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10 Business Owners Who Turned Services into Products

The problem with selling a service is that supply -- you and your staff -- is often limited. But what if your service could be made into a product?

Big Mistakes You Can Make When Selling Your Home

Selling your home can be stressful at the best of times. To ensure the process really goes well, avoid these common blunders.

How to Bounce Back From a Bankruptcy

A bankruptcy doesn't have to be a black mark on your financial wellbeing. You can bounce back.

Tax Deductions: The Bright Side Of Failure

Failure can be a stern teacher. Failure can also be a tidy tax write-off.

Tax Law Changes For 2012: What You Need To Know

Here's a look at tax law changes you can expect for 2012 and how to plan ahead to take advantage of those changes now.

5 Daily Deal Sites for Small Business

Looking for savings on business supplies and services? Add regular visits to these business-centric daily deals sites and you're likely to find them.

Best Money Tips: Family Activities for Winter

Today we found some great articles on family activities for winter, earning travel rewards without a credit card, and how to start an emergency fund.

4 Tips to Building Realistic Cash Flow Projections

A realistic cash flow projection can be a valuable planning aide. Here's how to keep your rose-tinted glasses from blinding you to reality.

5 Red Flags Your Business Might Be Waving

Sales slipping? Customers staying away in droves? Maybe your accountant isn't the only one seeing red.

Best Money Tips: Tips for Working While Traveling

Today we found some awesome articles on tips for working while traveling, negotiating for a better deal, and tax strategies for salaried employees.

Best Money Tips: Simple Ways to Take Care of Yourself

Today we found articles on simple self-care ideas, how to use journaling to improve your productivity, and effective tips to get a job without experience.

Balancing Act: The Perils of Budgeting

Tackling a budget requires you to do one big thing with your finances — find the balance.

Best Money Tips: How to Get More Out of Your Job

Today we found articles on how to get more out of your job, college skills that will serve you well outside the classroom, and simple ways to be less addicted to your smartphone.

Best Money Tips: Cheap Ways to Keep Fit and Stay Healthy

Today we found some great articles on cheap ways to keep fit and stay healthy, tips for taxpayer newbies, and discounts hidden in plain sight.

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Turning a cold war spy secret into a cheap anti-theft device

In the days of old, when spies passed messages to each other, they used many hidden messages. One of these methods was to hide the information in a dot of plastic or microfilm about the size of a pin head, and then end a sentence with it. [more]

Wise Bread on Marketplace: Justifying Frugality

This Memorial Day weekend, our Senior Editor is back on Marketplace Money, talking about justifying frugality — or, moreover, why you shouldn't have to.

Best Money Tips: Money-Saving Tips for Your Honeymoon

Today we found some awesome articles on money-saving tips for your honeymoon, grad gifts, and tips for networking at a business conference.

Business Plan Basics

I have a business and offer writing services so, on occasion, I have been asked to write business plans. Those making such requests are generally very eager, convinced of their

Best Money Tips: Free Fun for Families This Summer

Today we found some great articles on free fun for families this summer, ways to save big on rent, and splurging frugally.