June, 2009

Jammie Thomas-Rasset Loses $1.9 Million Suit by RIAA

That’s 200,000 times what they actually lost! Intellectual property rights are in concept a reasonable thing. Artists should be compensated for the work they create, regardless of form. Art’s value to society and culture is tremendous, so why is it such a foreign concept to many that artists should be compensated, that art can be a ...

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City of Bozeman Invades Online Privacy of Job Applicants

Job applicants must reveal log-ins, usernames Relinquish your social media log-ins before you leave. Thanks, pardner. If you’re reading this story on this Web site, I might assume one of three things: You have used or are currently using online social media like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. You are interested in obtaining personal loans and cash advance in Nevadas ...

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Finding an Investment Property with InvestorLoft and PropScout

CNN Money recently listed 5 new tools for homebuyers, one of which was InvestorLoft.com. At first glance, it looks like a Zillow for investment properties. I decided to run a quick search using their PropScout tool for an investment property in California for under $300,000. I sorted by cashflow, as I ...

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An Investor’s Manifesto: 20 Guiding Principles for Investment Success

Knight Kiplinger is the editor-in-chief and a columnist for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, one of the “big three” money magazines. In the June issue, Kiplinger offered an investor’s manifesto, a list of twenty guiding principles for making smart investment decisions. Kiplinger’s manifesto is a great list, effectively summarizing mainstream investment theory on a single page. I liked ...

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Brave New Market for Landlords

Renting out the house is becoming an economic necessity Economic necessity is driving more and more people to search out low interest loans and emergency cash loans. At the same time, the growing pressures of foreclosure and difficulty paying bills — along with changes of opinion about how to live in an economic downturn — ...

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