In settling a long-running class action lawsuit, credit reporting agency TransUnion will soon be offering free credit scores to virtually everyone whose held credit over the last 20 years: More than...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Ken Cameron Forbes had an article last week about "surprising" six-figure jobs, or at least jobs where it's possible to make $100,000 or more, even if not...
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© sves I would rather lend someone money than lend them my stuff. If you lend money, most people seem to have enough guilt to try to pay you back at some point. But lend your stuff out and people......
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If you're looking for a leg up on the market, Douglas S. Roberts, Managing Principal of Channel Capital Research, suggests that you need to watch what the Federal Reserve is doing. In his new...
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© Klaudia Steiner I read this article with interest: High prices at the pump and the produce aisle have sent home gardeners into their yards with a mission: Grow-it-yourself dining. Sales of...
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You use Google, but you may have heard that Microsoft also has a search engine called Live Search. (Then why were they trying to buy Yahoo, you ask? Don't get me started.) You don't use this...
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© Lisa Norwood I've been self-employed many times. It suits me, as I dislike people and prefer to be 100% alone. (That's a joke, although truth be told I have always been a bit of a loner.)...
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I'm not going to turn this into a gadgets blog, but this is an interesting development: The Netflix Player by Roku is the first in what portends to be a long line of devices designed to download...
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© spierzchala This post over at The Weight of Money struck a chord with me, especially this line: The decision to not drive my accident-damaged car is mostly based on vanity issues. I don't want...
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So GE is going to sell off its appliance business. I wish they'd done it before I bought my refrigerator. I've never thought General Electric made the greatest appliances, but they're a...
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My wife said something interesting to me yesterday: "I might not renew our Costco membership." "Why not?" "It's a long drive. With these gas prices, I'm probably...
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Silicon Alley Insider has a short piece today on the launch of FiLife in June. FiLife is/will be a personal finance content site for young people; it's a joint venture between Dow Jones and IAC....
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© Topato When I hear the word "timeshare," I hear "sucker." Everything I read about timeshares is negative, from the fine print that trips you up in your contracts to the reduced...
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© estrelas e limóns Words of wisdom from a few of my favorite PF bloggers: Brip Blap: The Big 4 payoff is like a lottery. You make partner, you get rewarded for those awful hours and those long busy...
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© The Consumerist Kimberly Palmer at U.S. News & World Report is asking the question of what you'd do with a $1,000 windfall. I don't think my answer is going to bring in a lot of votes...
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© Rebecca (Becky/Bex) This post may annoy you. Especially if you are between the ages of 22 and 30 and like to whine about how difficult your life is. Kara McGuire of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune...
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Chrysler has a new promotion announced this morning-buy a Chrysler vehicle and get a gas card that you can use for three years and be guaranteed that every gallon will cost $2.99, regardless of how...
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© Urthstripe On Friday, the Federal Reserve laid out a bunch of new regulations it is proposing to clamp down on the credit card industry. Here is one of the official press releases from the Federal...
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Forget 50 Cent. Cleveland's got 23 Cent. Illustrating the downside of having independent franchisees, Papa John's Pizza is doing a make-good in the Cleveland area after a Washington D.C. area...
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