Last week, our friends at the Guided By History blog recounted some of their stories about the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.  The 20th anniversary of this disaster just passed, on Saturday, October 17.
I didn’t live in San Francisco in 1989, but I did from 1998-2000, where I experienced my [...]

True story time.
Last week I got an email from a friend and former Wells Fargo colleague, who’d had an interesting experience at her local drugstore:
I had my Wells Fargo jacket on in Walgreens  today and this kid asked me, out of the blue, “How do I get credit, if I don’t have any?” I was [...]

I am a MND member, and a residential Real Estate Developer. Currently I am seeking private equity financing for my site condominium project, which is located…

Two of the country’s largest banks are overhauling their overdraft programs, touting simpler terms and stronger consumer protections. But the days of the $35 charge on the $3 latte are far from over.

Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), General Electric (GE), Walt Disney (DIS), News Corp’B’ (NWS), Media World
I caught an item over the weekend at paidContent about paying for content. Come to think of it, what else would you expect to find over at that site? All joking aside, paying for content in the digital age is [...]

Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Darden Restaurants (DRI), NIKE, Inc’B’ (NKE), Economic data
Autumn has arrived and the quarter winds down this week. The Dow has been inching toward 10,000 for a while now, though it closed lower in the past three sessions. Can it make it to 10,000 for the start of the third quarter? [...]

Use your home’s equity to replace credit card, auto loan and other high-interest debt. With a home equity debt consolidation loan or line of credit from Chase you can take advantage of:
A lower interest rate: Rates on home equity loans and lines can be lower than credit card rates [...]

Encourage your children to practice financial responsibility and teach them useful money skills with the Bank of Marin Kids Savings Account, for all kids up to age 12.
No set up fee
No monthly maintenance charge
Minimum opening deposit $10
No minimum balance
Free online banking
Quarterly statements
Interest rate compounded daily and paid monthly
[...]

Personal Savings
Monthly Maintenance Fee
$3.00
Minimum to Open
$300 for adults, $100 for minors.
To Avoid Monthly Maintenance Fee
Maintain a minimum daily balance of $300 for adults, $100 for minors.
Personal Money Market
Monthly Maintenance Fee
$10.00
Minimum to Open
$1,000
To Avoid Monthly Maintenance Fee
Maintain any of the following balance combinations:
$2,500 minimum daily balance.
$5,000 average balance.
$15,000 average balance in any combination of deposit accounts. [...]

Personal Checking
This account does not earn interest.
Monthly Maintenance Fee
$8.00 and no per item charges.
Minimum to Open
$500
To Avoid Monthly Maintenance Fee
Maintain any of the following balance combinations:
$1,000
minimum daily balance.
$2,000
average balance.
$15,000
average balance in any combination of deposit accounts.
Interest Checking
Monthly Maintenance Fee
$10.00 and no per item charges.
Minimum to Open
$500
To Avoid Monthly Maintenance Fee
Maintain any [...]