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Easy Carpool with Scoop - $20 PROMOCODE available

I recently started using scoop in order to commute to work. Scoop is an app that helps you to find carpool buddies, manages the rides, cost sharing. Here is promo code which will give you a free $20 credit on the Scoop. Use the promo code GIRIDHAR3MD   and get $20 when you take your first trip (ride/drive)! It may take up to 48 hours after your first ride for the promo credit to be applied to your account. Download mobile app right here:   http://m.onelink.me/220071c1 Advantages: Find carpool buddies matching your work/home location and time Choose your convenient timing every day Free cancellation until the deadline (Previous day 9pm for morning commute & 3:30pm for evening commute). For cancellation policy after the deadline, refer here (may be out of date) You may carpool with one person in the morning and you could carpool with another person in the evening Meet new people and make new friends in your community You may choose to drive or ride on any given ...

ATT Mobile Share Advantage Plan

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ATT came up with new Shared Data Plan and was available from August 21, 2016. You can continue to use current plan. But once you change to new plan, there is no going back. The new plan claims simple pricing and no overage costs. Then, what is the catch. Here is the extract from ATT article: " Instead of overage charges, after customers use all of their high-speed data amounts, all data usage will be reduced to a maximum of 128 kbps for the rest of their bill cycle ". This is good for those who are not diligent in monitoring their data usage and want a hassle free plan or are using a plan other than 15 GB. For those who are diligent in monitoring the data usage and are in 15GB plan, the new plan is not good. ATT Mobile Share Advantage Plan is a disadvantage for those who are/were on 15GB plan. You can find the charts comparing the cost per line for different data plans in Old and New Plans. The Blue line represents the Old Plan (Mobile Shared Value Plan). The Orange li...

Cash back deals with EBATES

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ebates CashBack Do you want to get extra cash back for your online shopping. Yes, in addition to your credit card points/rewards/cash back? Yes, you can. Simple login to  ebates.com  and go to your online shopping site from there. You then do your regular shopping. Your purchase will earn cash back on ebates which will be reflected after few days. It will be in pending status for 90 days. You will be able to cash it as a check mailed to your address once it reaches above a threshold.  Sign up  now and get $10 bonus for just signing up and making a qualifying purchase. Don't miss this great opportunity for getting more money back for the items you usually shop for online just for going to your favorite online shopping sites through ebates. Sign up now Join EBATES for free and get a $10 Bonus Find other ways to save!!! Some stores with cash back (subject to change) BestBuy - 1% cashback Coach - 4% cashback Dell Computer - 2% cashback Forever...

Cash back deals with MrRebates

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MrRebates CashBack Do you want to get extra cash back for your online shopping. Yes, in addition to your credit card points/rewards/cash back? Yes, you can. Simple login to  MrRebates.com  and go to your online shopping site from there. You then do your regular shopping. Your purchase will earn cash back on MrRebates which will be reflected after few days. It will be in pending status for 90 days. You will be able to cash it as a check mailed to your address once it reaches above $10. Sign up now and get $5 bonus for just signing up. The cash back ranges from 1% to 30%. Some times even more. You can select from more than 2000 stores to shop. Don't miss this great opportunity for getting more money back for the items you usually shop for. Sign up now Join Mr.Rebates for free and get a $5 Bonus Find other ways to save!!! Some stores with cash back (subject to change) BestBuy - 1% cashback Coach - 5% cashback Dell Computer - 6% cashback Forever 21 - 3% c...

Worry free Investment at WealthFront

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I am not good at investing in stocks. I was trying to see what is the best option for me to invest without the need for detailed research. I recently came across WealthFront. It is like a broker that manages your finances for you for a minimal free, much less than the normal fee charged by most people and services. For those who joined and funded before April 1, 2018, the first $10,000 is managed for free and very nominal fee above that. Also you don't have to pay for commissions and transactions on the trade placed on your behalf. The money gets invested automatically in stocks, bonds, mutual funds. It is diversified in many respects including geographic diversification. The type of investments depends on the risk level you choose. You can either answer a few questions to define the risk factor or set the value in the risk meter thats in the range of 1 to 10, 10 being highly risk tolerant. With 10, you are asking WealthFront to invest aggressively and 1 being very safe. The profi...

US to India calling

GV + OBi is the best option if you do not talk for hours and hours in a month. See if the monthly plan cost is less than the pay per use cost based on your usage. Option Type Rate More Info GV + OBi IP Phone / App 1c/min Pay per use More Details GV (Google Voice) App 1c/min Pay per use IndiaLD Calling Card 0.7 to 1c/min Pay per use Dial91 Calling Card 1.1c/min Pay per use Raza App 1c/min OR $10,$15,$20/month Pay per use / Limited calling ATT GSM $15/month per line Unlimited calling Good if you talk more than 1500 min/month or 25hrs/month T-mobile GSM $15/month per line Unlimited calling Good if you talk more than 1500 min/month or 25hrs/month LycaMobile GSM $29/month Unlimited calling Good if none of the other options work for you Vonage IP Phone / App $28/month Unlimited calling Good if none of the other options work for you RebTel App $10/month Unlimited calling Good if you talk more than 1000 min/month and will not exceed your monthly talk time minutes...

EB1 EB2 EB3 India China Pending applications

Last updated on 5/31/2016 Total number of pending I485 applications for India and China based on Priority Date India and China EB2 Filing and Final action dates Note: Year columns indicate the priority date. For example if you are on EB2 India category and priority date falls on year 2010, then look at the latest "As of date" row and add all the numbers from 1997 up to 2010. That is the number of I-485 applications pending before you. If your priority year and any years before that do not have a value specified, that means no applications have been yet accepted for those years. Add up un till what is available (say 2008) and that plus what you think might be potential applications  (say, 5000 for 2009 & another 5000 for 2010) would be the pending applications before you. Per country annual limit for EB1/EB2/EB3 is 2802 (28.6% of 7% of 140,000) Per country annual limit for EB4/EB5 is 696 (7.1% of 7% of 140,000) From the below chart, if your priority date is in 2...