Political Calculations Insurance: On the Moneyed Midways

Welcome to the October 6, 2006 edition of On the Moneyed Midways, your single stop on the web where you can catch up with each of the week's blog carnivals related to business and money matters and the best posts they offered this week. Speaking of which, one post wins the title of being The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!^(TM)

We're returning to our more regular Friday posting schedule for OMM, although we're coming close to burning the midnight oil with this edition! We'll chalk it up to a busier than average week in the world of blog carnivals. But, enough delay! Scroll down for the best posts of the week that was....

On the Moneyed Midways for October 06, 2006
Carnival	Post	Blog	Comments
Carnival of Business	Deals May Soon Be Harder to Find at WalMart	MightyBargainHunter	John homes in on a potential new use for WalMart's RFID technology, which might change what products you see as you shop.
Carnival of Career Intensity	Moving Up the Ladder Is a Mystery To Be Solved	Young Man's Journey to Become a CEO and Succeed	Are you looking to get ahead in your organization? Milo Riano offers some of the best, practical advice I've seen on the topic. The Best Post the Week, Anywhere!
Carnival of Debt Reduction	You Can Do That?	No Credit Needed	NCN notes that people often lock themselves into certain situations, such as unnecessarily carrying excess debt, because they don't realize what they can do.
Carnival of Home Business	How Much Can I Charge	Sales Intensity	David Lorenzo shares two methods for setting a price for products and services: one based on cost and the other based on value.
Carnival of Marketing	Elements of a Winning Brand	Great FX Business Cards	Chris Brunner provides a Marketing 101 lesson on what a successful brand accomplishes.
Carnival of Passive Income	When a Resident Breaks a Lease	Lording the Land	Essential advice for those who rent property on how to handle what can be a very difficult situation for both parties in a lease.
Carnival of Personal Finance	HAS Usage	Colorado Health Insurance Insider	Jay shows how employer-paid health insurance premiums are keeping consumers away from Health Savings Accounts and their cost-saving advantages.
Carnival of Personal Growth	Us and Them	Passion, People and Principles	David Maister laments the widespread nature of "us vs. them" group-think that wrongly discounts the value of the individual.
Carnival of Taxes	Ideal Tax Simplicity: The Sales Tax	My Simple Trading System	Praveen blueprints how a tax system based only on a consumption sales tax might be implemented.
Carnival of the Capitalists	Your Own Business	Ask Uncle Bill	Uncle Bill says that "if you can't stand to have a boss then start or buy your own business," then talks though how to do it!
Festival of Frugality	When Renting Is Better Than Buying	Don't Mess with Taxes	Kay Bell writes on how home ownership isn't for everyone - in fact, there are circumstances that make renting a preferable choice.
Festival of Stocks	Margin of Safety	Value Investing, and a Few Cigar Butts	Mike shares lessons from a $900 book on how to find stocks, value businesses and avoid mistakes.
Festival of Under 30 Finances	The Grown Up Resume	Am I Grown Up Yet?	Susan provides tips to recent students on how to dress up your resume to land that first job in the real world!
Personal Development Carnival	What You Didn't Know About Bruce Lee's Kick Ass Success	Life Coaches	Alvin Soon recounts the obstacles Bruce Lee overcame in building his success in life, and provides the key lesson from the master himself! A close contender for being The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere! this week!