The US Drug Watchdog is expanding its national investigation of the birth control drugs called Yaz and Yasmin given increasing evidence these drugs may be responsible for serious gallbladder issues, Pulmonary embolism’s, deep vein thrombosis, heart attacks, strokes and other serious side affects with users. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cited Bayer in 2009 [...]

NorthWestPharmacy.com, a highly acclaimed Canada online pharmacy website, is helping American patients avoid fake Canadian online pharmacies to ensure they safely save on Canada’s drugs and international online drugs. Highly trained Patient Care Specialists at leading Canadian online pharmacy, NorthWestPharmacy.com, are now helping American patients spot the rogue or fake Canadian pharmacies online. Mike Bhangu, [...]

Media reporting on retirement products is conveniently slanted to reflect the “Wall Street view.” Periodically, when financial writers tire of explaining why their fail-safe prognostications didn’t come to pass, they fall back on another favored hobby: bashing any alternative investing philosophy that diverts money from the stock market. So it is with the latest round [...]

America’s Credit Card Companies Have a New Target in Mind as They Pitch the Advertising of New Credit Cards to the Younger Generation. Morgan Drexen Says Financial Literacy is the Key to Preventing High Levels of Student Debt As America’s debt continues to rise credit card companies are targeting 20 and 30 year-olds with new [...]

“Brandon Lamb, a money management veteran, launches a one-of-its-kind e-Book that helped him to save over $17,000 in one year while still enjoying an active and fun social life.” With the increased need to save money, people are finding innovative ideas to slash their spending. While most of the money management methods involve sacrificing on [...]

New study shows U.S. industrial loan companies “safe, sound and well-regulated” but barriers to expansion prevent significant contribution to economic recovery A new study by the Milken Institute into U.S. Industrial Loan Companies (ILCs) makes a clear case for the easing of regulations that prevent this stable and viable segment of the banking industry from [...]

Trend Towards Shorter Loan Terms Continues In the first quarter of 2011, fixed-rate loans accounted for more than 95 percent of refinance loans, based on the Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) Quarterly Product Transition Report released today. Refinancing borrowers overwhelmingly chose fixed-rate loans, regardless of whether their original loan was an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) or a [...]

“We believe that the U.S. currently has more of a ‘damp firewood’ financial system than a ‘dry tinder’ financial system, which implies only gradual strengthening of credit-financed spending,” says BNY Mellon Chief Economist Richard B. Hoey in his May 2011 Economic Update. “While global inflation pressures are rising, this is occurring after a period of disinflation and we expect [...]

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (“Broad Index”) finished up 1.80% in April. Estimated new assets into the space totaled $9 billion. Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., LLC, said, “The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index rose 1.80% in April, with nine out of ten sectors posting positive performance [...]

Research Reveals Half of British Parents Take Kids out of School in Term-time As half term approaches, new research from TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, reveals more than half (53%) of British parents are spending less on family holidays in 2011 compared to 2010, and almost half (46%) admit they have broken the rules [...]