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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup! This edition features Bank of America policy whistleblowers, credit freezes, getting enough sleep, the weather forecast for the
Lately I have been hearing about the concept of "forced frugality" from the media and my peers. Many colleagues and family members say that they feel a need to be frugal in this
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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup. This week’s assortment of treats comes to you with advice for junking your car, rocking your career, and brewing your own.
With the stock market finally recovering to some degree this past month, even closing at highs for the year, a lot of investors may be breathing a sigh of relief about their stock
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Remember travelers checks? In the days before ubiquitous automated teller machines, they were a useful product. You could use them almost like cash -- but you could carry more than
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Why We're So Materialistic (Even Though We Know It's Dumb)
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Best Money Tips: Cash for Clunkers 2.0
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Buying a Home Without the Money
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28 Ways to Have Cheap Halloween Fun
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Cheapism.com: Where Cheap is Chic
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Savings Bonds as Interest-Earning Travelers Checks
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