NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- A good summer sports car will blow other cars off the line. A great one will do it without blowing away your bottom line. That summer sun gives drivers an urge to cruise and a need for speed. Unless you're planning on driving the Grand Prix circuit at Monaco with the rest of the world's high-priced playthings, though, there's no need to drop six figures on a Maserati GranTurismo or the price of a three-bedroom house in the 'burbs on a Ferrari. The folks at auto pricing site TrueCar see a whole lot of value in low-priced sports cars and came up with a list of the 10 least costly speedsters on the market. They may not be quite as powerful ... Continue reading →
Converting a standard individual retirement account to a Roth IRA is a great way to avoid an unexpected huge tax hit to your nest egg and create tax-free income for future use. Unless it isn’t.A Roth IRA’s biggest draw is that it allows investors to reap investment gains tax free; that is, contributions are made with after-tax money, and any gains are not subsequently shared with Uncle Sam later. Investors are allowed to convert a traditional IRA into a Roth, so long as they pay taxes - at current rates - on the balance being converted. That upfront tax payment is the catch.Even if you are willing to absorb a big tax right away, financial advisers warn that it can take a minimum of five ... Continue reading →
NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- Summer movie season doesn't care that summer's still more than a month away and Memorial Day still a few days away: Theaters want your money and want it now. Moviegoers already decided it's summer blockbuster season and have parted with more than $1 billion to see men (and Scarlett Johanssen) in costume fight each other and computer-generated bad guys. The Avengers was just the beginning, considering we're not even close to the release dates for new Batman and Spider-Man films. There are still a few ways to cut movie costs and keep some of your hard-earned dollars out of the box office till. Comic book heroes, Pixar(DIS) characters and a slew of sequels all want what's in your wallet this summer, ... Continue reading →
It's been 20 years since Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan growled his way into music consciousness with the hit "Nearly Lost You." Lanegan's spent much of those last two decades trying to undo the damage. If that meant jumping on with buddy Josh Homme and Queens of the Stone Age for a few years, fine. If it meant joining friend and former Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli in a two-man show for a while, that's great, too. Mostly, it just means that Lanegan can go eight years without making a solo record, as he did between 2004's Bubblegum, and 2012's Blues Funeral, and not have anyone get too angry about it. Much of Lanegan's recent work provided him a great excuse to hang out with ... Continue reading →
TMZ reports that disco legend Donna Summer died this morning at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer. Summer achieved stardom with such singles as "I Feel Love," "Love to Love You Baby", "Last Dance", "Hot Stuff", and "She Works Hard for the Money". Sources tell TMZ that as of recently, Summer was finishing up a new album and attempting to keep the extent of her illness a secret. Continue reading →
Queen of disco Donna Summer 'dead at 63 after cancer battle' By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:45 EST, 17 May 2012 | UPDATED: 10:47 EST, 17 May 2012 Hot stuff singer Donna Summer is understood to have died this morning after a battle with cancer. The five-time Grammy winner, known as the queen of disco, passed away in Florida, according to TMZ. The news has not yet been confirmed by her spokesperson.The star is best know for her string of 70s hits, including Last Dance and Bad Girls. More to follow... Disco queen: Donna Summer, pictured in 2005, is understood to have passed away this morning Continue reading →
