National City Bank is running a FREE $150 bonus. You need to sign up for their checking account, link your account with direct deposit, and swipe your check card 10 times to qualify.
Offer expires Dec 31, 2008.

Chase is running a FREE $50 bonus for opening a checking account. You will need to follow the link above and enter your email to get details. Keep in mind that direct deposit is required to qualify for the bonus.
Offer Details
To qualify for the reward you must open a new Chase Checking(SM) account with [...]

Dan at BankVibe found a free $50 deal at Bank of America. Basically, if you open a checking account with $100 minimum deposit, they will give you a $50 bonus.
Offer expires January 31, 2009.

I’ve been doing some digging on the Internet b/c I’ve been wondering where all this bailout money has gone. This is a little tricky because the Federal Reserve is a PRIVATE CORPORATION and therefore is NOT required by law to disclose their accounting.
Fortunately, this astute analysis by James Conrad sheds some light on what the [...]

This is an oldie, but goodie. E*TRADE has brought back their $25 bonus on their online 3.30% APY savings account.
$25 will be credited to your Complete Savings Account within 30 days of the account being funded with a minimum deposit of $1.
This is fairly hot deal, don’t miss out!

WTDirect has launched a winter promotion for their 3.06% APY online savings account. Not really the HOTTEST deal out there, but worth mentioning.

OPEN a new account — use promotion code “WTG3DNC”
LINK an existing bank account to your new WTDirect account during the application process.
FUND your new WTDirect account by initiating an online transfer [...]

Hat tip to Patricia D. for writing in about E-LOAN’s 1-year CD. This is one of the best rates out there right now (I know, I just personally opened a 1-year CD during the weekend), and on top of that, they’re giving a free $25 bonus.
There is a $10,000 minimum deposit.
Enter the code “times25″ [...]

Given the current state of the economy it is even more important for taxpayers to do everything they can to slash their tax bill.
Bob Meighan, CPA and vice president at TurboTax says there’s still time for taxpayers to take advantage of some easy, year-end tax tips:
Sell losing investments
Taking a loss this year [...]

Just kidding.
Some suspicious developments though…
Official 6 Page Long TARP Application
The ENTIRE 6 PAGE TARP APPLICATION is out. LOL, I’m stunned how short it is—I had to fill out more info just to get a loan on my car!
TARP Loophole
Out on the markets, it looks like the corporate weasels are out in full force and [...]