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Celebrate Valentine's Day frugally — our Editor's segment on American Public Media's Marketplace Money tells you how (even if it's at the last minute).
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Today we found some fantastic articles on free or cheap fall fun for families, scoring free money from airlines, and ways to make next year's taxes easier.
A lady I know of died last night. It was expected; she was diagnosed with incurable cancer last spring. I didn't really know her, as I'd just recently moved into a place wh
Most people don't find frugality fun. Describe a thing as frugal and people will tune out. Describe a person as frugal and he immediately seems uninteresting. However, this
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The Debt Ceiling Crisis in Everyday English
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Marketers and product designers spend a lot of money choosing just the right color to make you buy. Does color influence your spending?
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Should You Grow Your Business by Buying Another?
For some businesses, the best business growth strategy is a business purchase strategy.
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Uncle Sam Boosts Standard Mileage Deduction
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Wise Bread on Marketplace: A Frugal Valentine's Day
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Shoddy PC repair tech caught in sting operation.
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Quit wasting your lunch hour on lunch (or how you can change your life in just 45 minutes a day)
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Is Paypal making impulse buyers of us all?
Over the past few months I’ve noticed that more and more places accept Paypal and I began to wonder…is this going to create a generation of impulse buyers?
Best Money Tips: Free (or Cheap) Fall Fun for Families
Today we found some fantastic articles on free or cheap fall fun for families, scoring free money from airlines, and ways to make next year's taxes easier.
Link-Love in an Elevator
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Death and Money: Helping your family now in case something happens later
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Capital Substitutes for Labor — and Vice Versa
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Playing Around: Frugality as a Game
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4 New Year Budget Resolutions You Should Make Now
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Keeping Your Head (when all around you are losing theirs)
I'm going to be honest with you--the last three weeks have been the most stressful I've ever experienced at work. Between moving into a new po