CFOs' Optimism at 5-Year Low (Smart Money Clip)
Concerned about weak consumer demand, CFOs are worried about the U.S. economy and predict that a recession is imminent.
Source: www.cfo.comCell phone voice call expense tracker If you can't IM from your cell phone - or Adam's AIM BudgetBot is just too geeky for you - the Financial Aid Podcast has another method for tracking your expenses on the go with your cell phone.
Basically, using K7.net's free voicemail box (which emails you new messages) and a Gmail account, each time you spend money, leave yourself a voicemail saying something like "57 bucks at Fry's for headphones." Set up Gmail to shuttle any messages from K7 to a "personal finance" label. Back at home, use all the messages filed under that label to tally up your expenses. This method requires a lot of listening to voicemails to self, but it is easy instant capture all to one place. Thanks, Christopher! — Gina Trapani
Source: lifehacker.comDownload of the Day: PearBudget spreadsheet 
Mac/Windows/Linux: The PearBudget spreadsheet is a handy budgeting template that tracks your income and expenses over time.
Any spreadsheet program - from Excel to OpenOffice's Calc - can open PearBudget, which has one sheet per month with areas allocated to regular and irregular expenses, variable expenses, and income. Collect your expenditure receipts and enter 'em into PearBudget once a week to track where your money goes. I haven't had a chance to get this set up for myself, but the PearBudget folks say initial setup time is about 20 minutes, then 10 minutes a week after that, which seems pretty reasonable. The PearBudget workbook is a free download and works anywhere you've got a spreadsheet application.
Source: lifehacker.comAOL: New strategy works The head of troubled Internet company AOL defended his firm's newest strategy as the dial-up vanguard attempts to stay relevant in a world now dominated by faster broadband access services and sites that offer e-mail for free.
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