How Big are the Biggest U.S. Banks?

The front page of the business section is frequently splashed with news of the big banks in this country. Wells Fargo, Chase, Bank of America, and others among them are sometimes hot topics for their financial performance and their impact on the American economy. At other times, they face heat for how their practices affect everyday consumers. Consequently, some might think that these banks are the only ones in the market – people seldom read about or even notice the local community banks down the street.

First Time Home Purchase

Buying a home for the first time can be an extremely stressful event for anyone. There’s hundreds of things to consider from location to interior size, quality of neighborhood to the potential for flooding, pipe freezing, and whether the lower price really makes up for on-street parking on a busy road. However, there are a tips to keep in mind that will make things a little bit easier when considering the purchase of a home for the first time.

A first-time buyer experiences a plethora of benefits once the stress of the search and purchase is finished. 

Must Have Finance apps for your Latest iPhone5

Apple iphone5 offers a wide variety of features and one of the noticeable features is the bigger screen. In order to make the best use of this smart phone, updated versions of the apps should be installed. The financeapps offer everything that you need, to manage the personal finances. You can save every financial data on the mobile and manage different accounts both personal and business using the iPhone. These apps can be used for tracking the budget, incomes, expenditures and funds transfer for various accounts and you can also shop online.

It is not an easy task to find the best finance apps for iPhone5 and for this you can browse the internet for best available finance apps for your mobile. There are many finance apps available for iPhone5, some based on their popularity and importance are as follows,

New Year's Superstitious Beliefs

It’s New Year! To ensure a prosperous year ahead, Filipinos, even Chinese and perhaps other cultures in the world, tend to observe a list of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day superstitions. It may sound more like of crazy tips for others but we’d rather be safe than sorry. After all, you won’t lose anything if you follow these century-old beliefs. We are the drivers of our own fate. Beliefs like these are not meant to guide you to a better life but a reminder that it is you and your choice that will determine how your life will be. So sit back and think on how you’ll going to celebrate this New Year.

Top 5 Worst Natural Disasters in 2012 (PH)

Philippines has been beset with terrible calamities this year leaving a lot of us grieving for our fellow brothers and sisters who have been greatly affected in some areas. Even if our countrymen are not new to these tragedies, it still leave the same scars for years. We just pray that 2013 will be a good year for everyone — less calamities, killings and more happy thoughts to celebrate. Before we say goodbye to 2012, we have our list of some disheartening calamities that tested us all.

Fairy Tales Interesting Facts

The term “fairy tale” was coined in the late 17th century by Madame D’Aulnoy (1650-1705). Fairy tales weren’t published yet during the 16th and 7th century. They are passed on to generation to generation orally. Then at the end of the 17th century, the first books of fairy tales were published. Well thanks to Google for commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. And up until now, their fairy tales still capture the hearts and imagination of the children and even adults. Like any other fairy tales, we love that it all ends “happily ever after” but there are quite intriguing facts behind those happy endings that you’ve probably never heard of. Here’s a list of some interesting and perhaps intriguing facts of our favorite fairy tales.

December 21, 2012 is NOT a Doomsday

Search engines might be a little bit busy than as usual as people tried to get the facts straight on the internet about this Mayan doomsday before the most-talked about date (and perhaps most-feared date by some) sets in. Oh yes, it’s the 20^th of December (as of writing) and tomorrow is the controversial 21^st ever. Believers say that tomorrow is the end of the Mayan calendar cycle which also means that it is as well as the end of the world.  On the 21^st there will be explosion of solar flares, asteroids colliding, ETs and Earth colliding with Planet Nibiru — all these and more are spreading like virus causing panic to most people. But did you know that the Mayans never said that the world would end tomorrow? They never did. In fact, life goes on for years, years and years to come. Here’s why the world won’t end yet.

Text and Chat Shortcuts or Acronyms

I know that you used to text and chat your friends everyday, and used shortcuts or acronyms to simplify your text/chat. You may want to check this list of acronyms to use it in your text and chat.

ITSG2K -It’s Good To Know

Total of Gifts in the "12 Days of Christmas" Song

Did you know that in the Christmas song “The 12 Days of Christmas” has 364 gift in total? Wondering how they get a total of 364? Check the calculation. These are the gifts in the song:

1. A partridge in a pear tree
2. Two turtle doves.
3. Three french hens.
4. Four calling birds.
5. Five golden rings.
6. Six geese a-laying.
7. Seven swans a-swimming.
8. Eight maids a-milking.
9. Nine ladies dancing.
10. Ten lords a-leaping.
11. Eleven pipers piping.
12. Twelve drummers drumming.