Author Archive for Jonathan Cole
Former NRL Player Loses Appeal
SYDNEY, Australia – Ryan Tandy, the former Bulldog’s NRL player, has lost his appeal for a conviction that was levied against him for match fixing. Tandy was given a 12 month bond for good behavior in October, and he has recently been fined $4,000 for his conviction in a match fixing scheme that dates from [...]
IADT Orlando Curriculum Adds Internet Marketing Programs
IADT-Orlando Curriculum Adds Internet Marketing Programs in Its Courses The IADT-Orlando school has opened new opportunities for students who wish to pursue internet marketing as a field of study. This new program, Bachelor of Science in Internet Marketing extensively covers the creative as well as the technical aspects that are involved in the marketing of [...]
Smartphones Find Niche with Penny Pinchers and Coupon Clippers
Smartphones Find Niche with Penny Pinchers and Coupon Clippers Couponing was once labeled as something that only lower class citizens participated in, but in today’s economy it has become a trend followed by millions and has even inspired several new reality television shows. While the basis of this philosophy still requires you to dig through [...]
Rates for 30-year Mortgages Dip to Near Record Lows
Rates for 30-year Mortgages Dip to Near Record Lows Wednesday saw good news for the housing and real estate industry. Interest rates on 30-year mortgages reached near record lows after the Federal Reserve vowed to keep interest rates on short-term loans close to zero through at least the middle of 2013. The Fed accomplished one [...]
Abercrombie & Jersey Shore: Just a Publicity Stunt?
Abercrombie & Jersey Shore: Just a Publicity Stunt? Product placement is a huge part of advertising. To have your brand featured in a movie or on television distinguishes you from the rest of the pack, especially if the movie/show is highly acclaimed. At other times, logos are blurred out, especially on television shows where the [...]
Former President Embraces Vegan Diet
Former President Embraces Vegan Diet In 2004, former president Bill Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery. After his heart attack, Clinton cut back on his calorie and cholesterol intake. However, he still ate steaks, hamburgers, french fries and barbecue. Then, he had two stents put in his coronary artery in 2010. It was after his 2010 angioplasty [...]
Postal Service: Making Changes in a Tough Economy
Postal Service: Making Changes in a Tough Economy “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” or so says the inscription that runs atop the building housing the General Post Office located at 8th and 33rd in New York City, but layoffs [...]
Problem Bank List – Is Your Bank on It?
Problem Bank List – Is Your Bank on It? With another bank failing this week, bringing the total to 64 this year, you might be wondering if your bank could be next. If you want to know if your bank is in trouble, you can check on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) list of [...]
US Credit Rating: More Complicated Than Just the Debt
US Credit Rating: More Complicated Than Just the Debt While President Obama was telling the country that no matter what the rating agencies say, the United States would always be an AAA country, stocks took the biggest one day tumble since December 1, 2008. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 634.76 points by the close [...]
The Downgrade – What it Means in Simple Language
The Downgrade – What it Means in Simple Language Since Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the United States’ credit rating from AAA to AA+, American consumers have been wondering how the downgrade will affect them and the country. If the country, with billions of dollars in income, can’t have an excellent credit rating during these [...]