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Best Money Tips: Oktoberfest Recipes

Today, we're bringing Oktoberfest into your kitchen with recipes featuring — you guessed it! — beer. Plus: 20 cheap and yummy meals and creepy Halloween crafts.

Deconstructing the Deal

What are the best methods for scoring a good deal every time? Explore the seven ways to get a great bargain.

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Wise Bread Reloaded: President Obama's Credit Card Declined at Pricey Restaurant (and How You Can Avoid the Same Fate)

Credit card fraudsters respect no one, not even the leader of the free world. Find out how to protect your identity in this week's look back.

AMEX Small Business Profile: Stacy Debroff, MomCentral.com

We caught up with Stacy recently to get the inside scoop on her unique success story.

The 5 Best Ice Cream Scoops

Filling a cone with frozen ice cream isn't easy, but it can be. Use any of these ice cream scoops and you can enjoy your summer treat in no time.

How Health Care Reform Will Impact Your Small Business

The new health insurance reform legislation adds both new requirements and perks for small businesses.

Best Money Tips: Improve Your Life

Today we found some awesome articles on ways to improve your life, steps to take when you feel financially vulnerable, and when buying in bulk is more expensive.

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Money a Mess? Try This Personal Finance Starter Kit

There may be no personal finance starter kit you can order right to your door (yet, anyway), but don't worry: You can build one yourself.

The Ups and Downs of Venture Capital

First quarter 2010 numbers are in, and Venture Capital investment in both dollars and deals were down. The good news, if you can call it that, is that it's better than Q1 2009.

10 Ridiculously Overpriced Pet Products

Dogs and cats deserve proper care, but at the upper end of the market, the pampering is not about animal welfare — it's about the owner's vanity.

How to Become a Premier Local Brand

When potential customers decided to purchase products from lower-cost sources, one regional business decided to go luxury instead...with great results.

What Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Should You Measure?

With so many analytic tools available to business owners, it's easy to get lost in the data. Here's how to separate the analytic wheat from the chaff.

5 Ways to Earn More Every Week

Pursue a few modest sales and marketing efforts each week and by year's end you'll enjoy a healthier bottom line.

10 Reasons Results Based Management Matters to Small Business

Results-based management is a must for firms with lots of offsite employees. It offers plenty for the rest of us, too.

27 Real-Life Small Business Mistakes...and What They Learned

Do as these entrepreneurs say and not as they did to learn 27 common, and hard-earned, lessons the easy way.

Best Money Tips: Black Friday Shopping Tips

Today we found some awesome articles on Black Friday shopping tips, holiday gifts for under $25, and including your spouse in financial planning.