http://www.millionaireorbust.com teaching you how to think about your finances Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:07:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2009 david@millionaireorbust.com (Flying Squirrel Media) david@millionaireorbust.com (Flying Squirrel Media) personal finance 1440 http://www.millionaireorbust.com/images/podcastlogosmall.jpg http://www.millionaireorbust.com 144 144 teaching you how to think about your finances teaching you how to think about your finances personal finance, business news Flying Squirrel Media Flying Squirrel Media david@millionaireorbust.com no no http://www.millionaireorbust.com/archives/mob0075/ http://www.millionaireorbust.com/archives/mob0075/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:00:03 +0000 David van Sunder http://www.millionaireorbust.com/?p=98 http://www.millionaireorbust.com/archives/mob0075/feed/ 1 0:22:37 This is the first show that we’ve recorded since we returned from our vacation, so this week on Millionaire or Bust we recapped some major stories that occurred in the last couple weeks in a quick summary. Then we focused on a couple stories a[...] This is the first show that we’ve recorded since we returned from our vacation, so this week on Millionaire or Bust we recapped some major stories that occurred in the last couple weeks in a quick summary. Then we focused on a couple stories around housing & saving money. But first, we discussed our trip a little and how we saved a bit of money with a few choices we made. Then we launched right into the news summary: 6 bank failures (25 last year) Gas prices are up 14% this year The Dow is down 775.53, or 8.8% The S&P is down 77.37, or 8.6%. The Nasdaq is down 100.61, or 6.4%. 100,000 job cuts this week The Post Office is considering going to 5 days a week. Best Buy is making some layoffs but is eying vacant Circuit City locations OPEC is warning of further oil production cuts later this year. After finishing the news summary, we discussed how the podcasts Flying Squirrel Media no no