European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 stars and stripes june 2007 your Money one Monitor can act As two virtual desktops q when i pose this question to the electronics store i get either a Blank stare or a look that what kind of an idiot Are you i feel Safe ask ing you since i wont be Able to see the expression on your Here it is at i have dual the software that came with the video card gives me the option of maximizing an application to the current Monitor it is i like what i would like to know is if any of the widescreen monitors include software that would allow me to have two virtual i would like to have two applications open and be Able to hit the maximize but ton and have the application take up half of the being Able to do this would save on the Cost of having two monitors along with an expensive video Sam Berrien a because of what i do for a i often experience those same Blank stares and rolling eyeballs when asking questions of workers at electronics that the Way of the i theorize that we All knew it All when we were Young but then forgot it All As we got put that digression on one of your monitors and use the second Monitor to Point a browser at where you will find a i Rosof created set of advanced tools for windows up that includes your its a program called virtual a free download that has proven to be Rock solid among High Power screen splitting ask Jim schemes that Are notoriously unstable or virtual desktop creates a new tool on the win Dows task bar at the Bottom of the screen that lets users Click from a Row of four icons to instantly bring up any one of four totally different each with its own programs run there also is a fifth toolbar icon that instantly displays a Quad View showing each of the four desktops on a Large or for that matter screen to move from desktop to you can either Click an icon in the Click one of the screens in the Quad or As sign a function key to move 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reference when buying All figures Are foreign currencies to one except for Trie British which is represented in do and the which is precious metals new York interest rates prime discount Federal funds Market 3month 30year sources the associated Bank of America credit card High rollers bloat the Economy by Paul Wenske Mcclatchy newspapers Kansas How much debt does the plastic in your Wallet represent a new sur vey released on Friday suggests that a whopping 13 percent of americans who have credit cards carry total balances of More than that compares with 64 percent of cardholders with bal ances under while the average working stiff May revolve Between and each the nation is bloated with credit card High rollers who carry five figure said Robert Mckin head the online which tracks credit card conducted the on line Survey in april of just More than the Survey also found that 61 percent of people who responded said they paid Only some of their credit card debt each com pared with 31 percent who said they paid off their balances seven percent said they had no credit these findings do not Surprise Robert education coordinator for housing and credit coun seling a nonprofit consumer counselling program that serves Southern and Eastern the average client that now comes to see us with credit card debt has and said believe Ive had some who had Baker he was seeing More clients whose problems were not reflected in Rosier economic sur he Are resorting to credit cards to supplement in comes from Low paying where in the people sought help Early to reduce or consolidate debts before they wors More Are now coming in with card debt that is already Sev eral months he Many have seen their balances balloon from penalty fees and higher interest rates imposed for late causing their monthly minimum payments to if you  afford the pay ment How can you afford it when the value has multiplied by three or four he at the end of americans collectively owed billion on general purpose credit compared with billion a year ago and billion a decade according to a re lated online information the latest figures in March from the Federal Reserve showed americans owed a total of billion in revolving including store and gasoline credit and lines of credit attached to checking discounting interest free and commercial Mckinley said americans were revolving about billion on All credit no matter How you slice or Dice americans owe a significant amount on their credit and with rising interest rates the annual debt service Cost per household is now approaching he and sensibility Money tip of the Day gourmet cooking on a not dog budget by Marshall Loeb Market watch new York if your love for decadent foods is exceeded Only by your dislike of the plump Price tags that come with cooking dont Here Are five ways to maximize your Money without sacrificing your Good taste familiarize yourself with your Farmers buy fruits and vegetables from local Farmers whenever keep in produce is usually cheapest and 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