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Best of Personal Finance Roundup: 14 Great Ways to Be Miserable

Posted 15 hours 44 min ago by Linsey Knerl

Personal Finance

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best of Personal Finance roundup. Today, we share the 14 ways to ensure you'll stay miserable, 3 cool tricks to finding online deals with Google, and whether sea salt is really better than table salt!

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Best Deals for Monday 02/08/2010

Grab a free Grand Slam Breakfast at your local Denny's!  Details are in our best deals today.  While you're at it, get tips for eating at your favorite restaurant for far less than you'd expect. Our new book is still available (and chock full of ideas!)  Don't miss a deal! Sign up for our daily deals newsletter today.

Fantastic Phone Services for People on the Go

Posted 17 hours 18 min ago by Sasha A. Rae

Technology, Entrepreneurship

There are so many options for staying hooked up phone-wise whether you’re at home or on the road, especially if you tend to bounce between places that have different cell phone coverage areas. Or none at all. Before you invest in a pricey cell phone plan, check out some of these phone services. They can save you a pretty penny and keep you connected anywhere you go.

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Frugal Gluten-Free Living: Homemade Gluten-Free Noodles

Posted 19 hours 18 min ago by Sonja Stewart

Shopping, Health and Beauty, Food and Drink

Gluten-free dough rolled out to perfection.

You don't have to give up noodles when you're gluten-free. This simple and delicious homemade gluten-free noodle recipe will have all your gluten-grubbing friends asking for seconds.

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Only Celebrate A Few Select Birthdays

Posted 20 hours 18 min ago by Paul Michael

Lifestyle

Patton Oswalt

What if the we suddenly stopped celebrating every single birthday in our lives, and instead concentrated on just the important ones? Would you care? Would you support it? I’ll tell you one thing…we’d all save a bunch of money.

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Save Money and Still Show Love on Valentine's Day

Posted February 7, 2010 - 09:00 by Tisha Tolar

Shopping

Valentine's Day can cost a fortune if you fall for the hype. Here are some tips for getting great gifts without Cupid's arrow piercing your budget.

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It's Hip to Be Square: Processing Credit Cards On Your Phone

Posted February 6, 2010 - 09:00 by Tahera

Technology

It’s safe to say, of late, you can do just about everything but brush your teeth with an iPhone. You’re always wondering what else the creatives at Apple are going to think of next. Well, the next marvel is credit card processing using any credit card with your phone!

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Best of Personal Finance Roundup: 50+ Cheap and Healthy Party Foods for the Super Bowl

Posted February 5, 2010 - 09:38 by Linsey Knerl

Personal Finance

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best of Personal Finance roundup. Today, we share over 50 cheap and healthy party foods you can serve during the "Big Game," why bonds may not be the safe investment you thought they were, and how you can use a bowl of rice and some rubbing alcohol to (possibly) save that waterlogged cell phone.

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Why I Didn't Pay My Mortgage Off In Full

Posted February 5, 2010 - 07:00 by Joel Ohman

Real Estate and Housing

Getting out of credit card debt, paying off all student loans, and paying off their mortgage in full ASAP is the #1 goal of almost every personal finance blogger on the Wise Bread Top Personal Finance Blogs List, but what if they have it all wrong? For many people, it’s a noble and wise goal to pay down their mortgage as quickly as possible. For many others, however, paying off their mortgage in full earlier than they have to could be a huge mistake.

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Used Toyotas Are Being Discounted. Would You Buy One?

Posted February 5, 2010 - 06:00 by Xin Lu

Consumer Affairs, Cars and Transportation

Recently Toyota Motor Corp. has been plagued with bad news as it recalled millions of cars and stopped selling several of its products affected with braking issues. These problems have prompted Kelley Blue Book, the pricing guide for used car transactions to lower suggested rates on the affected Toyota vehicles by 1 to 3 percent, and a company spokesperson said "there may be further devaluation ahead." Would you buy one of these vehicles despite of these issues?

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10 Budget-Friendly Ways to Get it Right This Valentine's Day and Beyond

Posted February 4, 2010 - 14:33 by Jennifer Jolly

Shopping

Here’s what we all seem to agree that we do like: something personal that shows you actually thought about us. So how do we show our love without forking over fistfuls of cash for flowers that last about as long as our first grade-school crush? I’ve put together a list of unique, inexpensive gifts, that don’t scream, “I am a total procrastinating cheapskate.”

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The 10-Step Staircase to a Comfortable Retirement

Posted February 4, 2010 - 10:00 by Steve Klingaman

Investment

The secret to saving enough for retirement is simple. Start early and increase the amount you save over time. For many people the hardest step on the journey is that first one. Think of saving for retirement as climbing a staircase.

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Online Tax Payment and Filing for Small Businesses

Posted February 4, 2010 - 09:00 by Thursday Bram

Taxes, Small Business Resource Center, Entrepreneurship

The IRS wants businesses to pay their taxes online, as well as file their taxes online. It's faster, eliminates the need for the IRS to have people open envelopes and process paperwork and has been running for more than a decade. Here are some of the tools to help you do that.

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What Would It Take For You to Relocate for a Job?

Posted February 4, 2010 - 07:00 by Xin Lu

Career and Income

Last year was a challenging year for American job seekers as corporations cut millions of jobs amidst the recession. This is why I was surprised to read that according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, only 7.3 percent of job seekers chose to relocate to a new town for a job in the last quarter of 2009. This is the lowest number of relocations since the firm started tracking the statistic in 1986. So what kind of incentives do people need to go where the jobs are?

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Is Just Leaving Some Slack Better Than a Plan?

Posted February 4, 2010 - 06:00 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Budgeting

Bee on Clover

Are you as tired as I am of personal finance sites saying that you've got to have a plan? If you're a planner, it's unnecessary advice, because you've got a plan. If you're not a planner it's pointless advice, because you're not going to make a plan anyway. And that's okay, because just leaving some slack can be as good as making a plan.

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Best of Personal Finance Roundup: America's Biggest Rip-offs

Posted February 3, 2010 - 10:00 by Linsey Knerl

Personal Finance

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best of Personal Finance roundup. Today, we share the biggest ripoffs in America, how you can save money by skipping soap, and why shade trees are a smart investment!

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Free and Cheap Stock Photos

Posted February 3, 2010 - 09:00 by Lynn Truong

Technology

Need great images to go with your blog posts? Here are 12 places to get free or cheap stock photos.

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