The Obama Government reminds of the good ol’ Santa Claus who doesn’t seem to tire coming up with innovative gifts for us. After Cash for Clunkers, the government seems to have come up with a new goodie in its energy efficiency motives that allow you to exchange your ‘old and nagging’ domestic appliances like washing machine and the air conditioner for new energy efficient ones at a rebate. Now doesn’t this look somewhat similar to the cash for clunkers project? It looks as though the government is all set to dispose off junk from your houses and garages and abound them with new smart energy efficient utilities that will not only save you a lot of money on expenditure of resources but also keep the environment happy. Be geared up for some action from the state Departments of Energy [...]

Every time I open my Facebook home page, I see increasing number of friend requests. Some of them are long lost school friends, others are relatives who are geographically distant and still others are those from the same place as I live, but who cannot find an hour to socialize in real world! Apart from this there are like-minded people belonging to different ethnic backgrounds from all over the globe who’d like to indulge in intellectual conversations with me! Nowadays, it seems big virtual social hubs like Facebook, Twitter and Myspace are venues where not only you get to make social contacts, but also professional contacts. The sharp eyes of recruiters are not missing out on good talents from these websites. These places are so happening! Tell me is it possible for you to meet such diverse [...]

For many people divorce is a sad thing. Either or both the partners is in an emotional trauma and as though that is not enough there are huge monetary expenses involved too. As you might have expected divorce is not like breaking with your dating or living-in partner where you just walk out of the relationship without actually having to pay a dime. Divorce involves a lot of legal hassles which involve the expenditure of money. Laws have made it worse or good depending on the party that is at a loss or gain. Most often it’s a win/lose situation with the partner wanting to separate having to pay compensation to the other. A win/win situation happens when people divorce by mutual consent where you separate willingly from each other without any financial hassles. These are not the only expenses [...]

“Hello…Please may I help you?” is an attractive voice that I get to hear from the AT & T customer care wing when I call up with queries regarding my bills and usage statistics. Quite contented with the very impressive services provided by the company, I hardly bother to know what other guys in the industry are doing. But you might not be as lucky as I am, even with AT&T. This is when you might want to look for other providers and see what they have to offer. Leading financial website Billshrink has conducted a survey on the usage and cost statistics of mobile phone wireless service providers and came up a comparison which is quite useful in understanding the general trends of mobile phone usage behavior. Billshrink has conducted study on five areas of wireless mobile phone services [...]