Home sales stabilizing, weak recovery

Josette Mandela | June 23, 2009

Home sales are stabilizing. This means that consumers are slowly getting back into the real estate market. And despite the number of foreclosures, abandoned construction sites and existing homes on the market, the sales are starting to show signs of a recovery.
Home sales are up 2.4% though a positive sign, it is less [...]

Clunkers for cash passes House on to Senate

Josette Mandela | June 19, 2009

Clunkers for cash passes House. Senate states it’s opposed to the measure.
Yes, it is easy to point figures at Hummer, a symbol of excess in the automotive industry and yet Hummer like other large trucks do have their uses.
The fact that many soccer moms run around in Suburbans, Hummers and [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-18

Josette Mandela | June 18, 2009

bizwk Analyst Picks and Pans: Netflix, International Paper, Central Garden: http://u.mavrev.com/cad6 #
bizwk Metals: Nickel’s Shining Hour: http://u.mavrev.com/cad5 #
bizwk How to Create E-Mails That Generate Action: http://u.mavrev.com/c9wz #
bizwk Multinationals Ride a Chinese Railroad Boom: http://u.mavrev.com/c9wx #
bizwk S&P Downgrades Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp, Other Banks: http://u.mavrev.com/c7wa #
bizwk Wal-Mart Medical Clinics Stumble: http://u.mavrev.com/c7w5 #
sud First time home buyer [...]

First time home buyer credit

Josette Mandela | June 18, 2009

Did you know you could get your first time home buyer credit at closing?
This is not a gimmick. Hud has agreed that as the credit is designed to help first time home buyers get into a home, they would approve use of some of the funds toward closing costs. The caveat to this [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-17

Josette Mandela | June 17, 2009

bizwk Housing Bust Wears Out Furniture Makers: http://u.mavrev.com/bsbd #
bizwk Analyst Picks and Pans: Tyco Electronics, Mohawk Industries: http://u.mavrev.com/bsbb #
bizwk Yen’s Renewed Strength Weighs on Japan’s Exporters: http://u.mavrev.com/bp17 #
bizwk Marcial: Could Medco Make an Acquisition Soon?: http://u.mavrev.com/bp15 #
bizwk Hunting Value Stocks After the Long Rally: http://u.mavrev.com/bnho #
bizwk Feds Call for Consumer Financial Protections: http://u.mavrev.com/bnhi #
bizwk Asking [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-16

Josette Mandela | June 16, 2009

bizwk Van Natta Cuts Jobs at MySpace: http://u.mavrev.com/bgr5 #
bizwk Bankers: Recession Ends This Year: http://u.mavrev.com/bgr2 #
bizwk Reversing the MBA Stereotype: http://u.mavrev.com/beuq #
bizwk An Innovation Hub in Northern England?: http://u.mavrev.com/beuo #
bizwk Defense Stocks: Advance or Retreat?: http://u.mavrev.com/bdlg #
bizwk IT Departments Cope with Dumped Products: http://u.mavrev.com/bdld #
bizwk Jobs: Top Cities for New College Grads: http://u.mavrev.com/bcou #
bizwk Micropayments: [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-15

Josette Mandela | June 15, 2009

bizwk Stocks Tumble on Disappointing Data: http://u.mavrev.com/b58j #
bizwk Geithner: Recovery Will Take Time: http://u.mavrev.com/b58e #
RT @SeanDonahoe #Quote: You’ve got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you. #
sud You matter: I stumbled across this blog post and thought I would pass it along.
Food for thought.  You d.. http://u.mavrev.com/b47o #
bizwk Investors vs. Consumers: Misaligned [...]

You matter

Josette Mandela | June 15, 2009

I stumbled across this blog post and thought I would pass it along.
Food for thought.  You do matter.
Regardless of how things currently look you matter and what you do matters.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-14

Josette Mandela | June 14, 2009

bizwk Iran: The 62% Surprise: http://u.mavrev.com/avsr #
bizwk BTW: http://u.mavrev.com/avcg #
bizwk BT vs. BBC: Video Spat Escalates: http://u.mavrev.com/asot #
bizwk Crisis Hits the Business Schools: http://u.mavrev.com/aqdi #
bizwk Executive Summary: http://u.mavrev.com/aqdh #
bizwk Africa’s Anti-Corruption Hero: http://u.mavrev.com/an8a #
bizwk From Homeless to Multimillionaire: http://u.mavrev.com/amko #
bizwk Digestifs: Drinks to Your Health: http://u.mavrev.com/am0y #
bizwk Who Is Winning the Race for the Arctic?: [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-14

Josette Mandela | June 14, 2009

bizwk Iran: The 62% Surprise: http://u.mavrev.com/avsr #
bizwk BTW: http://u.mavrev.com/avcg #
bizwk BT vs. BBC: Video Spat Escalates: http://u.mavrev.com/asot #
bizwk Crisis Hits the Business Schools: http://u.mavrev.com/aqdi #
bizwk Executive Summary: http://u.mavrev.com/aqdh #
bizwk Africa’s Anti-Corruption Hero: http://u.mavrev.com/an8a #
bizwk From Homeless to Multimillionaire: http://u.mavrev.com/amko #
bizwk Digestifs: Drinks to Your Health: http://u.mavrev.com/am0y #
bizwk Who Is Winning the Race for the Arctic?: [...]


About the author

Josette Mandela, MBA, MSIE and author of
Money is Freedom and Safety created this
site to help women overcome their financial challenges.

Josette Mandela

Josette Mandela, MBA, MSIE and author of Money is Freedom and Safety created this site to help women overcome their financial challenges.