I hear the voices... Brip Blap: I argue that for most people, college is a crutch. Their intellectual curiosity is sated by four years in college - they read, they take interesting courses, they...
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© stopnlook Good Morning America had an interesting little feature the other day. They asked a family - Mom, Dad, baby - to go without using any sort of money cards for a month - no credit, no debit,...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Ugur Evirgen Saw this ABC article "Bad Credit? Why You Shouldn't 'Rent to Own" today. It can sort of be summed up with this passage: I once priced a...
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I was watching the Olympics last night when a commercial came on for a video I could buy that would celebrate Michael phelps' 8 gold medals and also give me some home movies or "behind the...
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© eliazar The headline might be a bit dramatic, but it's true that more and more merchants in Europe and elsewhere will not accept credit cards without the "Chip and PIN" system...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Skip ODonnell If you read this blog regularly (and you know you do), you may have noticed that I cast a skeptical eye on money-saving ideas that require maximum effort...
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I would probably never do this, but as a vegetarian I was fascinated by Nora Dunn wringing every last ounce out of a bunch of soybeans to make mass quantities of soy milk, veggie burgers and tofu: The...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Bart Coenders One of the unhappy side effects of the housing market collapse/credit crisis is that many innocent people have to suffer, too. For one, your house is...
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Another airline is forcing you into credit-only onboard - as of August 5, Alaska Airlines began offering "the convenience of a cashless cabin. Passengers will no longer need to hunt for cash to...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Randolph Pamphrey From the PF blogs: Mapgirl: I just don't understand the DC housing market. How can people live here, save and have kids all at the same time?...
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Living in the Cleveland area, I've heard a lot about Lebron James having the goal of being the first billionaire athlete (which explains James' interest in hanging with homeboy Warren...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Eugene Kuklev Fair Issac Company, known also as FICO and as the inventor of the "credit score", has changed its mind on a plan that would have stopped people...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Sean Locke In the picture to the left, you see a happy couple spreading the news of their successful home sale. What you don't see are the many moments leading up to...
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I've known this for a long time, but I was surprised to see that The New York Times would bother doing a story on it: The High Cost of a 'Free Credit Report': Mr. Steele, 27, remembered a...
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