Filed under: People, Media, Entertainment

You gotta call 'em like you see 'em, whether it's on the field or on the balance sheet. This is especially true if you're a Bank of America (BAC) vice president moonlighting as a National Football League referee.

Such is the story of Lance Easley, a vice president of small business for Bank of America in California, who had been refereeing NFL games in his spare time while the league had locked out its full-time referees during exceptionally bitter contract negotiations. But the professional...

Bank of America VP Makes Bad Call of a Lifetime as an NFL Ref originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-09-28T14:31:00Z.

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Filed under: Banking, Family Money, Personal Finance

People who regularly use money transfer services just got another digital leg up.

MoneyGram International (MGI) has partnered with Dutch digital security provider Gemalto to allow mobile money transfers over it's LinqUs Mobile Money payment platform. It's yet another example of how the mobile wallet can work for the 99% -- and a clear push back against competitor Western Union (WU), which has been offering a similar service since 2008, and launched it in the U.S. in May 2011.

A year...

MoneyGram Goes Mobile with Digital Wallet Money Transer App originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-09-28T13:20:00Z.

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Filed under: Amazon.com, eBay, Best Buy, Family Money, Entertainment

If there's any life left in the DVD market, we'll know soon enough. Walt Disney (DIS) has just released Blu-ray and DVD editions of its early summer blockbuster, The Avengers.

Disney is betting big on the release in hopes that a $1.5 billion worldwide box office haul will translate into equally impressive home-theater demand. Premium packages include a four-disc combo that retails for $49.99 and includes Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3-D versions, the DVD version, a downloadable copy, and a full menu of...

How You Can Profit From the Decline of DVDs: 3 Stocks, and 1 Idea originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-09-26T06:00:00Z.

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Filed under: Economy, Taxes, Money and Politics

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants to extend the Bush tax cuts, and cut taxes even further in order to boost economic growth. In contrast, President Barack Obama argues that in order for the government to to pay its bills, we must allow the Bush tax cuts to expire (at least on the wealthy) and add surtaxes on high-income taxpayers in order.

But would cutting taxes on "job creators," as Gov. Romney proposes, rather than raising taxes on "the rich," as the President proposes,...

Tax the Rich, Kill the Economy? Here's Proof It Doesn't Work That Way originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-09-25T14:53:00Z.

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