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Personal finances

My experience withdrawing Google Adsense earnings from Western Union

March 3, 2009

I recently made my first ever withdrawal from Google Adsense and I was thrilled. Earlier, I posted to ask around what the process was like to use Western Union service to withdraw my earnings from Google. Thanks to the responses I got, I felt more confident about using Western Union.
I am quite lucky to have [...]

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Lower interest rates to come

February 25, 2009

With the latest cut in Bank Negara’s overnight policy rate to 2% (read the news here) following the recent 75 basis point reduction, this certainly signals more challenging times to come in the local economy. The world’s nightmare of the global financial crisis is far from over and I personally think Malaysia is now beginning to [...]

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Don’t bring forward your debt into the new year

January 23, 2009

The Chinese New Year will be upon us in 2 days’ time. I am a little on the superstitious side, so I try to do whatever that’s said to be good and avoid the bad. One of the things that people believe in is to not carry forward any debts you may have into the [...]

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How to save on paying interests on your home loan and shorten tenure

January 14, 2009

If you have a home loan with a bank or any financial institution, chances are you are paying your home loan on a monthly installment, and most likely for a tenure of 20 years or more. There are many ways to save on the interest charged on a home loan as well as to shorten [...]

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Managing your finances as a couple

January 13, 2009

Married couples often have arguments when the subject of money is brought up. Especially now, when we are at the beginning of a global financial crisis, couples may find themselves at each other’s throats more often. Each of us have different ways of managing (or mismanaging!) our finances, and it’s inevitable that couples have lots [...]

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