Debt, Credit Card & Consolidation Current News Digest

Personal Finance:
-After years of falling new-term life insurance premiums, rates are going up. [WSJ]
-Another obstacle for homeowners today: appraisals. [WSJ]
-An assault on debt. [NoCreditNeeded]

Investing:
-A big TARP announcement is expected today. Here’s a table on the financial institutions who are expected to be paying their TARP funds back. [CalculatedRisk]
-Independent research was key to a 2003 settlement, but now it’s on the brink of death. [WSJ]
-A good primer on how to trade individual stocks. (As a hobby!) [DigeratiLife]

Other Lint:
-How the state of North Carolina wooed Apple with taxes. Oh, and there’s iPhone news. [TaxGirl]
-A fantastic, in-depth look at what Texas can teach us about healthcare. [NewYorker]
-And here is a video of a bulldog skateboarding. [BBC]

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