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Hands in Your Pocket: The Cost of Standby Power - Environmental and Otherwise
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Car Sharing: Why Own When You Can Just Share?
Car sharing is taking off in urban centers around the world. Here's what you need to know.
This Is How You Make Restaurant-Quality Pizza at Home
With these simple tricks — and just one piece of special equipment — you can elevate DIY pizza from from flat and soggy to bubbly and sublime.
Reject Variable Terms and Conditions
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EpiPens and Other Ways Companies Have Profited From Your Pain
The EpiPen price hike is no special circumstance. Pharmaceutical companies are making bank on your illness, one pill at a time.
The Art of the Group Gift
While simple, group giving can also become a sticky situation if done badly. Here are some guidelines for group giving.
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Getting control of your money is a lot easier with a budget, and these budgeting apps make the process super simple.
7 Bizarre Ways to Stay on Budget (That Actually Work)
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Book Review: Complicit - How Greed and Collusion Made the Credit Crisis Unstoppable
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Save Money in 5 Seconds or Less With These 29 Easy Tricks
Think saving money takes a lot of time? Nope! These five-second tricks will help your savings add up quick.
9 Easy Ways to Pay With Your Smartphone
There's no need to carry a stack of plastic or wad of cash everywhere you go. Make your money as mobile as you are!
The 5 Best Shower Curtains
Give your bathroom a whole new life with just one item. Use any of these shower curtains and your bathroom will look bold and brand-new.
I'm Eating What? 12 Gross Things in Your Food
You are what you eat. Vitamins, minerals, protein, fat… and bugs, breast implants, and viruses. Wait, what? Discover what's really in your food.
The Best-Kept Secret to Frugal Living
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The 7 Stages of Procrastination (Read This Right Now!)
Get more done and like yourself more by understanding — and overcoming — the seven stages of procrastination.
Studio Apartment Living: A 5-Point Survival Guide
Apartment living can be challenging enough, but the often-maligned studio has its own special concerns. Use these tips to make the most of your four walls.
Boost Your Home's Value With These 5 Projects
What's a bathroom addition worth to you (besides a shorter wait for the shower)? As much as 20% of your home's value!
Best Money Tips: Transform Your Finances With These Simple Habits
Today we found articles on simple habits that will transform your finances, kitchen cleaning DIYs, and cheap ways to make your house seem fancier.
Costs of Adding Ecommerce to Brick-and-Mortar Retailing
As your business grows, you’ll find that expanding via the web will be less expensive for certain P&L line items but require extra spending in other categories.