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Best 12 Month CD Rates Los Angeles, California

July 8th, 2010

The current national average 12 month CD rate is 0.83 percent this morning. You can can find 12 month CD rates at banks and credit unions better than the national average CD rate. We have compiled a list of the best CD rates in Los Angeles, California.

Searching the best bank CD rates and credit union CD rates? Use our CD rates table at CDRates.MonitorBankRates.com to find the highest CD rates in your area.

The best 12 month CD interest rates on our list in Los Angeles, California are from Sallie Mae and Flagstar Bank. Both banks are currently offering 12 month bank CD rates at 1.54 percent with an annual percentage yield of 1.55 percent. The bank’s

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Stand Out from the Crowd – 7 Tips for Creating a Marketing Message that Sticks

July 5th, 2010

What’s your business marketing message? W

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Lawyer’s Use of Letterhead Leads To Lawsuit

July 5th, 2010

The Legal Intelligencer has posted an interesting article about a recent Pennsylvania ruling that says lawyers cannot use their own firm’s letterheads when sending out collection letters unless the lawyer has reviewed the file and is prepared to file a lawsuit.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Smyser ruled that two letters from a New York lawyer amounted to clear violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the use of law firm letterhead gave the false impression that a lawyer was working on the case and planning to sue.

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Melrose Credit Union CD Rates

July 4th, 2010

Melrose Credit Union of Briarwood, Queens (New York) is advertising some of the best CD rates currently available. The credit union is advertising share certificates of deposit ranging from 12 months to 60 months. Personal CD rates and Individual Retirement Account (IRA) CD rates are the same. The credit union is also advertising Financial Institution CD rates that are lower than the personal CD rates.

Find the best CD rates at credit unions and banks by searching our CD rate tables at CDRates.MonitorBankRates.com.

Melrose Credit Union’s 12 month personal CD rate is one of the highest CD rates available today. Th

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MARKET CLOSE: NZ stocks rise, halts 11-day decline

July 4th, 2010

July 2 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand stocks rose, ending the week in the black after declining for 11 consecutive days, buoyed by Australian markets where corporate tax cuts have pushed the equities into positive territory. New Zealand Refining Co., NZX Ltd. and Nuplex Industries Ltd. lead gainers on the day.

The NZX 50 rose 4.29, or 0.2%, to 2938.1 points. Within the index 19 stocks rose, 19 fell and 12 were unchanged. Turnover was $41.1 million.

The ASX 200 Index was last trading 0.1% up at 4,241.7, after the Australian government agreed to shelve a plan to implement a resource tax in favour of cutting corporate tax to 29% instead of 28% included in the initial proposal.

“The changes to the corporate tax structures in Australia have put a bit of a positive spin on things,” said Guy Ellife, who manages $1.1 billion of equities at AMP Capital Investors. “Reso

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Can You Make Your Lifestyle Deductible?

June 29th, 2010

Do you have a particular hobby you just can’t get enough of? Some part of your lifestyle that identifies you? Something that you’d be happy to spend more time (and more money) on? For most of us, there are several parts of our lives that really make us tick. Sometimes it’s hard to justify spending money on these sorts of hobbies even though it’s what we want to do. But if you can make your lifestyle into a business, you can make those expenses deductible — which, at the very least, makes these expenses more palatable.

Note that not every aspect of a lifestyle can be turned into a business, but with the availability of easy options for business creation online, you might be surprised at your options. Playing v

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