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If you're a hard-core sports fan, you're pretty much stuck paying for cable every month. For the rest of us, a raft of technological and entertainment offerings -- including digita
Keeping your hair silky smooth after color treatments isn't easy, but it can be. Just use any of these repair shampoos and your locks will go back to being luscious.
Personal finance isn't that complicated — spend less than you earn and save for emergencies and future goals. So why do so many of us struggle with it?
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Pretty packaging may boast an eco-friendly product, but too often green is only skin deep. Beware of greenwashing!
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Taking Frugal Road Trips (Even When Gas Prices Are High)
Call your friends and pack up the car — it's road trip season! Here's how to do it on the cheap.
Ask the Readers $200 Giveaway: What’s Your Top Tip to Stay in Touch with Colleagues Without Spending a Fortune?
What’s your top tip to stay in touch with colleagues without spending a fortune? Enter for a chance to win $200 in prizes!
A Prairie Farmer’s Meal Plan: Eat for a Buck or Two a Day
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Book review: Reinventing Collapse
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Ask the Readers: What Has Been Your Best Investment Yet?
Tell us about your best investment and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!
Small, Cheap Steps to Weight Loss
If you prefer baby steps to great strides, try these tips and tricks for cutting calories from your diet and burning off some extra pounds.
Now It's Easier than Ever to Cut the Cable
If you're a hard-core sports fan, you're pretty much stuck paying for cable every month. For the rest of us, a raft of technological and entertainment offerings -- including digita
What You Need to Know About Adding Another User to Your Credit Card
Adding an authorized credit card user can help someone build their credit. But how exactly will it affect yours?
10 Frugal Hacks for Single Living
Lots of frugal living advice is for couples and families, but anyone can cut costs dramatically while living alone, too — no roommate required!
Five More Tips For Eating In Restaurants And Sticking To A Budget
Even if you are working hard to keep your discretionary spending to a minimum, you can still enjoy a restaurant meal once in awhile.
The 7 Laws of Negotiation
Over the past couple of decades, I’ve distilled successful negotiating down to seven key principles.
The 10 Most Common Financial Aid Mistakes — And How To Avoid Them
Acing FAFSA is crucial for making college affordable for so many students. Unfortunately, it's also super confusing.
The 5 Best Repair Shampoos
Keeping your hair silky smooth after color treatments isn't easy, but it can be. Just use any of these repair shampoos and your locks will go back to being luscious.
4 Reasons Why You Don't Have Financial Common Sense (and How to Get It)
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How Too Much Investment Diversity Can Cost You
Never put all your eggs in one investment basket. But how do you know if you have too many baskets?
The Time Management Problem Most of Us Have — and How to Fix It
The world won't end if you don't say "Yes" to every project, chore, event, and favor request you get. Start becoming happy by doing just enough.