It’s hard to get people excited to talk about estate planning, much less take action to prepare for the inevitable. But in The Wall Street Journal Complete Estate Planning Guidebook, Rachel Emma Silverman attempts to do just that. After convincing readers that they do, indeed, need a will and other estate planning tools, she breaks [...]
Tag: mistake
September 27, 2011
June 23, 2011
Dozens Mistakenly Told They Won Visa Lottery Are Suing
Dozens of people who were mistakenly told they had won a spot to apply for a U.S. visa through the annual visa lottery system are suing the U.S. government. French native Armande Gil is a psychologist in Miami who is among those seeking class action status for a federal lawsuit filed last week in Washington. [...]
June 19, 2011
June 17, 2011
June 12, 2011
States Weigh Relaxing Penalties for Teen Sexting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A congressman who sends an X-rated photo of himself jeopardizes his reputation and his job. But in many states, teens caught doing the same thing can risk felony charges, jail time and being branded sexual offenders. That’s because a minor who transmits a sexually explicit photo of themselves according to many [...]
June 2, 2011
Twitter Proves Double-Edged Sword for Politicians
Twitter has provided great benefits for politicians such as Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, allowing them to dispense their messages quickly and widely without going through the mainstream media. But it hasn’t gone well for everyone. And that’s raising fears among powerful tweeters in Washington about the risks they face on this hot new medium, [...]
June 1, 2011
Depression Did I Just Read Depression? CNBC Just Printed Depression…
Wall Street is having a hard time figuring out what to do now that the U.S. economy appears to be sputtering and yields are so low, Peter Yastrow, market strategist for Yastrow Origer, told CNBC. “What we’ve got right now is almost near panic going on with money managers and people who are responsible for [...]
May 19, 2011
May 18, 2011
Is it Time to Give up on Tiger Woods?
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Four days after Tiger Woods declared himself unfit to play more than nine holes at The Players Championship, he said he expected to be at the U.S. Open next month. “Will do all I can to get there,” he said on Twitter. That only shows how far away he [...]
April 7, 2011
Maybe the Libya Rebels Need to Switch Sides?
Libyan rebels hit by NATO air attack: Second such incident in less than a week leaves five fighters dead, in country’s eastern oil town of Brega… A NATO air attack has hit a Libyan rebel position near the eastern oil town of Brega, killing at least five fighters, according to rebel fighters and a hospital worker. Thursday’s attack [...]