What will 2010 hold for interest rates? Where should job-seekers focus their energies? How should people prepare for the upcoming credit card regulations?

As an author of eight books, a motivational speaker, and Emmy Award-winning television host of The Suze Orman Show on CNBC, Suze Orman is one of the most recognizable faces in personal finance. We asked for her take on 10 topics of financial importance in the new year.

Click through to read her financial tips for 2010.

- Sean Teehan, Boston.com Correspondent