Nicholas Cage Buys a Pyramid Despite Financial Woes

Despite his being embroiled in debts because of lavish purchases, Nicholas Cage is in it again - he bought a 9 foot mausoleum shaped like a pyramid. Yes, like a pyramid, like a pyramid... as that Charice song goes. Nicholas has set this giant pyramid inside a cemetery in New Orleans to serve as his final resting place. Wow, he might just want to be treated like a Egyptian pharaoh?

Mercury Dime - Are these Mercury Dimes Worth Something?

What is a Mercury dime? Is it a coin made out of the mercury metal? Of course not! Mercury dimes are called as such because the people saw the winged Liberty as the Greek Messenger God Mercury. So the Mercury dime is actually a misnomer because the image depicted there is Lady Liberty wearing a winged cap.

What if you have the 1916-D Mercury dime? Well, lucky you! This 1916-D Mercury dime can cost $375,000 each, if it is in mint condition. Only 264,000 1916-D Mercury dimes have been produced and now these are extremely rare. If you have many of these, then you can exchange your Mercury dimes to coin collectors (numismatists) so that you can get a good price for it! Below is a video that talks about the Winged Liberty Mercury dime

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PONZI SCHEME unleashed - Bernie Madoff Guilty of Ponzi Scheme

Ponzi scheme once again pulverized a Wall Street icon as 70 year old former NASDAQ chairperson Bernie Madoff admitted to this felony. With 11 felony charges, Bernie Madoff will surely miss the stocks, bonds and money he had scammed from other people because he's going behind bars. So how many years are equitable for someone who took away $50 billion dollars through Ponzi scheme? Well, it will take him one and a half century (150 years) in the clapper!



Behind all these, Bernie Madoff can only offer his apologies to his Ponzi scheme victims. Madoff says he's ashamed of what he's done and he is deeply sorry for what happened (Bernie Madoff courtroom statement).

All of you might be clueless of what a Ponzi scheme is. This type of "business arrangement" was created by Charles Ponzi. Ponzi started the Security Exchange Company on December 26, 1919. He thought he had discovered a way to purchase American stamps in a foreign country at significantly lower amounts than they were worth in the U.S. He claimed his idea was so successful that anyone who gave money to his company would be repaid their original loan plus 50 percent interest within 90 days. Friends and family quickly offered their money to Ponzi and they were handsomely rewarded, being repaid their original loan and the 50 percent interest within just 45 days. Thanks to an article in the New York Times, word spread quickly about Ponzi's business, attracting thousands of people seeking a similar payback. He might have had a successful business had his idea actually worked. The problem, however, was that it didn't. The 50 percent interest paid to early investors did not come from the profits of a successful underlying business idea (which didn't even exist) but instead was obtained fraudulently from funds contributed by later lenders. Eventually, the Ponzi scheme collapsed on August 10, 1920, after an auditor examined his accounting records. In the 1990s to early 2000, Ponzi scheme once again highlighted as many suspicious investment companies have sprouted out to scam people out of their money.

So there, it's like a get rich quick scheme to attract more people to invest. And when you can't pay anymore because there's too many people to pay, you run away with the money. That's it, plainly explained. Another word for Ponzi Scheme is pyramid scheme.

You can read more details about the Bernie Madoff case in ABC News.

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Homeowners Bite Back Lenders: Produce the Note (Video)

With a lot of house foreclosures going on in the US, homeowners are left with no choice but to take these matters not sitting down but in court. Homeowners demand to produce the note in line with their belief that they were unjustly treated through unsatisfactory and surreptitious lending terms.

Many homeowners are decrying that lenders have extremely violated terms in the Truth in Lending Act and that they were made to sign in loans they could barely afford. Foreclosures in Chicago and Florida has been sending off people scared to lose their homes and now they are organizing themselves so that they could push lenders to "produce the note". Here's a news story about this matter in Central Florida:

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Cave House in Missouri Up for Grabs in Ebay (Photos)

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Are you bored with your house? Do you despise your neighbors? Or do you have a taste for bizarre dwellings? Then, the cave house in Festus, Missouri might just fit your taste. Although it's made out of soil and stone underneath a mountain, you do not have to live like a cave man though -- all the necessary amenities for modern living are there like kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, storage and even a party room. This cave house is now on auction at Ebay and bid starts at $300,000.
The house owner Curt and Deborah Sleeper informed that they are selling their 17,000 square foot unique cave house because they are hit badly by the ongoing financial crisis. They already poured an enormous amount of their money into this house, which has three bedrooms, a geothermal and passive solar energy that keeps interior of the house comfortable all year round without any fireplace or air conditioning. Well, if you have a taste for living in style, this cave house for you might be a good property. Just don't let the bats get in. Or maybe, if you're a Batman fan, you might wanna call the Sleeper couple in an instant.

Nyoy Owes Me Money - Nina

From lover to debtor -- that's what has become of Nyoy Volante to soul siren and erstwhile girlfriend Nina. No, Nyoy doesn't owe Nina a few thousand bucks but his debt already summed up to a skyrocketting 1.6 million pesos!

This is why Nina tearfully recounted her ordeal in front of Kris Aquino in Showbiz News Ngayon (SNN). It was revealed that Nyoy first borrowed Php 600,000 and Nyoy's mother kept on doing credit with Nina. When their relationship came to an end, Nina asked for payment but all she got were bouncing checks. In this regard, Nina's family advised her to bring this matter to a proper forum (in court) so that she will receive what is due of her. Nina also told SNN that one of the reasons they broke up was over financial matters. Poor Nina, we hope Nyoy Volante volunteers to pay up his utang or else he will turn into a frog!

Here's the video from SNN:



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