Your only term life insurance quote news source! Click on each item to read full story.   Is Whole Life a Good Investment? (Richfield Reaper) read story (ARA) - Good investments are hard to come by right now. You may have heard permanent life insurance - also known as whole life or universal - mentioned as a good investment option.   Health Benefits Direct Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) read story RADNOR, Pa., May 15, 2008 -- Health Benefits Direct Corporation , a leading technology innovator in the direct marketing and sales of a wide range of individual health insurance, family health insurance, life insurance and other related products for the individual and family insurance market, today announced its results of operations for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.   Which MFs to buy now? (rediff.com) read story If one has a long term investment horizon and have appetite for near term risk, then one should look at adding equity funds in one's portfolio. The long terms returns from these incidentally as of now are tax free. But even if there were to be a tax, they may still make great investment sense, says personal finance expert Rahul Goel.   Five common ticketing errors -- and how to avoid them (CNN.com) read story As far as mistakes go, the one Janet Gordon recently made didn't seem like a big deal. She booked an airline ticket from Toronto to London under the name "Jan."   Air Pollution Can Cause Deadly Blood Clots (BusinessWeek) read story A new Italian report suggests that long-term exposure to dirty air can cause deep vein thrombosis   CAW reaches tentative deals with Chrysler, GM (CTV Toronto) read story Buzz Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers Union, speaks during press conference at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto, Thursday afternoon, May 15, 2008.   Affordable Life Insurance without the Health Exam (Carteret County News-Times) read story (ARA) - If you're an adult American, chances are you're in debt. What would happen to that debt if you should die unexpectedly? It's not likely your debtors would write it off. It's far more likely they'll pursue your estate or surviving spouse to recoup the debt.   CAW reaches tentative deals with GM, Chrysler (CTV.ca) read story The Canadian Auto Workers union has come to a tentative contract agreement with Chrysler on Thursday, hours after forging a deal with General Motors.   There Is Still No Such Thing As a Fair Tax (Ludwig von Mises Institute) read story As a critic of the national retail sales tax plan known as the FairTax, I take Neal Boortz's new book on the FairTax very personally. The book is titled FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics . It is intended to be a sequel to The FairTax Book , published in 2005, that offers "eye-opening new insights not covered in the original book."   Thompson challengers line up to lead 1st Congressional District (Mendocino Beacon) read story Five candidates in the 1st Congressional District will appear on the June 3, primary ballot, with three to survive to run in the November general election.