Personal Finance Daily: Debt collectors want your cell-phone number

Personal Finance Daily OCTOBER 14, 2011 Debt collectors want your cell-phone number By MarketWatch Don't miss these top stories: Debt collectors want your cell-phone number Savvy taxpayers can ease mortgage burden 7 surprise risks to your money in 2012 G-20 kicks off crucial weeks for euro crisis The days of your cell phone being a communication device between just you, your family and friends may be numbered under two pieces of legislation that have consumer advocacy groups up in arms, Jennifer Waters writes today in her Consumer Confidential column. Proponents of the laws say it's an attempt to "modernize" the language put in place in 1991 that prohibited any kind of auto dialing or soliciting to cell phones. They also say that it will open lines of communication on the device that some 90% of the U.S. population most often uses. So, do you think it would be a benefit or a bother? — Anne Stanley , Managing Editor, Personal Finance Debt collectors want your cell-phone number Bills in Congress could open the floodgates to a host of unwanted calls pouring into your cell phone, consumer advocates say. Read more: Debt collectors want your cell-phone number. Savvy taxpayers can ease mortgage burden Home buyers who need a little more take-home pay to afford the monthly payments they are facing need not seek a second job or dip into their savings to meet their goals. Read more: Savvy taxpayers can ease mortgage burden. INVESTING 7 surprise risks to your money in 2012 Market volatility has grabbed investors by the tail, and risk-management is front and center. Read more: 7 surprise risks to your money in 2012. Cash is king — even in a bull market It turns out that you don't need to incur high risk in order to keep pace with the market. Read more: Cash is king — even in a bull market. ECONOMY & POLITICS G-20 kicks off crucial weeks for euro crisis European finance ministers will find themselves under pressure to find a solution to the region's debt crisis when they meet counterparts from the G-20 in Paris this weekend. Read more: G-20 kicks off crucial weeks for euro crisis. October consumer sentiment declines A gauge of consumer sentiment declines in October, as expectations and views on current conditions take a fall, according to data culled by the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters. Read more: October consumer sentiment declines. U.S. retail sales jump 1.1% in September Higher purchases of autos, clothing and home furnishings in September fueled the biggest increase in U.S. retail sales in seven months. Retail sales rose 1.1% last month, the Commerce Department said Friday. Read more: U.S. retail sales jump 1.1% in September. Import prices make surprise gain in September U.S. import prices made a surprise rise in September, according to government data released Friday, in the latest indication that inflation is persistent even with a weak labor market. Read more: Import prices make surprise gain in September. Corporate welfare should end with the farm bill It's time to end the wasteful and harmful subsidies that Big Ag companies collect from the taxpayers. Read more: Corporate welfare should end with the farm bill. Army of unemployed is now entrenched in U.S. Slowly, over the last year, it's begun to dawn on us: The economic recovery isn't really making a dent in unemployment. Read more: Army of unemployed is now entrenched in U.S. Get the latest news on our mobile site: http://www.marketwatch.com/m MarketWatch has sent you this newsletter because you signed up to receive it. To ensure you receive this newsletter in the future, please add marketwatchmail.com to your list of approved senders. Sent to: kumaresan.selva.blogger@gmail.com Unsubscribe | Subscribe Copyright 2011 MarketWatch, Inc. All rights reserved. MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (updated 6/26/07). MarketWatch - Attn: Customer Service, 201 California St., San Francisco, CA 94111