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With ever-rising gas prices, it's important to do what we can to cut back vehicle expenses. Here are five simple things you can do to keep that cash in your wallet!
After lodging and airfare, food is the traveler's biggest expense. Cut the cost, eat well, and learn more about your hosts with these travel dining tips.
Had trouble sticking to your monthly budget? Try this method for looking at your finances daily — and maybe you'll avoid buying that unnecessary popcorn.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could run a free online coupon deal and wake up the next morning to learn you'd sold two thousand pre-paid dinners or event tickets? Maybe, maybe not.
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The 12 Best Ways to Use Up Your Summer Tomatoes
Tomatoes coming out of your ears? Don't toss 'em! Enjoy your late summer bounty with some fun and delicious ways to use them up.
The 7 Most Outrageously Expensive Whole Foods Products
With $30 emu eggs and $70 air plants, it's no wonder Whole Foods carries the "Whole Paycheck" nickname. Who buys this stuff?
Better cars are not the answer
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Preparing for the Fiscal Cliff
There's a good chance that the "fiscal cliff" America is about to go over will be a non-issue. But that's no reason not to do a bit of preparation.
How to Trick Yourself Into Better Credit Card Behavior
By making a few key moves before you shop, you can easily trick your brain into better credit card use. Here's how.
So You Want to be a Landlord? Part II: How Do You Actually Make Money?
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2012 is Coming: What Are You Doing About It?
There are a number of clues and theories being tossed around to support the idea that December 21st, 2012 may mark the “end of days”. The question is: What do you choose to believe
Inside the Shady World of Cheap iTunes Gift Cards
A casual search on eBay led to auctions selling iTunes gift cards for cheap, but is there a darker side to this? Some would say yes.
5 Simple Ways to Cut Your Car Expenses
With ever-rising gas prices, it's important to do what we can to cut back vehicle expenses. Here are five simple things you can do to keep that cash in your wallet!
Make a List and Check It Twice to Save Money and Reduce Fraud Risk During the Holidays
This holiday season, take a page out of Santa's book and make a list and check it twice to save big bucks.
Best Money Tips: Master These 15 Interview Questions
Today we found some great articles on mastering interview questions, when you will get your tax refund, and launching an online business on a budget.
4 Secrets to Eating Great Food for Cheap While Traveling
After lodging and airfare, food is the traveler's biggest expense. Cut the cost, eat well, and learn more about your hosts with these travel dining tips.
What Every Parent Should Know About the New College Financial Aid Rules
If you have college-aged kids, then you need to know these major FAFSA changes for the 2017–2018 school year.
How to Properly Clean These 14 Kitchen Tools and Appliances — Naturally
You can save money with natural cleaners you can DIY and be kind to the environment — yours and ours. Here's how!
7 Ways to Make Use of Sub-Par Produce
How to use up slightly imperfect fruits and veggies.
Shrinking Your Cash-Flow Period to Create a Better Budget
Had trouble sticking to your monthly budget? Try this method for looking at your finances daily — and maybe you'll avoid buying that unnecessary popcorn.
Adventures in Retail Tedium
I battled my way through a popular chain clothing store, and all I got was this stupid shirt: One consumer's tongue-in-cheek look at shopping retail.
Want to Be More Attractive? Work These 5 Magic Words (and Phrases) Into Your Vocabulary
It sounds silly, but some words and phrases really can make you feel more confident — and more attractive.
6 Questions to Ask Before Taking Out Student Loans
College isn't cheap and a student loan may seem inescapable. Make sure you've checked out all your options before you sign.
To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Cost of Offering Deep Discounts
Wouldn't it be nice if you could run a free online coupon deal and wake up the next morning to learn you'd sold two thousand pre-paid dinners or event tickets? Maybe, maybe not.