Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK) recent announcement that it was buying railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) also included a provision for a 50-to-1 stock split of B shares so that smaller shareholders of BNI would be able to be converted to Berkshire shares and avoid capital gains. Warren Buffett has been trying to avoid ...

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Madoff scandal gives rise to debt relief issues Blind faith in your money manager is not a viable option In the wake of the Bernie Madoff scandal, debt relief has become a persistent theme. Madoff had a long running Ponzi scheme in which he bilked investors of over $13.2 billion. Under the guise of a gifted money-manager, Madoff ...

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The Black Friday Fever (Photo via Bensonkua, Flickr.com) Black Friday has been the top trend for the past several weeks. Everyone is itching to find great deals offering for Black Friday 2009. Black Friday, which lands on the day after Thanksgiving Day, unofficially kicks off the holiday shopping season. And boy, things are looking hot, hot, hot. Dirt ...

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photo: fristle This is part 2 in a 2 part series on how to lower your auto insurance premiums. The first part covered 10 variables that you can control when it comes to lowering your premiums, while this post will talk about 10 factors that are out of your control – and what to do about ...

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I can’t remember the last time I’ve signed the back of a credit card, and I use my credit cards (one for personal travel and big expenses, one for all other personal expenses, and one for business expenses) almost every day. It has never caused me any problems with cashiers; at the most, I might ...

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