The Advanta Corporation has announced that effective on May 30, 2009, all accounts will effectively be closed.  This means that no further activity will be allowed on any existing accounts, whether they be purchases, balance transfers, or via convenience checks.  While no account will be allowed to incur new charges, none of the accounts are [...]

One day you decide that you have had it with your current job and that you are going to go into business for yourself.  You would certainly be far from alone in those sentiments.  From 2003-2007,  between 610,000-645,000 new employer firms have started, and since the start of the decade the number of new non-employer [...]