Foreign Money Exchange San Diego

Our daughter never quite has forgiven us for not giving her a sibling. For us, the idea of one baby who someday would become a teenager was plenty to handle.Why on earth would we want two teenagers rolling their eyes at us? Occasionally, Natalie has suggested another alternative to my giving birth again (uh, no!) would be to host a foreign exchange student.Honestly, I couldn't be on my best behavior for two days, much less an entire school year. I would feel as if I never could lose my temper, eat Hot Tamales candy as a pre-dinner snack or lounge around in my faded blue bathrobe in front of a foreign exchange student for fear of giving off a tragic, Ugly American vibe.Fortunately for exchange students, there are other people who don't mind opening their home to a stranger. Julie Lambert of Fresno is a recruiter for the San Francisco-based Aspect Foundation, www.

Complaints pile up about online investments involving foreign ...

Ellen Whitmore never takes a risk. She watches her expenses closely and describes herself as a conservative investor.

But last November, Whitmore, 50, of Fort Lauderdale, did something out of character while surfing the Internet: She made an impulse purchase after a pop-up window claimed that buying Iraqi currency was a good investment. She has since learned the hard way, as financial experts and consumer watchdogs warn, that investing in foreign currency with online companies could be a risky proposition.

"It sounded very legitimate," said Whitmore, who never received the 2 million Iraqi dinars she purchased for $1,480 through the Web site of Illinois-based United World Exchange, www.usdinar.com.

Whitmore, a part-time volunteer with a local nonprofit organization, is one of a growing number of consumers who have filed complaints against United World Exchange with the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and the Illinois attorney general's office.

3/20: Hoping To Stay Positive?

We don't know whether the creative license taken by the creator of the "Hillary 1984" infringes on any of Apple's intellectual property rights claims (some bloggers did not even know of the original ad), but there's no doubt the official Obama logo on the hammer lady's shirt infringes on Barack Obama's copyright and trademark properties. Trademark in particular would be a strong claim since many viewing the ad could conclude the logo signals Obama's endorsement of the message. YouTube policy on intel. property rights enables Obama to flag the video, and given the clear violation involved, YouTube would have to remove the video if Obama protested.

Currently the Obama campaign refuses to discuss the spot, only saying: "There is a lot of energy for Sen. Obama on the Web, in communities all over the country ...

Iran’s Pre-Emptive Strike

No, I don't mean its arrest of fifteen British low-rank military people who were taking a boat ride in long-disputed waters dividing Iraq and Iran. That was just a bit of old- fashioned tail-twisting of the British lion, which has been close to toothless ever since 1945. I mean this: Iran is planning to stop using the U.S. dollar to price oil, with less than half of its oil income now paid in the U.S. currency, Iran's central bank governor said. This March 28th Associated Press story belonged in every American newspaper, if not on the front page, then at least the front page of the business section. But you probably missed it. The only American mainstream media outlet that bothered to run this story was The International Herald Tribune, which is owned by The New York Times. The story appeared in the Trib's business section (March 28).

Subprime mortgage sector rattles markets, triggers probes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. financial markets were rattled by news on Tuesday that late payments on U.S. mortgages had reached their highest level in 3-1/2 years, while regulators began a probe of subprime mortgage lending and called for legislation.