Credit Cards Tips for You

The Citi PremierPass / Expedia MasterCard is ideal for those who are seeking a travel rewards card and for those that use Expedia for their travel plans. The card offer 0% on balance transfers for the first 15 months and gives $50 off your first Expedia purchase.

• Travel for less: Receive $50 off your first eligible purchase on Expedia
• Earn up to 2x the ThankYou Points when you book on Expedia
• Earn 1 ThankYou Point for every $1 spent on other purchases
• Land 1 ThankYou Point for every 3 miles on any airline with tickets you buy for anyone
• No annual fee

This card offers 0% on balance transfers for the first 15 months. The standard variable APR is 16.24% and may vary based on changes to the Prime Rate. There is no 0% introductory rate on purchases with this card.

With this card you earn ThankYou Points for the things you buy, then redeem them for flights, hotels and vacation packages, gift cards, merchandise and more through ThankYou Rewards. You can earn up to 2x more ThankYou Points when you book on Expedia and earn 1 ThankYou Point for every $1 spent on all other purchases.

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Job opportunities across the country in June increased on the previous month, a study finds.

June’s Job Index from recruitment consultancy Reed stands at 125, 4 index points (3 per cent) up from May, marking a return back up to April’s level of new job vacancies.

However, salaries for new jobs have stayed flat, and are 2 per cent lower than in December 2009 for the second month running, with the Reed Salary Index standing at 98.

Key job sectors in both professional services and traditional industrial areas have reached their highest levels of demand for new staff since the Index began.

Demand is up for both pre-qualified accountants (at 136), fully-qualified accountants (at 130), and manufacturing staff (at 155), while demand for general insurance (at 148) and engineering staff (at 181) has reached their highest since the first Index.

Year-on-year employer demand is back up 22 points compared to June last year, and is 25 per cent above the level of December 2009 when the Index’s baseline was set at 100, according to the report.

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Last week I wrote about what I’ve learned from blogging — including the useful feedback it has brought. Of all the comments I’ve received, one stands out because I followed the advice and it has made a large difference in our shop. It came from John, and it was left on a post called “I Know I’m Doing This Wrong.” Here’s John’s comment:

When I say I followed the advice, what I mean is that I kind of followed some of the advice. John’s meeting sounded a little more confrontational than we would need, but I liked the idea of a short, regular meeting where anyone could speak.

In the first 24 years of our existence, we had never had regular meetings. If we got everyone together, it meant that there was some kind of trouble, most likely to be addressed with a harangue from the bosses. These sessions were, in my experience, a good way for management to blow off steam, but they rarely had a long-term effect.

John’s comment made me think about the nature of our shop communications. They were intermittent, inconsistent, and incoherent. We had no way of making sure that information passed to everyone. If people had good

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The Lufthansa Premier Miles More World MasterCard® is a travel rewards card that is ideal for those that use Lufthansa for their travels. The card offers a 0% introductory rate on balance transfers and a rewards program that allows you to earn on every dollar you spend. There is a low annual fee and a bonus offer for new card members. This card can be used everywhere MasterCard debit is accepted.

The Lufthansa Premier Miles More World MasterCard® offers a 0% Introductory rate on balance transfers for the first 6 months. There is no introductory rate for purchases. The rate you receive will be based on your credit worthiness and the rate can vary based on changes to the prime rate.

With this card cardmembers will receive 20,000 bonus miles after their first transaction on the account for a purchase or balance transfer within the first 60 days that the Account is opened. You will earn one 1 mile for every $1 dollar in balances transferred to your Account during the first 30 days the account is open up to a maximum of 15,000 miles. You will also earn earn 2 miles for every dollar spent on ticket purchases directly from Miles More integrated airline partners and 1 mile per dollar on all other purchases. A

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I’ve heard many people say that money is one of the leading causes of divorce. It’s probably not the lack of money or the abundance of money that causes couples to split, but how two people manage their money and that includes credit cards.

CardRatings.com has a list of 5 Credit Card Mistakes That Can Cause Divorce. You’ll find that even your pre-marital credit card mistakes can doom your marriage before it even begins. Reading this list may keep you out of divorce court.

What do you think? Can credit cards tear two people apart?