charities. Last year we earned around $127 by doing paid surveys from Pine Cone Research. So we thought of expanding our paid survey portfolio to other paid survey sites as well.

We've centered our research on paid survey sites which

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Circuit City, one of our favorite retailers for electronics goods, is going out of business. They are closing 567 of their remaining US stores and slashing 30,000 jobs. Circuit City had filed Chapter 11 of bankruptcy in Nov 2008, but had to take this drastic step since they could not work out a sale of the

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]New York Times Best Selling Author, Suze Orman, needs no introduction. If you want to see what personal finance advice she has up her sleeves for 2009, you can download her latest book Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan - Keeping Your Money Safe and Sound, for FREE, right now until 11:59 p.m. CT on Thursday,

Microsoft, the software giant is offering a FREE Download for Microsoft Accounting Express 2009. For those of us who are new to Accounting Express, it is a free but ad supported version of Microsoft's Office Accounting Professional 2009.

Microsoft's Office Accounting Express 2009 FREE Edition is targeted towards small businesses, start ups and home-based companies. It can do common personal

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]2008 was one of the most challenging years for young investors like us. Our portfolio went down by nearly 35%! That's not fun. Now we are in the process of re-evaluating our strategies and risk taking capacities to set forth on a new direction with renewed vigor. In the process of doing so we were

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Jan 05, 2009: Dean Graziosi (pronounced as say Gra-zee-oh-see) is a real estate investing expert who teaches people how to earn money in real estate by quick and easy identification of cycles in the real estate market. Buying and selling automobiles he became a successful investor when he was just 16. Then

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Jan 03, 2009: The present times demand companies to have sleek Web 2.0 designs with media rich websites and fashionable logos for credibility. A new company with a good product might not gain much popularity and trust if its website and presentation are crappy. In short, we have to create a fantastic brand