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Best Money Tips: Brilliant Ways to Use Beer
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Today we found some stellar articles on saving money for big expenses, replacing lost tax documents, and picking the right car insurance.
Decorating a Living Room for You and Your Money
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Credit Counseling: When you Need it and When you Don't
So you are up to your eyeballs. Drowning in debt, expenses, and struggling to keep your head above water. You have been reduced to the life of a monk and are still making no headwa
7 Ways to Get the Best Fall and Holiday Travel Deals
This year especially, traveling will be easier on the wallet. If you're planning to get away in the next few months, here are some tips to get the best travel deals.
Get Ready to Manage Your Bank (and Other Cash) Accounts
Recently, there's been no reason to pay much attention to how you store your cash — it doesn't earn enough interest to worry about. That's about to change.
Could a Divorce Improve Your Finances?
When I was single, I thought that getting married would reduce my expenses greatly, and after I got married I realized that in some instances
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These four responsible ways to dispose of old electronics will keep them the out of landfills and may even put a little more money in your pocket.
Why the Boycott Isn’t Working
I hear it all the time. Some disgruntled consumer, employee, patron or the like decides that a boycott is in order. In theory, a
What You Need to Know About Sample Sales
Designers and manufacturers often get stuck with floor samples and returns they need to move. Their headache is your giant savings opportunity.
The Same Actions Will Produce The Same Results (Ten Tenets for Arranging Your Rich: Part 2)
A while back I posted the first of what I promised would be "Ten Tenets to Arranging Your Rich". And wouldn't you know it, right after posting Tenet #1, things got
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