Archive | December, 2005

What Are Your Financial New Year’s Resolutions?

JLP on All Things Financial has written a great post about Making Financial Resolutions for 2006. He talks about some topics that might be on your list - like getting out of debt and setting up a budget.
One of the included reference articles is WealthJunkie’s own story, Crawling Out of Debt.
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Billionaire Paul Allen - The Seventh Richest Man In The World

The Sydney Morning Herald has a very interesting biographical article about the seventh-richest man in the world, billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

Phases of Going Private Transactions

George at Fat Pitch Financials recently wrote a great article about the phases of going private transactions.

Government Cuts Student Loan Funding

CNN reports that the federal government has just made the single largest cut to student aid programs in history - my passing a total of $12.7 billion in cuts to federal student loan programs.

Berkshire’s McLane Co. Being Sued By Proctor & Gamble

Newsday is reporting that Proctor & Gamble has filed suit against McLane Co., a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.

Wal Mart Pays $172 Million For Forcing Employees To Skip Lunch

CNN reports that the world’s largest retailer has been directed to pay a total of $172 million to 116,000 employees - or about $1482.76 each - for violating a California law that mandates a 30-minute lunch for employees that work six hours or more.