Monthly Archives: February 2008

Don’t be so happy for those pre-approved loans

It is not un-common for people to get phone calls from banks informing them that their loan is pre-approved and just have to take it. The loans are offered in such an easy way that you might just get it. However, my wife warns me yet again to watch out for such phone calls on pre-approved loans. I’m not sure why I keep missing them while she gets to sees those useful financial matters where she reads.
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Ways to avoid a Cash Crisis

My wife showed me another good article from the Personal Finance section of Hindustan Times and here are some points she picked out. She particularly liked the idea of a 6 month contingency plan for “critical expenses”.

* But how would you do the math to come up to a number for the next 6 months?
* What are your critical expenses?

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M. Shyamalan’s The Happening Teaser Trailer

Let’s hope this latest movie from M. Night Shyamalan The Happening is better than the last disappointment Lady in the Water. The Happening is a thriller starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Spencer Breslin.

The Happening is about some sorta natural crisis which causes people to begin killing themselves – a suicide calamity. Here is a short teaser trailer.