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GM is offering a sweet financing deal or some good cash back to clear out their 2008 models.

Citibank has a new offer for opening a checking account. Open an account online, via the phone, or through a branch, do a few qualifying activities and receive 16,000 Thank You Points redeemable for $150 in gift cards and triple points for the next year.

Thank goodness we have the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard. As the Financial Take Me Back Machine(TM) shows, they always provide a positive side to the housing market, even in these dark days.

If you're looking for some insight into why commodities are going sky high and are the flavor of the month, look no further than the Bill Gross's June 2008 Investment Outlook.

The WSJ has reported on Sunday that Citi is planning to lay off 10% of its worldwide investment banking group, or approximately 6,500 bankers.

Indymac just raised their rates on 3 month and 1 year CDs and is currently the rate leader according to the BestCashCow CD Rate Tables.

Banks continue to get hit and their calamities have contributed to a 4% drop in the Dow over the past week and 3 month low.

Credit Card App O Rama is a growing game as more and more people take advantage of 0% interest offers and stash the money in high yield checking accounts - earning free money.

EverBank has raised the rate on its 12 and 36 month Yield Pledge Certificate of Deposits and now occupies one of the the top spots for 1 year, 2 year and 3 year CDs.

The collapse of Bear Stearns and its public bailout are going to bring change to the brokererage/investment banking industry. The biggest change, more regulation, which may benefit ordinary depositors.

Rates are on the rise. Deseret Bank has raised the rate on its Deseret Money Market account to 3.53% APY.

In my experience, professors are actually pretty good at seeing the big picture and figuring out what is going. This interview of Jeremy Siegel and Witold Henisz is illuminating regarding the increase in oil prices and what's causing it.

Well maybe not directly money. But the new browser is blazing fast and saves time. And as we know, time is money.

Housing permits and starts are all down significantly from last year.