Here’s an interesting way to be rewarded for using less natural gas, electricity and water.
A new Web site called Earth Aid tracks your utility bills to see if you’re consuming less energy and water than you did a year earlier.
If you are, you earn points that can be redeemed for discounts at local merchants. [...]

February’s here, and that means it’s time to start thinking about filing your 2009 taxes.

If you have questions, or are looking for federal tax forms, here’s how to contact the Internal Revenue Service:

On the Internet: irs.gov has instructions and information on every tax topic, publication, and form. You can research questions, order forms and publications, [...]

Here’s an odd collaboration: A television producer for Spike TV and a professor of economics at George Mason University.
But they’ve created a Web site called Econstories.tv, devoted to enlightening the masses on economic theory.
On it you’ll find their first video. “Fear the Boom and Bust” is a rap battle between two long-dead giants of the [...]

You’ve got to watch out for all the sneaky ways stores and Web sites are creating to slip recurring charges onto your credit cards.

I fell for the “free magazines” that Loehmann’s clothing stores are offering.
As I was checking out a cashier said I could sign-up for three free months of the magazines being promoted [...]

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to get your financial house in order?

Check out a new book called One Year to an Organized Financial Life: From Your Bills to Your Bank Account, Your Home to your Retirement, the Week-by-Week Guide to Achieving Financial Peace of Mind by Regina Leeds and Russell Wild.
It will change [...]

Please don’t fall for the dirt bag scammers trying steal donations intended for the victims of Haiti’s terrible earthquake.
These con artists are already using Web sites and e-mail campaigns to pass themselves off as well-known charitable organizations or raise money for totally fictitious charities.
The FBI found more than 4,000 bogus Web sites preying on our [...]

If you think we’re fed up with the big banks, you should see how angry big-time blogger Arianna Huffington has become.
We think you should take your money out of the big banks because they aren’t paying squat for your savings. (See yesterday’s post Big Banks Pay Nothing For Savings.)
Huffington wants you to close your accounts [...]

Lynne Curtain, an icon for ostentatious living from one of Bravo’s “Real Housewives” shows, has been evicted from her rental home over $12,000 in unpaid rent and damages.
Now a judge in Riverside County, Calif., has issued a bench warrant for Curtain and her husband, after they failed to appear in court over $1.2 million they [...]

Having money automatically moved from your checking to savings account each time you make a purchase is one way to put something aside for the future.
Now U.S. Bank has come up with one of the best spend-and-save programs we’ve seen.
It’s more generous and flexible than other programs, allowing you to build a bigger balance and [...]